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Environmental education case studies for curriculum development in science teacher education.

dc.contributor.advisorBrookes, David W.
dc.contributor.advisorNaidoo, Premanithee.
dc.contributor.authorPillay, Alan Sathiaseelan.
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-15T06:03:54Z
dc.date.available2011-08-15T06:03:54Z
dc.date.created1998
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Ed.)-University of Durban-Westville, 1998.en_US
dc.description.abstractScience student teachers' participation with practising teachers in developing curriculum in environmental education for implementation in schools has been a neglected field. This study focuses on the collaboration of science student teachers with practising teachers in developing an alternative curriculum for environmental education compared to existing traditional practices in most schools in South Africa. The science teacher educator, as the researcher, used action research or elements of it to facilitate the process. The action research component served as an inquiry into, and improvement of, the PRESET/INSET curriculum development model for teacher development. This dissertation reports on four case studies of curriculum development and environmental education in science teacher education practised at the University of Durban-Westville from 1991 to 1996. Innovative strategies serve as the basis of interventions in four primary school contexts, each representing a case study on its own, yet sequentially linked as action research cycles. The case study approach served the purpose of illuminating the curriculum development process with the intention of generating grounded theory through action research or elements of it. The outcomes of a survey of the status of curriculum development in institutions offering science teacher education in KwaZulu-Natal are also presented to support the need for an innovative approach to the PRESET/INSET curriculum development model.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/3396
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectScience teachers--Training of.en_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental education--Study and teaching.en_US
dc.subjectTheses--Education.en_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental education--Curricula.en_US
dc.titleEnvironmental education case studies for curriculum development in science teacher education.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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