NIOS Vocational - Gender Green Teacher

Programme Objectives

enhancement of understanding and knowledge on gender and environmental issues;
development of positive attitude among teachers for gender and environmental issues; and
enabling teachers to develop appropriate strategies to integrate gender and environment concerns in the teaching-learning process.

Target Group and Eligibility

In-service professional development course for school education functionaries.

Type of programme

Six month Certificate Course

Medium

The course is bi-lingual with both Hindi & English.

Curriculum Structure

The course is divided in three thematic modules. Each module has separate units based on the underlying theme.

Module	Unit	Contents
1. Gender	1. Understanding Gender	Understanding Gender -- Sex vs. Gender Gender Roles Gender Identity Gender Concepts Underlying Reason for Gender Differentiation
	2. Gender & Society	Socialisation -- Social Institutions/Agents Gender and Family Gender and School Gender and Community Status of Women and Girls Challenges in Women’s Empowerment Women of Grit
	3. Indicators of Gender Inequality	Concept of Gender Inequality -- Inequality in Education -- Inequality in Health -- Work and Gender -- Participation in Politics
2. Understanding Environment	4. Introduction to Environment & Ecology	Environment Ecology -- Levels of Organisation in Nature -- Species -- Population -- Understanding Carrying Capacity Natural Resources -- Forests -- Biodiversity --- Benefits of Biodiversity -- Water -- Land --- Importance of land use -- Air -- Energy
	5. Environmental Issues & Concerns	Urbanisation -- Urbanisation-Environmental Concerns Agriculture -- Agriculture- Environmental Concerns Industrialisation -- Industrialisation- Environmental Concerns Pollution -- Types of Pollution Climate Change -- Climate Change-Environmental Concerns
	6. Environment Conservation Practices	Environmental Laws and Legislation Establishment of MOEFCC Major Citizen-led Environmental Movements in India -- Movement to save Khejari trees by the Bishnoi -- Chipko Movement (1973) -- Save Silent Valley Movement (1978) -- Jungle Bachao Andolan (1982) -- Appiko Movement (1983) -- Narmada Bachao Andholan (NBA) (1985) -- Tehri Dam Conflict (1990s) Global Milestones in the Journey of Environmental Conservation Environmental Conservation Action
3. Gender, Environment & Sustainable Development	7. Understanding Sustainable Development	Redefining Development Dimensions of Sustainable Development Why Redefine Development as Sustainable Development Features of Sustainable Development -- Quality of Life -- Population and Consumption Ecological Footprint: An Idea based on Carrying Capacity -- How much does each human being need? -- Significance of Footprints Efforts being made to sustain human development -- What can we do about Sustainable Development
	8. Gender & Environment: The Connect	Women: Housewives or Earning Members? -- Agriculture Are Gender and Environment Linked? Women and Policy Formulation Women and Development
	9. Teaching- learning Approaches for Gender and Environment	Teaching-Learning about Gender and Environment -- The Role of a Teacher Creating an Open Learning environment Examples of Open-Ended Teaching-Learning Approaches -- Multiple Viewpoints: The Five Corner Activity -- Problem-based Learning -- Case Study Method for Gender and Environment -- Collaborative/Cooperative Learning Approaches
	10. Assessing Learning in Gender and Environment	Assessing Learning about Gender and Environment Making Assessments Meaningful Appropriate Assessment Techniques -- Formal and Informal -- Formative and Summative -- Learning Centred Assessment -- Self-assessment and Peer Assessment -- Assessment through Projects -- Cumulative Anecdotal Records