National Environmental Education Project for General Education and Training (NEEP

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Case til gruppearbejde om Best Practice rating

• National Environmental Education Project for
  General Education and Training (NEEP GET)

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Ibis bruger erfaringer fra Angola

• Sydafrikanske uddannelsesminister Khader Asmal på
  studietur til Ibis miljøundervisnings- projekter
  i Namibia
• Asmal ønsker tilsvarende program i Sydafrika og
  kontakter miljøminister Svend Auken
• DANCED/Danida giver 32 millioner sydafrikanske
  rand til National Environmental Education Program
  for General Education and Training (NEEP GET)

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Tværgående principper

• Rights-based approach In support of the
  constitution of South Africa, which enshrines the
  right of South African citizens to an environment
  which is not harmful to their health or
  well-being, and to sustainable management and
  utilization of South Africas resources
• Participatory approach Involvement and
  professional development of 600 Curriculum Staff
  across the country
• Sustainability Inclusion of environment as one
  out of five principles in the South African
  school law

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NEEP GET målsætninger

• The National Environmental Education Project for
  General Education and Training (NEEP-GET)
  supports the Government of South Africa in the
  promotion of sustainable living through the
  implementation of Environmental education in the
  GET band. The commitment of the Government to
  this ideal is evidenced by its inclusion in the
  Constitution as well as the signing of Agenda 21.
  
• The Project therefore seeks to ensure that
  environmental education is integrated throughout
  the General Education and Training (GET) band and
  to build capacity in the provinces to implement
  environmental education in their schools. This
  will be done by supporting the implementation of
  environmental learning through C2005.

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7 outputs

1. Undertaking initiatives to integrate
   environmental learning in the curriculum for the
   GET band
2. Implementation of a professional development
   programme for provincial environmental education
   co-ordinators to facilitate, extend and sustain
   the process of enabling provincial and district
   CS staff to integrate environmental learning in
   their work
3. Implementation of a professional development
   programme for provincial and district Curriculum
   Support staff to facilitate, extend and sustain
   the integration of environmental learning in
   schools

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7 outputs (continued)

1. Implementation of a professional development
   programme for teachers to support them with the
   integration of environmental learning in the
   learning areas
2. Development and production of guideline documents
   and resource materials to support the integration
   of environmental learning
3. Influence pre-teacher education regarding
   environmental learning
4. Improvement of co-ordination of school-focussed
   environmental learning initiatives at national
   and provincial level

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NEEP GET history 2001

• 1st half 2001
• Chief Technical Advisor and administrative office
  established at Dep. Of Education in Pretoria
• 2 Technical Advisors appointed in two focal
  provinces
• 2nd half 2001
• Technical Advisors appointed
• Coordinators appointed
• Staff orientation Streamlining and strengthening
  of Curriculum 2005

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NEEP GET history 2002

• 1st half 2002
• Formative Monitoring Evaluation team appointed
• Cluster meetings begin in most provinces
• Start-up materials produced

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NEEP GET history 2002

• 2nd half 2002
• Draft Revised National Curriculum Statement
  released
• Environmental Education Human Rights
  Stakeholder meeting
• NEEP GET submission to National Curriculum
  Statement for Grades R9 (NCS-R9)
• 3 TAs resign 2 new TAs appointed
• NCS (R-9) policy documents released
• World Summit on Sustainable Development
  (September 2002)

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NEEP GET history 2003

• 1st half 2003
• Project re-oriented towards NCS (R-9)
• Teacher guidelines for NCS (R-9) released
• HIV/AIDS workshop (January)
• Denmark Study Tour (January)
• NEEP staff meeting (March 3-7)
• 8 Environment Learning Area booklets developed
  (draft versions)
• Foundation Phase booklet developed 1000 copies
  released in draft form
• HEDCOM meeting on co-ordinators roles

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NEEP GET history 2003

• 2nd half 2003
• NEEP-GET Portfolio Guidelines released
• NEEP-GET colloquium
• Participation in Foundation Phase
• Training for RNCS

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NEEP GET 2004

• 1st half 2004
• 2 South African TAs leave (1 redundancy 1
  resignation)
• EEASA Conference
• Intermediate phase training documents developed

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NEEP GET history 2004

• 2nd half 2004
• Participation in Intermediate phase training and
  monitoring
• Planning for senior phase training begins in some
  provinces.
• Staff involved in writing up of project outputs
  with FME team.
• Eight booklets sharing lessons learned are
  produced.

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NEEP GET 2004

• Ultimo 2004
• Project ends
• An extension proposal for mainstreaming of
  NEEP-GET outputs at national level is accepted
  and funded by Danida
• Proposal does not involve co-ordinators
• UN Decade of Education for Sustainable
  Development
• Draft International Implementation Scheme released

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Achievement of Immediate Objective

• Environmental learning is integrated throughout
  the curriculum for General Education and Training
• Two provinces have the capacity to implement
  environmental learning in participating districts
  and schools, thus providing a foundation for
  expanding environmental learning to all other
  districts and schools
• Six other provinces have increased capacity to
  implement environmental learning in schools.

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achieved through

• School law influenced to include environment as
  one of five fundamental principles
• Professional development of 600 curriculum
  support staff in eight provinces
• Materials for teachers produced in each subject
  taught in South African schools