Eco-ELT Materials Development: the Proposed Idea towards Instilling the Concept of Loving the Environment and Upholding the Virtues of Local Wisdo...

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Today, within the era of post-modernity, the ideas of instilling the concepts of saving the environment and upholding the virtues of local wisdom are being experienced stratospheric rise to fame. These constructed ideas are verily germane with an idea of creating such an environmental education proposed in the Charter of Belgrade (UNESCO, 1976) and the Tbilisi Declaration (UNESCO, 1978) as stated in Sauvé (1999:13). The post-modernity itself as further is elucidated by Sauvé whereof deals with the complex, unique and contextual nature as the object of knowledge. Hence, on this basis, the-all-about-natures might become the sources on pedagogical learning.
The pedagogical learning towards the nature in Indonesian educational context has already been echoed within its recognition under the Ministry of Environment. Regards of the earnestness from the Ministry to hone and carry off this idea, as consequently, numerous schools at any level of education are keen to execute the idea. Thence, another enormous collaborations including with General Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education, National Education Department of Indonesia were set up afterwards (Kementrian Lingkungan Hidup/ Ministry of Environment, 2012). Therefore, this trend of environmental education on such frameworks of instilling the notions of loving the environment and embed the traditional values are widely seen at many fields of studies and language education is no exception.
On English Language Teaching Department of Higher Education, there has been a course of teaching English to young learners. Ever since, at most the children literary works, along with the course, can be a catalyst to transfer the concept of investing the virtues of local wisdom to young learne...

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...si Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar/ the Information Center for Elementary Education. 2013. Tema Pembelajaran Tematik pada Kurikulum 2013. Retrieved from http://www.sekolahdasar.net/2013/03/tema-pembelajaran-tematik-pada.html on June 13th, 2014.
Sauvé, Lucie. 1999. “Environmental Education Between Modernity And Postmodernity: Searching For An Integrating Educational Framework”, In: Canadian Journal of Environmental Education 13 (4): 9-35.
Sekretariat Kabinet RI/Indonesian Cabinet Secretariat. 2013. Mendikbud: Bukan Dihapus, Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris Tidak Wajib di SD. Retrieved from http://setkab.go.id/berita-11602-mendikbud-bukan-dihapus-mata-pelajaran-bahasa-inggris-tidak-wajib-di-sd.html on June 6, 2014.
Siraj-Blatchford, John. 2009. “Editorial: Education FOR Sustainable Development in Early Childhood”, In: International Journal of Early Childhood 10 (41): 9-22.

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