Environmental Education
In North Tanzania Felm is supporting the PITA project, which aims at creating practical models of teaching environmental education through a multidisciplinary approach. This means environmental topics are taught through all compulsory subjects, involving 24 schools and approximately 11,000 students.
In 2019, water was selected as the annual environmental topic.
Teachers and students prepared multidisciplinary study units based on the topic of water. This increased cooperation between teachers of different subjects, enhancing their understanding of the interconnectedness of school subjects.
In 2018, Leki Secondary School was ranked 15th out of 24 PITA schools in the multidisciplinary study unit experiment.
However, this disappointment became a motivating factor for the school, leading to improved performance.
”The whole concept of multidisciplinary approach was quite difficult for us to understand, it was something totally new”, Bernad Mbise, Head of Leki Secondary School explains.
”But in 2019, we received more explanations from the PITA team, and of course we had learned during the previous year. So, we wanted to try again and to reach better results.”
Leki teachers decided to conduct the experiment with the Form 3 class. So, all subject teachers had to select a topic of their own subject, related to the topic of water. Teachers of different subjects worked together which was a new experience for them.
History teacher selected the topic of colonial social services, especially the distribution of water during colonial time. Geography teacher prepared himself to discuss the function of water in the soil. In Mathematics, the teacher decided to link the topic of statistics to the task of interpreting the mean obtained from a set of data of water used daily in the school. English and Kiswahili teachers taught how to write expository compositions, the title of the essay being about water.
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Leki Secondary School's multidisciplinary experiment was recognized as the best among 24 PITA project schools, showcasing innovative learning.
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