We invite teachers to apply for the 12 hour Further Education (A) courses “Development of teachers’ professional competence in environmental education about sustainable forest management” organised by the Further Education Centre of the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Institute (abbreviated as MeKA) and JSC “Latvijas valsts meži”. The courses will be held during the spring break – on 15th March. The programme is intended for teachers of education institutions, regardless of the subject taught, who love forest and want to understand it better by receiving an insight of sustainable forestry that is performed by the manager of state forests.
The planned schedule:
TIME | ACTIVITIES |
09:00 | Leaving from the Vaiņodes street 1 to the recreation eco-forest in Īle with a bus |
10:30 | Forest excursion/discussion – Forest management and environmental protection in practice |
13:00 | Leaving to the LVM Nature Park in Tērvete |
13:45 | Coffee break/ Presentation of the LVM Nature Park in Tērvete |
14:00 | 1st group: Environmental lesson in the Green Classroom – how to study outside school premises |
14:00 | 2nd group: Presentation of Uldis Spulle – the use of wood/ innovations |
14:45 | 1st group: Presentation of Uldis Spulle – the use of wood/ innovations |
14:45 | 2nd group: Environmental lesson in the Green Classroom – how to study outside school premises |
15:30 | Lunch/discussions |
16:00 | Leaving to Rīga |
Apply from 12–26 of February by filling in an electronic application form. The number of participants is limited.
«Thanks to the newly-acquired knowledge I will be able to talk with my students about forestry more comprehensively. I understood that forestry is not simple. Forests are tended and planted, not only harvested» those are only few conclusions of the teachers from the Further Education courses in the autumn.
Courses are organised in the framework of international environmental education programme “Learning about Forests”. More information here: www.mammadaba.lv/skolam. Contact person - Anda Sproģe,