Teacher’s awareness of the integrated environmental education curriculum in South Africa
The study focuses on teacher’s awareness of the integrated environmental education curriculum as prescribed in the current curriculum and assessment policy statement (CAPS) document in South Africa. The study examines challenges confronting teachers in the process of integrating environmental...
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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16314/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16314/1/41304-132052-1-SM.pdf |
| Summary: | The study focuses on teacher’s awareness of the integrated environmental education curriculum
as prescribed in the current curriculum and assessment policy statement (CAPS) document in
South Africa. The study examines challenges confronting teachers in the process of integrating
environmental education into their respective subject areas of speciality. The role of teachers
in the implementation of environmental education in developing an environmentally literate
citizenry is of great significance. It was recommended among others that; the government
should develop curriculum with clear goals and content with specific guideline which shall
develop teachers’ capacity in the teaching of environmental education. Successful
implementation of any educational policy, largely depends on teacher’s competencies. The
findings suggest that, department of basic education should appoint subject advisors to equip
and resource teachers in order to implement EE integration successfully. The study further
concluded that, the policy has failed to spell out a clear direction on how teachers should
integrate EE into their subjects. EE integration is doable theoretically but practically, it has
failed to achieve the anticipated results due to the numerous problems confronting its
implementation in the classroom. |
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