   
South Africa Program
Summer 2009
Applications are now being accepted for South Africa
2009
CLICK
HERE to download an application.
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South Africa
creates a complex and interesting learning environment when examining
environmental/conservation education. Like most environmental issues around
the world, those problems faced in South Africa are tied up in a complex web
of political, social, economic, historical and human rights issues. This
program will work with leading environmental educators in South Africa and
will examine how they incorporate
sustainability education in to existing EE curriculum. The human dimension
of environmental issues will be a focus of this program and will be explored
through studies at the Western Cape Province, Rhodes University in Grahamstown, nature centers, parks and other environmental education centers.
In addition to creating networks, friendships between educators, and
examining environmental education, this program will give educators
the tools to solve multi- faceted problems.
Requirements:
You must be an educator (formal or non-formal K-12) to participate in GET programs. The online
course is a pre-requisite for the travel portion. All online courses are
delivered in English. The travel course is also delivered in English, but
GET makes an attempt to have as much of the program activities translated into
the native language as possible. The most common spoken language in South Africa is
English.
GET’s South Africa Program will include two components:
Part One:
An online instruction that is taken prior to leaving for South Africa. This course
includes cultural, historic and ecological introductions to African issues,
and is intended to prepare educators prior to traveling. It can be taken for
graduate credit.
Part Two: Explore South Africa with educators from
the US
and South Africa.
Program Details:
When:
Three weeks during the summer of 2009. Please check back for details.
Program
Benefits: International airfare, food, lodging, entrance fees, and
transportation for the 3 week program.
Program
Costs: $4,000 (Valued at $6,000 but with a $2,000 subsidy from GET the
cost is reduced for educators.)
Optional Graduate
Credits: 3 Credits (1 from pre-travel online course, 2 while in
South Africa)Application:
10 educators from the
USA and 10 educators from South Africa will be selected for
participation on a first-come, first-served basis.
CLICK HERE to download an
application.
News Brief:
Kirstenbosch Environmental Education Program
The
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, located in Cape Town, South Africa
is home to 528 hectares of native South African plants. This
world-renowned garden is located on the eastern side of Table Mountain, and
emphasizes plant species from the winter rainfall region of the country.
Their numerous environmental education outreach efforts have also created a
name for the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
The Outreach
Greening Program aims to empower communities and school with horticulture
skills and environmental knowledge. There are five main objectives to the
Outreach Greening Program:
 1.
To develop ecological awareness leading to an understanding of the
relationship between people and their environment.
2. Establish
school gardens for environmental education as an extension of formal
education in the classroom.
3. Promote
gardening as a developmental process in which evaluation lead to learning
and improvement.
4. Plant
indigenous, water wise plants that occur naturally in the area, in order to
promote ecological sustainability.
5. To develop
greening partnerships involving schools, communities, sponsors and the
National Botanical Institute (NBI).
The school
garden project has a unique and creative
approach to
implementing gardens in schools. Members of the environmental education
program assist school in basic horticulture techniques, how to plan a
garden, and garden maintenance. They also provide materials and resources
for educators to incorporate the garden into their classroom curriculum. The
final touches to school and community gardens are often creative and
functional. Old tires are often painted and use as borders to the gardens
and paths.
Click here to learn more about the
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Environmental Education programs!
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