| Theme:
The Environment |
Key Learning:
Food provisions, raw materials (wood, fossil fuels, etc)
Human intervention, industrial farming, urbanisation, effect on lifestyle and physiology.
Green energy, awareness of industrial farming |
| Impact on my views/lifestyle/practice:
Previous to the workshop and lecture I was aware of the different types of environments (urban, country etc) but this workshop was great in experiencing the different styles of teaching kids about the environment. Even though we were adults and doing the activities seemed easy did think it was great for realising the good of getting the kids outdoors. Sending them off to search for different bugs, leaves and birds will prompt them to ask questions and stimulate their senses which will make for a memorable lesson and knowledge that will stay with them as they discovered it as opposed to being told. It makes them more observant and provides a change to the classroom getting them active and moving. It also emphasised the knock on effects of changing smaller environments, like building a farm, housing estate, supermarket on country land, has on a bigger scale; cities are mainly responsible for putting pressure on the wider environment due to carbon emissions and finite amount of resources and the loss of natural surroundings disrupts and changes the biodiversity and food chain in the area. I could demonstrate a small replica of this in the classroom by creating a small natural environment either on the school grounds or in an area of the class and then change it to more ‘industrial’ and show how there will be a big change in the bugs that would be there. |
| Areas of interest to explore further/develop:
How human intervention has changed the environment and the domino effects its had on wildlife and even human evolution. Showing how people who live in more rural areas have evolved to adapt to that environment e.g. rural Africans have thick soles on the bottom of their feet to deal with the uneven, rocky ground, those who live in colder weather tend to be hairier to keep warm and even discussing skin colour varies to protect against the sun. |
Karina, you have given some interesting directions for future explorations in this topic! These show a degree of reflection. You also summarised core aspects of learning, although I’d recommend expanding a little on these: it is fine to bullet point, but for this to be useful to you, perhaps go into more detail about the key points under these blanket headings.
This is a good first attempt at a learning log. A core next step is to reflect in more depth using some of the reading suggested in workshops and lectures.