A Proposed Curriculum on Environmental Literacy

Title: Environmental Literacy

Description: This Environmental Literacy Curriculum is designed to introduce the basic learning theories
and principles as bases for the design, development, management, implementation, monitoring, and
evaluation of environmental advocacy. Students are expected to focus on the need to improve
environmental problems, issues, challenges, and offers possible solutions. Furthermore, the curriculum
activities are focused on the different methodology, approaches, techniques, best practices, and actual
presentation of the different advocacies and environmental literacies inside and outside the campus.

General Objective of the Program

At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. Trace the historical and theoretical roots of environmental literacy;
2. Identify and describe the role, functions, advantages and limitations of environmental literacy;
3. Distinguish the different types of environmental advocacies and environmental literacies inside and
outside the campus;
4. Manifest creativity, resourcefulness, economy, innovativeness, and ingenuity in the presentation,
development, management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the environmental policies,
programs, projects, and activities; and
5. Produce environmental-based researches for policy reformation in the Philippines.

Intended Takers: AB History, Bachelor of Science Major in Biology, Bachelor of Secondary Education
Students.

List of Courses/Subjects:

Course Code/No Course Title/ Title Unit of Credit Course Description

First Semester
Fundamental 3 This course is designed
ENVI LIT 101 Foundations and to discuss different
Theoretical Practices of fundamental
Environmental Literacy foundations, and
theoretical practices of
environmental literacy
across all discipline.
Problems, Issues, and 3 The course aims to
ENVI LIT 102 Challenges of explore different
Environmental Literacy problems, issues, and
challenges of
environmental literacy
in general perspectives.
Environmental 3 This course provides the
ENVI LIT 103 Advocacies, Best familiarization and
Practices, and Solutions mindfulness of the
different environmental
 advocacies, best
practices, and offers
solutions to
environmental literacy.
Second Semester
Environmental Literacy 3 The course aims to
ENVI LIT 104 Design and design, and develop
Development different environmental
solutions, models and
frameworks to solve
problems.
Environmental Literacy 3 This course determines
ENVI LIT 105 Management and the management
Implementation strategies, skills in the
implementations of the
proposed policy,
programs, projects, and
activities pertaining to
environmental issues,
problems, and
challenges.
Environmental Literacy 3 The course aims to
ENVI LIT 106 Monitoring and monitor, and evaluate
Evaluation the created design,
development, models,
frameworks, and
solutions offered in
terms of environmental
literacy and as of
environmental
advocacies are
concerned.

Prepared by:

Jeffrey T. De Leon
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in Filipino Language Teaching
Student, Graduate School