Environmental Education through Research-Based Project Approach for Early Childhood Education

Abstract

Environmental problems are frequently caused by a lack of caring and awareness on human's part. Education has made efforts to play an important role to generate people's awareness and caring towards betterments of environments. Environmental education has to be initiated to set on children in their early age through appropriate approach with developmental characteristics and the principles of learning for children. Various approaches and strategies are the teachers to choose to facilitate the learning to gain environmental awareness on the children's part. Research-based project approach is one of the appropriate approaches to implement environmental education. The aim of the present article writing is to discuss environmental education through research-based project approach. The discussion is focused on environmental education concepts and research-based project approach set for early childhood education.