Acknowledgements

“Thank you for creating the kinds of programs that you offer; they help us to acquire new and critical knowledge.”

“My students are much more motivated and interested in the lessons I teach since I’ve integrated what I learned in your workshop. Congratulations on the high quality of the information and materials you provide.”

“The results of our visit to Ecoparque are very positive for all our students. They feel very excited with the activities they do at the park, they have fun and they enjoy the contact with nature; all this helps to raise their awareness about taking care of the environment.”

“Thank you so much for the Atlas, the video, the posters, the handouts  and the nutritious food.”

“Congratulations on everything you do. It is very admirable. Thanks a lot!!”

“We want to congratulate you for such an awesome project and to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us I look forward to another PROBEA workshop soon.”

“I would like to congratulate the facilitators for all their love and patience, as well as for the knowledge they shared and their dedication.”

“Reminding us to take field trips to key sites was very important to me.”

“I am very pleased that these kinds of workshops and materials are reachingthe teachers because they offer tools to apply with their students and empower us,the non-formal educators.”

“I liked the way the workshop was designed and implemented andthe fact that we had adequate time for each of the activities.”

“Thank you for offering us the 14 most productive hours we’ve had in the last few days. We are especially grateful to you for sharing with us the spirit and soul of your endless love and enthusiasm for environmental education, which acquires today its true meaning for us. We reiterate our commitment to give 100% so that our students in turn can do the same.”

“I learned the importance of taking care of our environment, starting with one self.”

“I learned very creative activities and teaching techniques that I never thought existed.”

“I realized that I can make teaching easier and more fun without sacrificing what is important.”

“The new teaching strategies I learned taught me the importance of working individually and in groups.”

“The workshop used humor in its delivery, taught respect, introduced meaningful learning practices, provided lots of information, and emphasized good communication skills and the importance of participation…a great combination for a workshop.”

“It is very inspiring to see everything PROBEA has accomplished.”

“I learned about teaching/learning strategies that teach the different learning styles and about how to integrate other subjects in Environmental Education.”

“I learned that it is possible to connect many concepts or themes together that at first might seem as though they do not have anything in common.”

“This workshop, through a series of exercises, provided me with tools to introduce and review concepts in a creative and fun manner.”

“PROBEA is a very well structured effort to promote environmental awareness.”

“The most important thing I discovered is that meaningful learning does not require complicated resources.”

“Thank you for all the inspiring ideas.”

“I think PROBEA’s work could be multiplied if we, as teachers, do our part and take all we received during this workshop to our classrooms.”

“The most meaningful thing to me was to observe how our group of people from the same institution became more integrated through Ocean Oasis.”

“I was reminded again that I can still learn new things and I can participate in projects.”

“The most important thing I learned was the skill to deliver the technical information in my courses.”

“We are going to adopt a lot of the teaching strategies we learned in this workshop.”

“This workshop was like a door that opened our eyes to a wonderful world that was right in front of us but we did not see.”

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