Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum

This paper provides understanding of education of sustainable consumption and production (ESCP) and its implementation, Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). These are the driving tools to address the challenges of sustainable consumptions such...

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Main Authors: Tee, Lian Hong, Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho, Mohd Noah, Sidek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babes-Bolyai University 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81862/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81862/1/Promoting%20education%20for%20sustainable%20consumption%20and%20production%20an%20analysis%20of%20Malaysian%20school%20curriculum.pdf
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description This paper provides understanding of education of sustainable consumption and production (ESCP) and its implementation, Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). These are the driving tools to address the challenges of sustainable consumptions such as environmental degradation, depletion of natural resources, pollutions, global warming and poverty that negatively affect the quality of life. Therefore, the practical approach to promote ESCP was presenting its purpose and its potential to positively affect the education system. The objective of this study is to assess the existing initiatives in ESCP for Malaysian public education system. The document analysis method was conducted towards the secondary public school for their curriculum materials and textbooks. The result from the analysis shows that some of the elements in the content are related to sustainable consumption and production of education. One of the learning outcomes was that it matches the desired behavioral of sustainable consumption. It is concluded that education plays a vital role in strengthening the sustainable consumption choice and it is evidently supported by government policy as stated in The National Sustainable Consumption and Production Blueprint 2016-2030. The integration of ESCP into curriculum is indisputably important to facilitate and provide adequate transformation for the sustainable consumption behavior into daily life practice.
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spelling upm-818622020-09-02T00:29:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81862/ Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum Tee, Lian Hong Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho Mohd Noah, Sidek This paper provides understanding of education of sustainable consumption and production (ESCP) and its implementation, Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). These are the driving tools to address the challenges of sustainable consumptions such as environmental degradation, depletion of natural resources, pollutions, global warming and poverty that negatively affect the quality of life. Therefore, the practical approach to promote ESCP was presenting its purpose and its potential to positively affect the education system. The objective of this study is to assess the existing initiatives in ESCP for Malaysian public education system. The document analysis method was conducted towards the secondary public school for their curriculum materials and textbooks. The result from the analysis shows that some of the elements in the content are related to sustainable consumption and production of education. One of the learning outcomes was that it matches the desired behavioral of sustainable consumption. It is concluded that education plays a vital role in strengthening the sustainable consumption choice and it is evidently supported by government policy as stated in The National Sustainable Consumption and Production Blueprint 2016-2030. The integration of ESCP into curriculum is indisputably important to facilitate and provide adequate transformation for the sustainable consumption behavior into daily life practice. Babes-Bolyai University 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81862/1/Promoting%20education%20for%20sustainable%20consumption%20and%20production%20an%20analysis%20of%20Malaysian%20school%20curriculum.pdf Tee, Lian Hong and Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho and Mohd Noah, Sidek (2019) Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Negotia, 64 (2). pp. 47-66. ISSN 1224-8738; ESSN: 2065-9636
spellingShingle Tee, Lian Hong
Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho
Mohd Noah, Sidek
Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum
title Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum
title_full Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum
title_fullStr Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum
title_full_unstemmed Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum
title_short Promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of Malaysian school curriculum
title_sort promoting education for sustainable consumption and production: an analysis of malaysian school curriculum
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81862/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81862/1/Promoting%20education%20for%20sustainable%20consumption%20and%20production%20an%20analysis%20of%20Malaysian%20school%20curriculum.pdf