Hats off to the forty seven educators who gave up their mid term break to learn about conservation education with us last month. That’s some sacrifice for a tired teacher!
We all met at Lewa education centre: teachers from schools that work with Lewa Wildlife conservancy, Mount Kenya Trust, Borana, and Isiolo Community Conservation Association. Local Ministry of Education leads gave sessions, as did PACE and Lewa’s conservation education and digital literacy teams.
We mapped PACE content to the curriculum, designed lessons and competency based projects, did a school environmental audit, and planned our own to implement in our respective schools. We learned loads and had fun, including a game drive in which not a few people saw wildlife up close for the first time. Some participants even headed back to school early so they could get activities set up ready for kids returning on Monday!
Massive thanks to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy for hosting, and Tusk supporters for making such an inspiring training possible.
All the PACE materials are available for free at www.paceproject.net and can be provided for off or online use using the Kolibri platform.
An environmental audit at a local primary school. Peer reviewing proved to be both hilarious (seeing others oversights and ‘slight’ negligence), but seriously thought provoking, as we all realised our own flaws and the problems of implementing best practice. Much was learned, from the discussions as much as the observations.
