A framework for successful environmental education
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2023-08-31
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This research aimed to contribute to academia by expanding the literature on environmental education through research into alternative pedagogies. The research helped formulate a conceptual framework to measure effective environmental education under the name: Conscious and Critical Environmental Education (CCEE). By focusing on an existing alternative pedagogic approach, it answered the following question: To what extent does the Waldorf pedagogic approach embody features of critical and conscious environmental education as presented within the CCEE framework?
Following an in-depth literature review and creation of the CCEE, interviews were conducted with teachers from two Waldorf schools, one in Brasil, and one in the United Kingdom. Interviews were analysed using a thematic analysis process after which the findings were looked at using the CCEE framework.
It was found is that all elements of the CCEE framework are prevalent within the Waldorf methodology and actively incorporated in schools (both in the UK and Brasil), meaning that environmental education is indeed a reality in this pedagogical approach. There were differences found in the implementation, but variations may be caused by external factors such as geographical locations. More research regarding this method and other pedagogic methodologies is necessary to continue improving our understanding of environmental education.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen