Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 3, Issue 1, Article 7(June, 2002) Sam LEE, Ellen SHEK and Nicole WONG WWF Hong Kong Environmental Education Programmes Previous Contents Next

Conclusion

WWF Hong Kong believes that if the community is to support conservation and be environmentally conscious, people should be equipped with the understanding and knowledge of the environment they live in, possess a positive attitude towards nature appreciation and conservation, be aware of and concerned about the total environment and its associated problems and be motivated and take responsibility for their own actions and impacts on the earth's ecosystem and environment. Hence WWF Hong Kong has a significant role in developing, implementing and continuously improving its environmental education programmes so that people are educated to support conservation.

WWF Hong Kong has recently drafted its five-year (2002-2006) Education Action Plan. In the plan, we will continue to support teachers in capacity building by further developing our Teacher Multiplier Programme to incorporate more variety of training modules including designing district-level programmes; to make use of information technology in our resource development including uploading resource materials to our website to facilitate getting the information to a wider audience; and improve and revise existing central programmes to maximise impacts and to link closely with the school curriculum including incorporating assessment of and for learning. To ensure our programmes are effective, our policy is that when planning and running our environmental education activities, we emphasise Fun in learning, facilitate opportunities to engage effectively with environmental issues, and optimise opportunities to include real life experiences through close encounters with living animals and plants but without disrupting the ecosystem.