2002
DOI: 10.1016/s0738-0593(00)00076-6
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Towards effective environmental education in Ethiopia: problems and prospects in responding to the environment—poverty challenge

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“…It also stresses the important role that informal education programmes play in responding to CC, which in some areas are the only available educational opportunities and which may also be better placed to have immediate impact (cf. Bekalo and Bangay, 2002;Blum and Diwan, 2007). 5.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It also stresses the important role that informal education programmes play in responding to CC, which in some areas are the only available educational opportunities and which may also be better placed to have immediate impact (cf. Bekalo and Bangay, 2002;Blum and Diwan, 2007). 5.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A possible explanation is that the curriculum in the existing formal primary education system in this area does not adequately emphasize environmental issues and instead focuses on basic literacy and numeracy skills (Dalelo, ); educated farmers have implemented better SWC measures (Asrat et al ., ), as a consequence experience lower erosion risk; or it may be rooted in the generally low level of school enrollment in the study area. This explanation is in accordance with that of Bekalo & Bangay (), who argued that the formal education sector is not well suited to deliver a meaningful program that identifies the symptoms of soil erosion and proposes alternatives towards more sustainable land management practices. Similarly, greater household participation in public SWC initiatives was not found to enhance the probability that farmers would perceive higher levels of soil erosion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More attention also needs to be paid to informal education programmes, which in some areas are the only available educational opportunities and which may also be better placed to have immediate impact (cf. Bekalo and Bangay 2002;Blum and Diwan 2007).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%