Geography Lesson Development Based Ecoliteracy

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10.2991/icge-16.2017.70How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ecoliteracy, Geography

Abstract

Knowledge and awareness of the importance of protecting the environment is the responsibility of society. Knowledge of global warming in the form of causes, processes, and their impact on human survival is absolutely necessary so that people have the initiative power to face the phenomenon. The learning process in formal education is one effective way to educate people so that they have the knowledge, skills, and enough awareness so that they can participate to maintain environments. Ecoliteracy is knowledge and awareness which is owned by the public about the environment, and the various aspects that follow. Ecoliteracy can be developed in all subjects, particularly subjects geography. As a study of the similarities and differences in the phenomenon of the geosphere, academic geography has a direct responsibility to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the environment. The learning model to develop ecoliteracy a challenge for teachers for each material, classroom and school environment has characteristics which must be taken into consideration based learning development ecoliteracy.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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