Sustainable Development Concept in the Chemistry Curriculum: An Exploration of Foundation Students' Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Kanapathy, Suganty; Lee, Khai Ern; Sivapalan, Subarna; Mokhtar, Mazlin; Zakaria, Sharifah Zarina Syed; Zahidi, Azizah Mohd
Titel	Sustainable Development Concept in the Chemistry Curriculum: An Exploration of Foundation Students' Perspective
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 20 (2019) 1, S.2-22 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-04-2018-0069
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Sustainable Development; Chemistry; Science Curriculum; College Science; Student Attitudes; Scientific Concepts; Knowledge Level; Environmental Education; Water; Biodiversity; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Chemie; Schülerverhalten; Wissensbasis; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Wasser; Biodiversität
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of foundation chemistry learners concerning the sustainable development concept. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative and quantitative studies were conducted. Atlas.ti software was used to analyse the chemistry curriculum based on selected themes and sub-themes. A survey was carried out involving 132 chemistry learners. The chemistry learners were students from a foundation programme in a local university located in Selangor, Malaysia. The collected data were analysed using SPSS 21.0 involving descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: Document analysis on the chemistry curriculum shows that water is the theme most covered in the chemistry learners' textbook, as compared to other themes. In general, the chemistry learners have good knowledge and attitude concerning the sustainable development concept. However, their knowledge and attitude do not reflect in their behaviour as an individual, as well as in the classroom. Moreover, their knowledge, attitude and behaviour focus more on environmental dimension, as compared to other sustainable development dimensions. Practical implications: This paper is instrumental in assisting educators to assess how chemistry learners perceive sustainable development, and this may help to bring about changes to improve chemistry teaching and learning processes towards education for sustainable development. Originality/value: This paper is an original and novel research paper which is first conducted on sustainable development concept in chemistry curriculum in Malaysia. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01