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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH HUMAN EDUCATION –
METHODS OF TEACHING PEOPLE RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECT AWARENESS – SOME ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
AND COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES IN THE HO CHI MINH CITY
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Vu Hai Yen
Department of Environment and Biotechnology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

TÓM TẮT
―Ngƣời ta chỉ bảo vệ những gì mà họ yêu, chỉ yêu những gì mà họ hiểu, chỉ hiểu
những gì mà họ đƣợc học‖. đó là một câu châm ngôn khôn ngoan trong lĩnh vực giáo
dục, đặc biệt là trong lĩnh vực giáo dục môi trƣờng. Cốt lõi của vấn đề truyền thông,
giáo dục ý thức bảo vệ môi trƣờng của sinh viên, học sinh đều nằm ở việc giáo dục tình
yêu, lòng hăng hái, và trách nhiệm của giới trẻ đối với cuộc sống. Nói một cách khác đó
chính là tình yêu môi trƣờng đƣợc trui rèn và nuôi dƣỡng trong môi trƣờng giáo dục.
Có 4 con ngƣời trong một thực thể sống. Đó là thể xác, tâm hồn, trí tuệ và tinh
thần. Muốn có một con ngƣời hoàn hảo, phải nuôi dƣỡng cho 4 con ngƣời đó. Nếu thể
xác cần thức ăn, nƣớc uống để duy trì sự sống thì tâm hồn cần đƣợc nuôi dƣỡng bằng
văn học, nghệ thuật, trí tuệ cần nuôi dƣỡng bằng kiến thức, tinh thần đƣợc nuôi dƣỡng
bằng vốn sống và những kỹ năng sống. Giáo dục môi trƣờng chính là việc giáo dục tính
nhân văn và thức tỉnh lƣơng tâm ở mỗi con ngƣời. Do vậy, để có ý thức bảo vệ môi
trƣờng, sinh viên học sinh cần đƣợc truyền đạt những kiến thức tổng hợp và cả đạo đức
– văn học – thẩm mỹ - nghệ thuật – thể dục để có cái nhìn trọn vẹn và đầy tính nhân văn
về bảo vệ môi trƣờng. Bài viết cung cấp một góc nhìn về giáo dục giới trẻ bảo vệ môi
trƣờng thông qua việc giáo dục con ngƣời, xây dựng một con ngƣời hoàn thiện và
những phƣơng pháp giảng dạy các môn học bảo vệ môi trƣờng.

INTRODUCTION
If you go way beyond the red light, because of sun, can not stand waiting. When you pass it,
we breathe a little, then ask yourself: it righ or not? Looks like an action is not correct. So we feel
no remorse? Then we rethink myself that no one sees both, but if anyone does not see why, because
if someone fell into his case will be the same only. So the key issue here is what? That is the
difference between a man and an educated man. An educated man is to know ashamed, not having
an education does not know ashamed. We still talk to each other that when we do wrong, other
people may not know, but heaven knows, that land, and another thing to know, that is the human
conscience. So the human conscience is that most solid wall fence to prevent people mired in error.
So where is the human conscience that? Surely it comes from a comprehensive education:
education not only provide knowledge but also bring beauty and spirit where the soul of man.
It‘s similarly when we talking about environmental education. The human intellect, smart,
elegant yet relaxed littering the street. "Oh, no one looks", "One small pieces of garbage would not
have had anything!". It is regrettable that such thinking not only in the beginning of the normal
working people are not highly intellectual, but a transient moment the thought of his students, the
elegance, nobility, scholars do passive, these people are believed to have education.
That is just one small thing. In a larger range, not just a man but a factory, an office, a
factory, a large enterprise like Vedan, or more recently Tungkuang, or Hao Duong factory. They
make money by just bringing a certain value but also harmful to society. As in the case of
companies such smuggling. On the one hand they demand goods and services to society with a
relatively cheap price, but other aspects of tax evasion, thus harming the common interests of
society and harm the industry. Vedan still the same. On the other hand they produce for the market
to provide essential goods, but when discharging wastewater into the Thi Vai River produced 14
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consecutive years, they have killed a river, causing pollution and affecting health of people, can
affect the future.
Society has reacted with outrage this incident. It is most unfortunate time, or the inevitable
suffering that Vedan? Only alone may be inevitable. Why is it that happens on the consequences

that inevitably still there a reason to consider the risks posed to society at three angles: Because not
aware of the deep, full consequences of action that should still make great or because of poverty, we
know the consequences but inevitable eye rash because no other choice or by taking action of
earnings that despite the consequences and effects of social action.
Looking to the angle of education, it comes from an educational backgrounds incomplete and
only see one without seeing the two, three. So the "education" of our missing what?
Education is the process of consciously held, aim to elicit or change perceptions, abilities,
emotions, attitudes of teachers and learners in a positive way. Means of contributing to improve the
way people learn by conscious action from the outside, contributing to meet the needs of existence
and development of man in contemporary society. So the core issue here is people want a religious
education consciousness of environmental protection, then educate people, education and the
knowledge base, the core skills to create a human. To train a man need? That is the question that
people are doing is education is still concern. How students are aware of the environment comes
from a complete education?
Research objectives
- Research environment teaching methods through teaching life skills to their students.
- Rate propaganda activities, raising environmental awareness at the HCMC University of
Technology.
- Propose measures propaganda and education to raise environmental awareness in
communities through education students life skills to students.
Research Content
The study made the following main contents:
- Identify the dynamics of environmental education: The dynamics of environmental
education is the training of a human culture, a religion based on the development of physical,
spiritual, intellectual and spiritual. Environmental education should educate people how to live,
humane, ethical, accountable to society and generation.
- The skills need for human life: understanding yourself skills, core competencies and skills
to identify happy, ambitions and dreams.
- The content should be taught in educational programs to raise awareness in university
environments: supporting knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for students to live while facing

environmental problems.
- Overview of environmental education programs at the HCMC University of Technology.

PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
What is man?
People, an entity carrying both biologically and socially. On the biology, human encompasses
all the elements of an animal, should have food, drinking water to survive, said hunger and thirst to
know, know to look for food The social and human living purposes, that would live his life and
find the meaning of life.

If the body is alive with food, water, air the soul, mind, spirit is nourished by others.


Beautiful soul is nourished by the farming literature, with the arts as music, dance, reformed,
classical drama, opera, painting, sculpture, cinematography. Intellectual input was raised by the
scientific knowledge, are the areas where people are learning to discover. Wisdom is the second
from school may have, but can also learn in school life, from life experience, from their
determination to train and improve yourself.
Man – a being in search of meaning. (Plato)
Man is a goal seeking animal. His life has meaning if he is
reaching out and striving for his goal (Aristote)
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And finally, the decisive factor for humanity is the spirit. In daily life, people expressed in a
human behavior, politeness, politeness by the moral standards of society. In addition to the pillars
of morality, people have to bear the binding legal. Therefore, if food can nourish the human body,
literary arts nourish the human soul, nurturing intellectual knowledge, the first human nurture is
human society. So if not enough food to feed people, why?
People protect environment - People have culture - a man educated

People are so, so people will be educated with what virtues, and vice versa education we give
people what?
A child who has a background of education, there is a rich culture that received human error,
appreciate what others did for her, to know the forgiveness, how to respect others, self-responsible
your life, know the difference right / wrong, good / bad, that shame and embarrass themselves,
know how to live. How to live their lives know this is doing, know what they want, what you want
right or wrong, good or bad, know how to map out strategies to the goals of life, to be the and
happiness.
An educated man is a distinction to be true / false, good / bad, that shame and embarrass
themselves. If you miss the indiscriminate littering the street, if you accidentally do something
contrary to conscience, immoral, we must look back at his own remarks, and how to evaluate their
own punishment. Environmental education is educate people humanism, understanding and
behavior consistent with ethical and should have.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL OR ATTITUDE NEED TO BE PROVIDED IN ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM ?
Development of fundamental values of man
"Knowledge + Skill + Attitude = Success" - on a formula drawn from the valuable experience
of their predecessors are already successful, and many specialist recruitment business.
Basic background knowledge to be taught in schools is the knowledge that each student upon
graduation should be achieved. Knowledge and professional capabilities of each specific industry is
not only a tool for expressing individual capacity to work, said herself that knowledge helps shape
thinking coherently and routing solution problem. Experience - a different degree required to pass
the employment. Experience is not necessarily required conditions, but want to confirm their
previous business and want to accommodate rapid business, applicants must and should experience.
In addition to accumulated knowledge and experience, the completion of soft skills to create for
themselves a strong attitude are all elements that meet a foundation for success. Skills are things
not normally learn in school, not related to professional knowledge, intangible, not a character
special skills. They decide who you are, how to work, is a measure of efficiency in work. To
improve skills, required confidence we need experienced, confident engagement.

Health - invaluable assets of human
Want to love the environment, from birth, the child must learn the lessons of love broken
heart health, love yourself. Hands to do anything, to do legs, ears used to do, the eye used for?
When we love our body, also a loved one to live as others in life. For a young school, love the
environment is not picking flowers, not trampled pedal up trees, grass. But until the second level,
additional children are much more knowledge. Understanding ecosystem, the ecosystem
components, reciprocal relationships will help students understand the role of the components,
support each other to create interactive beneficial to the environment. For their third-level students,
to learn the concepts of the living entity, the mechanism of assimilation, catabolism, body systems
in the body, should integrate the general notion of the learning environment to understanding the
survival mechanism to preserve the natural values.
Environmental Foundation is the most important to educate the general knowledge about the
environment for students. For the specialized field of study environment, the University will
support the knowledge and skills to help students be able to undertake projects related to
environmental pollution, environmental management and conserving natural resources. For
students of other sectors, environmental education departments to give them the basic knowledge of
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environmental laws should apply in their profession. Understanding the environment, means that
we determine that the environment is also a living entity that we can not separate from it, it's
healthy, we are healthy, it's sick, we sick. We need food, it needs food. There is such a new
environment is clean and healthy.
Soul - The indispensable
If the body needs food, drinking water to sustain life activities, food for the soul of literature,
art and culture. Literature, painting, sculpture, film, drama, music is the kind of culture
contributes to enrich the soul of every man and guide them to the lofty goals in life.
Each child brings in his part of the material taken from the family and partly from the school.
In school, children learn the meaning of literature according to it, enjoying the cultural and artistic
works suitable age. Children learn the art to learn skills to express themselves through cultural

forms. At home, children also need parents to play lead, learn how to play as a form offline,
dancing, singing, drama to practice skills and enrich the soul.
Each field of study are seen in an environmental aspect. And the lecturers also teach in the
environment in different directions. But one thing that all education must be taught, that the attitude
of people towards the environment. People should have the vision to live in accordance with
environmental ethics. No matter how active in the matter sector, also need to understand one thing:
the environment is the common property that every human being must preserved, as is culture. Acts
of infringing upon the value of environmental resources is stealing people's property, break the
intergenerational equity, creating injustice in society. Acts of pollution, depletion and
environmental incidents as acts of cultural loss and violation of law. An educated man is a human
culture. If not, that culture is that people can not be both educational and social condemnation.
Spirit - Material taken from a healthy social
The spirit of every human being has achieved maximum effect or not is by using ingredients
from your life. Core values and the human potential is determined by a rocket launcher family.
Mental health and healthy is obtained from a healthy society.
What we adults do? Must be computer education for children "dairy" or self-educate
yourself? If their parents litter, whether the children have taken it as social norms or not? If parents
red light, whether the child is also aware that's probably not probably left right? We, even
harrowing also realize that children are damaged by major damage. No good example, children do
not have the guidance and a path right to step in life. Teacher / her parents must be saints, for
ethical standards, social lifestyle. Besides, they are brought to justice, peace, love, altruism and
warm human child.
Besides, the need to look at a problem, education should equip people with the skills
necessary. The nature of an educated man is that each person has skills that differentiate between
right / wrong, good / bad, or / and from responsibility for his life. Education should give children
the skills. There is so young to resist the changes, the move of the society.
Knowledge - from the school mission
In addition to the platform, from family values to each man still needs to be provided in the
knowledge society to move forward together with humanity. This knowledge can be educated at
school and in society. However, school knowledge is considered important. Therefore, reform,

renewing education is essential. Need to be carefully designed programs completion, science,
blocks provide the necessary knowledge.
What skills neccessary for students?
Understand themselves
First, education should teach people how to understand yourself: Who am I, I was born to do?
What is my mission?
Talking about the Vedan case, the business actually is: make money using the business to
serve the society through the products, its services, the "Search" by "carrying" and not "cause" ; is
money that does not fool anyone, not harm anyone and always gives society something of value. It
is always the most prudent way to make money.
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The well-known corporations globally successful business thanks to the mission (mission) is
clear, both the "standard value" (core values) as a basis and guideline in implementing the action of
the mission, from which they will achieve all these ambitions (vision) of his. But more important
than setting the mission, the standard value, it must be "living dead" with the mission and values of
this standard, do not deviate, do not be violated, even in cases the most restrictive. So they follow
common sense, and business will have achieved everything you want.
Everyone knows to make a successful entrepreneur is never easy. Radical solutions and the
core lies in education. Any profession, any field, to succeed, they must want to learn professional.
In addition, there should very much about personal factors and environmental objective of the
society to grow strong. There is still a big gap between the world of business location in Vietnam
with friends in the world. Therefore, understanding yourself, understanding the market, with global
vision and values of their own to pursue is the most important things that can fill this gap.
The situation is most difficult to "fire" to try "gold." It is important to have enough confidence
and desire for what you have chosen, have loyalty to their values and pursue. If we betray those
values, the standard of his own life and career will be a lot of risk. In business, proper business,
serve a valuable social ideals can help business people achieve sustainable success and also
respected by society. Successful and sustainable society that respected the new end goal that every

business in general and in particular every human being towards.
Identified life Strategy
Every man is called success in life if they assert their own values. So young people need to
know what is worthwhile. We only have one life, let your life be called live.
The worth of "live" only when the learner knows they need to do? Do not know do not know
where to go. Determine objectives to be incorrect, the wrong way. That the highest goal towards
which a man is receiving love and respected by society. Appreciation, which you only get respect
when he brought a lot of value, service for many, many in the social world. So, just to the right
"take" to many people. "Take" this can mean bringing money, sharing, empathy, trust for
everyone. So if we get money from health, employment of others, we are only those who lack
business ethics.
Therefore, environmental education should always indicate the way to go to school success.
Success is when you achieve what you would "want", but we only succeed when the "carry" are
many people around. So business ethics, business culture is new hope everyone loved and
respected. "Because the government is also due to his" is.

TRAINING PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT THE HO CHI MINH CITY
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
For other falcuty (not Environment)
HUTECH has set up 16 years with nearly 10 fields training. Since 2009, there are four
disciplines in the curriculum is knowledge related to environmental education. From 2009 on,
when moving through credit courses, almost courses in the subjects all have "Human and
Environment" as a alternative subject .
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Study Subjects
Environmental Course
Credit
1

Business Administration
Human and Environment
2
2
Accounting - Finance - Banking
Human and Environment
2
3
Mechanic Electronic
Human and Environment
2
4
Construction
Environmental protection in construction
2
5
Food Technology
Environmental Technology
Water supply technology
2
3
6
Industrial Arts
Human and Environment
2
7
Information Technology
Human and Environment
2
8

Biotechnology
Basic Environmentalism
Fundemental of Environmental Technology
3
2
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Environmental Biotechnology
3
9
Environment
Environmental Technology and Management
108
The knowledge provides environmental education
For non-professional sector environment
The branches are not related to subjects such as Business Administration, Mechatronics,
Financial Accounting Banking, Industrial Arts, Information Technology to study the subject
"Human and Environment." This course consists of two credits, provides students with the
knowledge of Basic Environment, ecology, natural resources (forest, ocean, land, minerals ),
population, economic development, society associated with environmental protection, sustainable
development.
4.2.2 For the industry is closely related to environmental
Related industries such as Construction, Food Technology, Biotechnology: Subject
"Environment in Construction" block provides knowledge about environmental impacts of
construction, how to handle environmental pollution from construction activities, writing reports on
environmental impact assessment and environmental monitoring reports during construction.
Course in Environmental Engineering Technology-based food rules settlement of pollution
from the plant food. The course consists of four modules: water treatment / wastewater, air
pollution and other types of solid waste in plant foods.

For the near field of study with the most specialized environment, such as Biotechnology
industry. Due to the volume of knowledge closer to the sector specific Environmental,
Biotechnology industry study three subjects related to the Basic Environmental Studies,
Fundemental Environmental Technology, Environmental Biotechnology. Basic Mon Study
Environment provides general knowledge about the environment, natural resources, population,
environmental quality, sustainable development. Fundemental Environmental Technology includes
four modules: water treatment / wastewater, air pollution and solid wastes. Environmental
Biotechnology is a combination of biological solutions to environmental pollution.
Course evaluation form
Subject
Evaluation mode
Human and Environment
Writting + Exam Seminar
Environmental Protection in Construction
Writting + Exam Seminar
Environmental Engineering
Writting + Exam Seminar
Environmental Technology Facility
Writting + Exam Seminar
Environmental Biotechnology
Writting + Exam Seminar
Extracurricular Activities
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Extracurricular activities
Science organizations
1
Contest "Environment and Human"
Environment and Biotechnology (E&B)

2
Contest ―HUTECH – GREEN EYES‖ making
environmental film and reportage
(E&B)
3
Contest "Energy Saving"
Mechanic - Electronic
4
The subjects of architecture - houses - Urban
ecology
Construction
5
Environmental and Safety Material
Construction
6
―Environment Protection‖ – English Topic
Language
7
Eco-tourism
Economic Management
8
World Environment Day 5/6
(E&B)
9
Biodiversity conservation 22/5
(E&B)
10
Green Sunday
(E&B)
11

Green summer
(E&B)
12
University – Center - Company
(E&B)
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ISSUES EXIST …
Propaganda activities, education and environmental awareness through two forms: teaching
and extracurricular organizations often take place at the Ho Chi Minh City University of
Technology. In particular, the extracurricular activities by Union Department of Environmental
Science and Biotechnology organizations always sharp, is the subject clear, was not only attracted
students in this university but also attracted more than 12 universities in HCMC and Youth Union
in Ward 25, Binh Thanh District.
However, advocacy programs and environmental education is to achieve high results. Some
problems exist in the education of environmental protection both in the classroom and
extracurricular hours.
The problem still exists
- Subject "Human & Environment" is a subject taught in the first semester when new students
into the field. Therefore, students also little surprise with how much learning and new teaching
methods;
- Most of the students spoke about environmental awareness is a stub and not systematic. The
essay most students based on emotion, there is less coherent and scientific;
- Students not have the reference (origin ) and assess the reliability of the material (the
source of primary / secondary, materials science / art );
- Students not have the combination of resources and present a clear and pure science
Students do not have the collective skills and effective team-based work most outstanding
individuals;
- Students not have good computer skill;

- Presentation skills and protection of student opinion has not been promoted;
- Classes in Vietnam today are too large. Standard, scientific and technical sectors -
technology, natural sciences (including teacher training, natural science, technical teachers),
agriculture - forestry - fisheries, will be applied from 10 to 15 students / 1 instructor, but the current
number of teachers is very low compared with the number of students;
- Extracurricular activities should be heavy academic mostly just attracted students
specialized environment. What activities related to recreation, entertainment, then do not take much
knowledge of the environment and not attract the attention of the students in school.
How to resolve?
How to organize classroom
In 2008, HCMC University of Technology has moved completely to institutional credit
courses. Therefore, its reducing class time, increased study time at home. Therefore, lecturers
should move to methods taught in question.
When the subject began, teachers should clearly state objectives, and most important level is
the attitude of students need to achieve when completed subject / lectures.
- Trainers should offer a real problem before the lecture, and mentioned the difficulty of the
problem in current conditions. Faculty and students will discuss how to deal with a problem should
make the environment met in my life.
- Instructor should ask students how to solve the problem like?
-Make the settlement of different sequential order Make the settlement of Different
-Planning Scheduling problem solve
-Set challenging situations for students to solve challenging situations for students to Set
Solve
-Group Discussion Group discussion to understand the problem to understand problem
-Assigned essay topic for students / student groups Assigned essays topic for students /
student groups.
How to organize extra-curricular
Contests, activities should focus on the environmental community, the media should increase
more than academic.
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The fun activities should be tailored to many different objects with ages, occupations, gender
different.
Extracurricular activities should be more widely available in offices, public offices, rather
than propaganda for the people.
Should work on a regular basis and more orthodox.
How to overcome difficulties in education
-A working group shall not exceed six people. As studies show, a group of six students who
will work too inefficient because only a few outstanding individuals work. Therefore, teachers need
to split into small groups and assigning group leaders, assigned topics for group leaders. Therefore,
trainers and team managers just received results from the group leaders. When assigned topics, and
must outline the specific work schedule for the team.
- "Of the not by giving." Important for people not to fish or sentence that should give people
motivation to fishing. Teachers who should not stop at the level assigned topics, but also must guide
the approach and process information for the lesson, give motivation and attitudes that students
should have when dealing with environmental issues .
-"It is difficult to solve to get there first": In fact the problem as simple as getting good results.
Therefore, teachers need to split the problem for students, where difficult to settle there.
-Dialogue: Dialogue is the best way to solve the problem. Much more dialogue, more students
are looking at various aspects of the problem. Therefore, schools should take advantage of business
relationships with the students the opportunity to exchange and learn from the experiences of their
predecessors.
-Give students the opportunity to practice. At present schools only for students to visit each
subject and practice in preparation for graduation. This also causes a disadvantage to students,
expand the form of internships, working in factories as well as how to teach more effectively.
-Faculty group to remind students to be first presented to the group after the experience. If the
first group to show a slow, no interest will be the platform to pull into the following groups do not
have the motivation.

CONCLUSION-RECOMMENDATIONS
Education is an important part in real life. Is important because it helps narrow the gap
between family and society, shortening travel time to the success of human, turning children into
mature human beings really. Because those teachers and education brings knowledge, experience
and life skills to help properly orient the right attitude of learners. Environmental education as well.
Environmental education is also part of education and also take the role, functions and tasks of
education. But environmental education more sensitive because it must go along with the concept of
human education, cultural education, ethics, lifestyle for humans. Thus environmental education to
ensure a human being and its sustainability.
Currently, most universities have turned to credit course, the subject of environmental
professionals in the environmental sector has not become a self-selected subject. Therefore,
environmental education not only focuses on class but also the extracurricular activities, increasing
the channel to provide information to help learners enjoy the full humanity of it.

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