2021
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2021.1879024
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Citizenship education for environmental sustainability in Lebanon: public school teachers’ understandings and approaches

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“…In Lebanon, teachers are committed to environmental sustainability, but pedagogical approaches and policies fall short in promoting environmental citizenship in schools [17]. The lack of qualified teachers and the need for curricular reform highlight the urgent need for government intervention in environmental education.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Lebanon, teachers are committed to environmental sustainability, but pedagogical approaches and policies fall short in promoting environmental citizenship in schools [17]. The lack of qualified teachers and the need for curricular reform highlight the urgent need for government intervention in environmental education.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Responding to environmental problems can be done with a pre-disaster approach through environmental education in schools at all levels of education from basic education to higher education. Although the current practice of teachers and students has encouraged a commitment to care for the natural environment, it is not sufficient to raise awareness of environmental citizenship, such as encouraging critical involvement and democratic processes in preventing and solving environmental problems (Ghosn-Chelala & Akar, 2021;Kirsop-Taylor et al, 2020). Four pedagogical aspects are problematic in Indonesia and many other developing countries, namely that they still dominate the ongoing rote learning; focus on transmitting facts; the gap between environmental awareness and knowledge on the one hand and pro-environmental behavior on the other; and the effects of learned helplessness and apathy (Parker & Prabawa-Sear, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Using problem-based pedagogy in complex socio-ecological interdisciplinary learning can introduce students to deep and reflective political understanding and encourage students as agents of change in preparing the next generation of critical environmental problem-solving (Kirsop-Taylor et al, 2020). There are several obstacles in environmental education, including stagnant curricular reform, restrictions on topics that teachers must discuss, limited access to the latest information, and extracurricular activities that are less critical (Ghosn-Chelala & Akar, 2021). In dealing with and responding to ecological crises, educators are often hindered by time constraints, professional demands, and a lack of guidance on success (Verlie et al, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%