Educating the Educators
One of Delta's main objectives has always been to reach out into the community in order to make people aware and active in maintaining a sustainable environment. Teachers were targeted at an early stage as the best means to reach as many people as possible. To this end we have created and run teacher training courses at Delta and other centres since 1989. We have tried to increase our activity in this field every year in order to meet the changing needs of teachers and to stimulate them to use their own environment in a creative way.
Courses and Programmes:
- Curriculum 2005 - The whole education system in South Africa is on the brink of enormous changes - Environmental Education is set to become an integral part of the new curriculum. See how this is going to affect you...
- Get Waterwise! Learn all about sustainable water use and water conservation.
- Teacher workshops - these will stimulate excellent and creative teaching, especially to those with limited education resources.
- Teacher training and skills development on environmental education - the single most important priority for empowering teachers to use and understand the environment.
- Participatory course in environmental education - learn how to interact with other teachers on implementing environmental education and develop appropriate teaching skills.
- Environmental education and skills development - improve your understanding of Outcomes Based Education and your ability to implement Curriculum 2005
- Population dynamics resource package - a profitable social investment programme for teachers and students
- Melville Koppies - an environmental education programme aimed at student observation, participation and interpretation.
- Sasol Sensory Trail - A new course has been designed for school groups that will encourage the students to interact with the Sasol Sensory Trail and its features constantly.
- A Magazine Just for Teachers
- Enviro Teach - a practical teaching aid on the environment for all teachers. New issues will be added continuously.