Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/53169
Title: Alignment of the Environmental Science Textbooks, Examinations, and Curriculum Framework to Achieve the Teaching Objectives
Contributor(s): Mongar, Kishore  (author)
Publication Date: 2022
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/53169
Abstract: 

Education is considered to be one of the key tools for addressing sustainable environmental conservation while balancing sustainable socio-economic development to achieve Gross National Happiness in Bhutan. The Environmental Science subject was introduced to prepare students with knowledge, values, and skills to address sustainability. This study aimed to investigate the alignment of Environmental Science textbooks, examinations, and the Environmental Science Curriculum Framework with each other and with Education for Sustainable Development. Four environmental textbooks, five examination sample papers, and the curriculum framework were used for the document analysis. The method involved the analysis of selected chapters from the four textbooks for classes IX to XII, followed by an analysis of the examination sample papers and finally skimming the content in all four textbooks. The textbooks and examinations were well aligned in knowledge focus, and the values related to utilization were more evident than the values on conservation. The textbooks were also well aligned with the principles and strands of the curriculum framework. However, the textbooks and assessments lacked information on students' community participation and the action-oriented content required to develop students' action competence in solving environmental problems, which is the tenet of Education for Sustainable Development.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Journal of Turkish Science Education, 19(1), p. 52-70
Publisher: Ekip Ltd Sti
Place of Publication: Turkey
ISSN: 1304-6020
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390105 Environmental education curriculum and pedagogy
390102 Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
390201 Education policy
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160301 Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
160304 Teaching and instruction technologies
160399 Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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