Teachers’ Views on Integrating Environmental Education for Aboriginal Students
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
This study was investigate the teachers’ views on integrating environmental education in terms of the definition, the importance, and the environmental education approach in aboriginal school. Data were collected through interviews using purposive sampling from six primary and six secondary school’s teachers who were teaching in Aboriginal schools in Pahang, Malaysia. The verbatim transcript was analyzed manually based on incorporated the same code into several categories until the theme and sub-themes of the teachers’ views emergence regarding the environmental education in aboriginal school students. Results showed that the teachers implemented environmental education through fostering of environmental values in subject taught, creating clean environment in classroom, writing essay related environment issues, and stimulating the students' thinking through observation. However, environmental awareness programs conducted by the schools are limited. Therefore, the teachers must have competencies in integrating environmental education through subject matter and established by the role of related stakeholders to aboriginal community.
Authors and Affiliations
Norshariani Abd Rahman, Lilia Halim, Abdul Razaq Ahmad, Arba’at Hassan, Tuan Mastura Tuan Soh
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- DOI 10.6007/IJARPED/v7-i2/4080
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