Pedagogy of Environmental Studies

By Prof. Kavita Sharma | DEE, NCERT, New Delhi

Learners enrolled: 14658

Enrollment has started for the year 2020-21

Environmental Studies (EVS) has been recommended as a core curricular area at the primary level by different policy documents since last many decades. It is taught as a separate subject from class III to V whereas at classes I and II, the environmental concerns are to be addressed through language and mathematics. Knowing the fact that, children view their world holistically and do not compartmentalise it through different subject areas, it is important to present the learning experiences that blur the boundaries between different subject areas. This not only helps reduce the curricular burden but also enables children learn better. Being an integrated curricular area at all levels up to primary stage, most often the teachers, find it difficult to create appropriate learning opportunities either due to lack of awareness and contextually relevant resource material to take children beyond classroom, school boundary and build connect with their real lives. Since teachers form an important conduit in the transaction of curriculum, it is important to build their capacity to not only understand the nuances of this subject but also create and use learner centered approaches and resources.This course aims to help the prospective and practicing teachers across all States and UTs in this endeavour. The teacher educators, resource persons or master trainers, under graduates, graduates, post graduates and deploma holders across the country can also hone their knowledge and skills and be effective in their respective roles.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	16 weeks
Category :	Teacher Education
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	01 Sep 2020
End Date :	15 Feb 2021
Enrollment Ends :	22 Aug 2020
Exam Date :	03 Jan 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

Page Visits

Course layout

Reading Material

Course Writers

Nature of Environmental Studies (Part -1)

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Nature of Environmental Studies (Part-2)

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Prof. Kavita Sharma

Curriculum, Syllabus and Textbooks in Environmental Studies (Part -1)

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Curriculum, Syllabus and Textbooks in Environmental Studies(Part -2)

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Prof. Kavita Sharma

Organising Teaching Learning Situations in Environmental Studies (Part -1)

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Organising Teaching Learning Situations in Environmental Studies(Part -2)

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Organising Teaching Learning Situations in Environmental Studies (Part -3)

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Prof. Gurjeet Kaur

Dr. Yukti Gosain

Prof. Gurjeet Kaur

Dr. Yukti Gosain

Prof. Gurjeet Kaur

Dr. Yukti Gosain

Going Beyond the Textbooks (Part -1)

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Going Beyond the Textbooks (Part -2)

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Ms. Aparna Joshi

Cultivating Sensitivities through Environmental Studies (Part -1)

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Cultivating Sensitivities through Environmental Studies (Part -2)

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Prof. Gurjeet Kaur

Family and Friends I (Part -1)

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Family and Friends II (Part -2)

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Family and Friends III (Part -3)

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Ms. Aparna Joshi

Prof. Kavita Sharma

Dr. Priyanka Varshney

Work and Play (Part -1)

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Work and Play (Part -2)

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Ms. Aparna Joshi

Dr. PriyankaVarshney

Food (Part -1)

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Food (Part -2)

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Prof. Farah Farooqui

Dr.YuktiGosain(Acknowledgement)

Prof. Farah Farooqui

Water (Part -1)

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Water (Part -2)

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Ms. Shruti Chopra

Dr. Kalyani Akalamkam

Ms. Shruti Chopra

Travel (Part -1)

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Travel (Part -2)

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Ms. Aparna Joshi

Shelter (Part -1)

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Reading Material

Shelter (Part -2)

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Prof. Gurjeet Kaur

Assessment in Environmental Studies (Part -1)

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Assessment in Environmental Studies (Part -2)

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Prof. Kavita Sharma

Dr. Kalyani Akalamkam

Developing EVS Skills and Concerns through Language and Maths in Early Grades (Part -1)

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Developing EVS Skills and Concerns through Language and Maths in Early Grades (Part -2)

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Ms. Aparna Joshi

Prof. Kavita Sharma

Ms. Himani Saini

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Ms. Aparna Joshi

Ms. Himani Saini

Exploring Children's Alternative Frameworks (Part -1)

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Exploring Children's Alternative Frameworks (Part -2)

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Exploring Children's Alternative Frameworks (Part -3)

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Prof. Gurjeet Kaur

Course Coordinator
Prof. Kavita Sharma

Course Reviewers

Prof. Farah Farooqui

Prof. Gurjeet Kaur

Prof. Kavita Sharma

Prof. Santosh Sharma
Dr. Aparna Joshi
Prof. Yogesh Kumar
Dr. Rajendra Joshi

Copy Editors

Prof. Kaushiki

Ms.Rama Sudhakar

Mr. Naresh Gupta

Project fellows

Shivali Gautam

Himani Saini

Rashmi Mishra

DTP work

Kishore Singhal

Gandhrava Tondwal

Typists

Himanshu Malik

Kishore Singhal

Video Development

CIET and Credence Lab

SWAYAM Portal (Technical Team), DEE

Swati Jain, Project Fellow

Priyanka Saraswat, Project Fellow

SWAYAM Portal (Technical Support) CIET

Dr. Yash Paul Sharma

Shobit Saxena

Books and references

Class III: http://ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm?ceap1=0-24

Class IV: http://ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm?deap1=0-27

Class V: http://ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm?eeap1=0-22

Instructor bio

Prof. Kavita Sharma

DEE, NCERT, New Delhi

Dr. Kavita Sharma is a professor in the department of Elementary Education in National Council of Educational Research and Training.She has been working in the area of science education, environmental education, and chemistry for the last three decades. At NCERT, she has contributed extensively towards development of curriculum, textbook, resource material for different stakeholders besides carrying out researches and training programmes in these areas.