Climate Change Education: The Role of Pre-Tertiary Science Curricula in Ghana

Autor/in	Boakye, Cecilia
Titel	Climate Change Education: The Role of Pre-Tertiary Science Curricula in Ghana
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 5 (2015) 4, (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-2440
DOI	10.1177/2158244015614611
Schlagwörter	Junior High School Students; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Elementary School Students; Science Curriculum; Science Instruction; Climate; Change; Environmental Education; Botany; Energy; Course Content; Foreign Countries; Course Descriptions; Behavior Change; Attitude Change; Role of Education; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Klima; Wandel; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Botanik; Energie; Kursprogramm; Ausland; Kursstrukturplan; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	The study found out the role that some selected science curricula of the pre-tertiary level of education in Ghana played with respect to climate change education. Content analysis was used to analyze four science curricula of the pre-tertiary levels of education in Ghana, namely, the curriculum for primary, Grades 1 to 3 (age = 6-9 years); integrated science curriculum of primary, Grades 4 to 6 (age = 9-12 years); integrated science curriculum of the Junior High School (JHS; age = 12-13 years); and the integrated science curriculum of the Senior High School (SHS; age = 13-16 years). It was found that of the four curricula, it was only in the integrated science syllabuses of the SHS and that of the JHS that climate change as a topic for study had been stated categorically, but, even then, the teaching and learning methods needed to be improved on. It was practically non-existent in the natural science curriculum of Primary Grades 1 to 3. There were topics in some of the curricula such as "Ecosystems," "Photosynthesis," and "Energy" that can provide links to climate change education but were not linked to it. Some of the suggestions made to make these curricula play their roles in climate change education are that: (a) topics that lend themselves to climate change education in the various curricula could be linked to it in the teaching and learning situation to reinforce learning and (b) teaching and learning methods should be improved upon for effective attitudinal and behavioral changes to help mitigate climate change and its impact. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01