Infusion or Confusion: A Meta-Analysis of Environmental Education in the 21st Century Curriculum of Botswana

Autor/in	Velempini, Kgosietsile
Titel	Infusion or Confusion: A Meta-Analysis of Environmental Education in the 21st Century Curriculum of Botswana
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 14 (2017) 1, S.42-57 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2016.1224560
Schlagwörter	Meta Analysis; Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Curriculum; Qualitative Research; Literacy; Journal Articles; Social Studies; Teaching Methods; Educational Principles; Faculty Development; Educational Policy; Educational Strategies; Databases; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary School Teachers; Botswana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Journal article; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Gemeinschaftskunde; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsprinzip; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrstrategie; Datenbank; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to examine the integration of environmental education (EE) in the secondary school curriculum of Botswana. In order to achieve effective environmental literacy, EE needs to be integrated into all aspects of students' learning experience. The article draws on a variety of qualitative meta-analyses of Botswana government documents and journal articles, published between 2002 and 2012. Although EE is integrated primarily in social studies and science subjects, the findings suggested that it is in a state of confusion due to ineffective professional development of teachers and neglect of educational authorities. Teachers at the secondary level rarely include EE because students are not tested on it. The study suggested that teachers' values towards EE, subject flexibility, integration and child-centred learning should be enhanced as strategies for halting the confusion of its infusion into the curriculum (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01