The integration of pedagogical aspects in environmental management systems in selected South African primary schools
| Autor: | Alex Kanyimba, Barry Richter, Schalk Raath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Africa Education Review. 12:232-252 |
| ISSN: | 1753-5921 1814-6627 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/18146627.2015.1107999 |
| Popis: | Environmental management systems implemented in schools are regarded by many as a mechanism for the integration of environmental matters in all the operational functions of the school. The links, however, between environmental management and curriculum practice have not been adequately addressed in the literature. This article reports on the results of a project aimed at integrating pedagogical aspects in environmental management systems in 60 primary Kanyimba, Richter and Raath The integration of pedagogical aspects schools in four provinces of the Republic of South Africa over a period of two years. A baseline survey and post-baseline surveys assessed the integration of pedagogical aspects in environmental management systems. The data were evaluated with the aid of Cohen's effects sizes. The results show that primary schools in this case study had succeeded in developing environmental management structures as part of the overall school management system. The pedagogical aspects, however, were no... |
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