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Sustainable Education: Integrating Environmental Awareness in School Curriculum
Selvi Anita Mary, G.
ABSTRACT
The increasing severity of global environmental issues has made it imperative to incorporate
sustainability into education in order to develop responsible citizens of the future.
This essay investigates the significance of incorporating environmental education into
curricula to support sustainable development.
The study looks at several ways that schools teach environmental subjects like conservation,
climate change, and sustainable living, and assesses how well these methods work to improve
students' ecological literacy and behaviours. This study emphasizes how education shapes
students' environmentally conscious attitudes and behaviours through an analysis of current
initiatives and case studies.
According to the findings, including sustainability into curricula enhances students'
understanding of environmental issues and promotes sustained involvement with sustainable
behaviours, which helps to create a society that is more environmentally conscious.
The article ends with suggestions for improving the implementation and support of sustainability
education in various educational environments for educators and policymakers.
Keywords: Sustainability education, Environmental education, Ecological literacy,
Curriculum integration, Policy support, Responsible citizenship
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Selvi Anita Mary, G. (2023).
Sustainable Education: Integrating Environmental Awareness in School Curriculum.
Indian Educational Researcher, 16
(1), 41–49.
Received: April 03, 2023;
Revision Received: May 22, 2023;
Accepted: June 12, 2023.
Responding Author: Selvi Anita Mary, G. @ selvianitamary@gmail.com |
ORCID
Article Overview: ISSN: 0974-2123 |
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Published in Volume 16, Issue 1, January – June 2023