Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development


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This book focuses on lifelong learning for sustainable development, an aspect that has been rarely explored in great detail. It also discusses methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which demonstrate how lifelong learning for sustainable development can be implemented in practice. The book provides respecting research institutions, universities, NGOs, and enterprises with an opportunity to display and present their work in this field. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the context of concerning initiatives, especially with regard to successful projects and best practices.










Research in Education


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Implementing Educational Policies in Swaziland


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At the time of independence from Britain in 1968, education in Swaziland was characterized by poor quality, uneven distribution of schools, high dropout and repeater rates, serious teacher shortages, and inappropriate and highly academic curricula. This paper describes the status of present-day education in Swaziland in terms of the effect of government policies on the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. Because current trends in education are the cumulative result of policies followed since independence, the historical development of educational policy is traced in quinquennials that correspond to each of the four post-independence five-year National Development Plans. The policies of the first three five-year periods are followed by an appraisal of the achievements and failures of the period with regard to policy objectives and policy procedures. The final chapter on the Fourth Plan (1984-88) lists priority areas for continued improvement : a) improved teacher training; b) curriculum development; c) support to the sector from the Ministry of Education; and d) more systematic educational planning, monitoring and evaluation.




Environmental Education, Ethics and Action in Southern Africa


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On the imperative of sustainable development: a philosophical and ethical appraisal / Johan Hattingh -- Integrating economic development, social justice and ecological sustainability: a case of sustainable development in the waste industry, eThekwini Unicity, Durban / Sara Freeman, Ndyebo Mgingqizana -- Environmental management: expertise, uncertainty, responsibility / Mike Ward -- Decentralising environmental management in Malawi: the challenge of capacity-building / Martin Mkandawire -- Policy playing out in the field: a case study of the implementation of sustainable agriculture in Uganda / Daniel Babikwa -- The evolution of people-and-parks relationships in South Africa's National Conservation Organisation / Kevin Moore, Lynette Masuku van Damme -- Industry and sustainablity: a re-view through critical discourse analysis / Leigh Price -- Challenges for environmental journalism in Africa: a case story of NGO-based journalism in ecological youth of Angola / Vladimir Russo -- Curriculum patterning in environmental education: a review of developments in formal education in South Africa / Heila Lotz-Sisitka -- Indigenous knowledge and the school curriculum: a review of developing methods and methodological perspectives / Rob O'Donoghue, Edgar Neluvhalani -- Sustainable development in a post-colonial context: the potential for emancipatory research / Tsepo Mokuku -- Ambivalent globalising influences in a local context: the case of an environmental education practitioner's experience in Zambia / Justin Lupele.







UNEP Annual Review, 1980


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