Environmental education: policy and practice

Abstract

This paper seeks to uncover the realities behind the integration, or lack thereof, of Environmental Education into the core science curriculum as well as suggestions to successfully integrating it. There is an urgent need for transformative environmental education and action-based environmental participation, concerns also echoed by the international community. The schools should be vested with an environmental mission about/for/in the environment.  Educational legislation for science education and practice are bridged by a myriad of difficulties to successfully integrating it (Hart, 2002; Metz et al., 2010). Effective strategies for integration as well as teachers’ preparedness and professional development are among the steps towards successful integration.Key-words: Environmental education, science education, knowledge mobilization, scientifically-literate citizens, teachers’ professional development.