STANDARD 2
The competent environmental science teacher has an understanding of environmental issues and possesses the skills to address these issues.

Knowledge Indicators: The competent environmental science teacher
2A. Understands the steps involved in conducting environmental issues investigations in a social and political context.
2B. Understands the societal, economic and cultural influences on the environmental decision-making process.
2C. Understands internationally accepted positions regarding citizens' environmental rights and responsibilities and the historical basis for their development.
2D. Understands trends in national and global societies that relate to environmental quality.
2E. Understands the continuum between environmental awareness and environmental decision-making and action.

Performance Indicators: The competent environmental science teacher
2F Evaluates the validity of information sources related to environmental issues by identifying bias and boundaries of evidence.
2G. Applies research and analytical skills necessary for the investigation of local, regional, and global environmental issues.
2H. Identifies and evaluates differing interpretations of environmental issues and alternative ways to consider their cultural and ecological impacts.
2I. Guides students to develop abilities to identify, evaluate and clarify their own value positions related to discrete environmental issues and their associated solutions.
2J. Evaluates proposed or implemented citizen actions with respect to their influence on achieving and/or maintaining a dynamic equilibrium between quality of life and quality of the environment.