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In terms of teaching and learning, there are many approaches, which have been applied in the past. However, more recently, one approach has come to the forefront as a model for success. In this chapter, we will discuss the learner-centered approach, a model of learning and teaching that gives the student the choice and flexibility to learn in a way that optimizes his/her potential strengths and interests. | MICHAEL MATARASSO NGUYEN VIET DUNG Environmental k Education m Trainer s Nature Conservation Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .3 I. Environmental Education EE 1. What is Environmental Education .4 2. Communications Propaganda and Education .8 3. Formal and Non-Formal Environmental Education 12 II. Education Theory Teaching and Learning 1. The Brain Structure and Learning Process .14 2. Learning Types .24 3. The Learning Cycle and Factors That Influence 4. The Difference Between Learning Styles of Adults and Children .32 5. Learner-Centered III. Factors Which Influence Attitudes and Behaviour 1. What is Behaviour .48 2. How Economics Consumerism and the Environment Are Connected .50 3. Culture and the Environment .59 4. Values and the Environment .65 5. Environmental Ethics .74 IV. Planning and Designing an EE Program 1. Defining the Problem Objectives and Identifying the Critical Behaviours To Target Root-Cause-Problem Tree .79 2. Putting It All Together Design a Program To Target Critical Behaviors and Promote Conservation Action .81 3. Designing a Lesson .87 4. Green Clubs .91 V. Conducting a Training 1. Presentation Techniques .99 2. Supplemental Warm-up Activities For Training a. Ice-breaker warming b. Team building group working brainstorming .111 c. - ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TRAINER S GUIDE FOR NATURE CONSERVATION