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Environmental Studies

Our vision for EVS  at Teach for India is for our students to explore and understand themselves, others and the community around them and then to be able to raise their voices respectively and take action towards addressing issues that matter to them. Through EVS Students learn that they, their experience and voice matter and that they can influence and lead change as children today.

Everyday life is an excellent ‘teacher’ of EVS. It is imperative that we encourage our students to observe the world around them, share their stories and experiences and offer different perspectives to help our students develop their understanding of themselves, others, and the world around them. Therefore through this page, you will see examples of how the 8C’s can be fostered both inside and outside of the EVS classroom.

The C's in Environmental Studies

Consciousness

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  • I reflect and grow in awareness of self-other and the world around me

  • I pay attention to my thoughts and feelings

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Through the content area of EVS students build an understanding of themselves, others and the world by

  1. Observing the world around them and recording these observations 

  2. Reading and listening to the stories and experiences of others

  3. Paying attention to how experiences and stories make them and others feel

Compassion

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  • I take care of myself, others, and the world around me

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Through the content area of EVS, students develop compassion, a concern for justice and equality, a sensitivity to the needs of others and respect for our natural world. 

  1. Taking care of plants/ animals and people around them 

  2. Understanding others by listening to the stories of their experiences

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Creativity

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  • I learn ways to find solutions

  • I show originality in my work

  • I put my ideas into action and create

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Through the content area of EVS, students build creativity through: 

  1. Conducting experiments by improvisation 

  2. Creating solutions to problems

  3. Making things

Collaboration

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  • I build a safe community of support

  • I mobilize others towards goals that are bigger than I can achieve alone

  • I include others and encourage others to do so as well

  • I resolve conflicts peacefully

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Through the content area of EVS, students build collaboration through: ​

  1. Opportunities to engage in inquiry in groups

  2. Solving problems through case studies and real-life situations 

  3. Sharing feedback on other groups projects 

  4. Through debate and understanding perspective that is different from their own.

Critical Thinking

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  • I identify and define a problem 

  • I set meaningful goals, and plan and track progress towards them

  • I make choices and decisions based on evidence  I reflect on progress, identifying enablers and blockers

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Through the content area of EVS, students build critical thinking through: 

  1. Identifying problems and asking questions to understand the cause of the problem

  2. Looking at a problem from different and multiple perspectives

  3. Setting goals in EVS and working towards meeting the same.

Curiosity

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  • I ask questions

  • I seek new information from diverse perspectives

  • I find things that I need

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Through the content area of EVS, students build curiosity through: 

  1. Asking questions about events, people, places, others opinions 

  2. Observing the world around them 

  3. Conducting research projects (e.g creating a family tree; understanding a community problem etc)

  4. Exploring the world and experiences of people in different parts of the country/world

Communication and Courage

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  • I listen deeply

  • I share effectively and authentically

  • I give and receive feedback

  • I advocate for things I believe in

  • I stand up for things that matter to me and others

  • I learn by taking action and making mistakes

  • I persist when facing challenges

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Through the content area of EVS, students build communication and courage through: 

  1. Engaging in conversations with others and listening carefully to their stories, experiences and opinions 

  2. Sharing their own feelings stories, experiences and opinions with others in conversation and through drawing, creative writing and sculpture 

  3. Standing up for what they believe in; taking action on issues that matter to them 

  4. Discussing opinions freely, listening to others and offering counterexamples to each others

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