‘Nature’ and the ‘environment’ in Jamaica’s primary school curriculum guides

Ferguson, Therese

doi:10.1080/13504620802345966

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“…There is a growing recognition that classrooms, and the wider school environment, can be useful settings where children's environmental awareness and knowledge can be increased and positive attitudes and behaviors toward the environment fostered (Ferguson, 2008). The formal and informal school curriculum is one of the many aspects of the school's environment that can influence students' knowledge of, attitudes to and behaviors toward the environment (Ferguson, 2008).…”

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Global climate change in geography curricula for Ethiopian secondary and preparatory schools

Dalelo

2011

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Educat

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Given the magnitude and severity of the problem of climate change, it is not surprising that a marked emphasis had been put on the issue over the last two decades, resulting in a series of proposals containing mitigation and adaptation measures. Education is often considered as one of such measures. This study was aimed at assessing the extent to and ways in which global climate change has been addressed in the geography curriculum guides and students' textbooks for Ethiopian schools. Content analysis has been used as a principal technique to generate data based on the latest versions of the curriculum guides and textbooks. Results show that the curriculum guides for Ethiopian schools' geography provide a huge opportunity to systematically integrate issues related to global climate change. The students' textbooks for all the four grades adequately cover the science behind climate change including its causes and consequences. However, issues related to the "politics of global climate change" are largely missing in the curriculum guides. The impact of human actions is, for instance, not clearly articulated while discussing factors that contribute to global climate change. Similarly, measures against climate change have been least emphasized in both the curriculum guides and students' textbooks.

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“…The formal and informal school curriculum is one of the many aspects of the school's environment that can influence students' knowledge of, attitudes to and behaviors toward the environment (Ferguson, 2008). The curriculum can have a significant impact on what and how students learn about environmental issues.…”

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Global climate change in geography curricula for Ethiopian secondary and preparatory schools

Dalelo

2011

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Educat

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“…Ecology and the environment comprise an important part of science education curricula in many countries around the world (Korfiatis et al 2004;Ross 2007;Ferguson 2008). Furthermore ecology affects the field of environmental education by providing tools for studying nature and more importantly affecting environmental worldviews (Korfiatis 2005).…”

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Towards a Critical Re-Appraisal of Ecology Education: Scheduling an Educational Intervention to Revisit the ‘Balance of Nature’ Metaphor

Hovardas

Korfiatis

2010

Sci & Educ

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The 'Balance of Nature' metaphor is a pervasive idea in ecology. However, the scientific community acknowledged during the last decades that equilibrium conditions are rare, while disturbance events are not uncommon. We suggest that the exclusive teaching of the 'Balance of Nature' metaphor produces cultural, scientific and learning misconceptions about the structure and function of nature. We outline an exemplary educational intervention for high school students to exhibit that the use of computer simulations could serve important educational goals in ecology and environmental education, such as the liberation of the concept of 'balance' of its metaphysic burden, the comprehension of the dynamics and the systemic nature of ecological processes and the appreciation of the mutual relation between society and nature.

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“…Further articles broach the issue of curricular integration in selected school types and in particular countries (e.g. Ferguson, 2008;Jóhannesson et al, 2011, Seeber & Birke, 2011. Presumably, there are many more publications of this kind published only in the respective national languages, making them difficult to find and compare.…”

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How Green are European Curricula? A Comparative Analysis of Primary School Syllabi in Five European Countries

Hanisch

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Seeber

2014

European Educational Research Journal

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The authors conducted a cross-national curriculum analysis as part of a European Union Comenius project regarding the implementation of an online tool to foster environmental education (EE) in primary schools. The overall goal was to determine the extent and intensity that EE is embedded in the syllabi of five European countries. To this end, the authors developed a categorical analysis framework and undertook a content analysis. In addition to the general goals and contents of EE, they researched in particular the inclusion of the topics 'waste', 'water' and 'energy' in primary school curricula. The results highlight differences and commonalities with regard to goals, contents and methodological requirements, and they confirm the relevance of EE in European school curricula.

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‘Nature’ and the ‘environment’ in Jamaica’s primary school curriculum guides

Cited by 19 publications

References 21 publications

Global climate change in geography curricula for Ethiopian secondary and preparatory schools

Global climate change in geography curricula for Ethiopian secondary and preparatory schools

Towards a Critical Re-Appraisal of Ecology Education: Scheduling an Educational Intervention to Revisit the ‘Balance of Nature’ Metaphor

How Green are European Curricula? A Comparative Analysis of Primary School Syllabi in Five European Countries

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