Tracing The Footprints of Environmental Education in Teacher Education: A Review of Pre-Service Teachers’ Training in Universities
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Universidad de Granada
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Pre-service teacher Environmental Education Environmental literacy Teacher education
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2023-07-21Referencia bibliográfica
Benjamin Damoah, Bunmi Isaiah Omodan(2023). Tracing The Footprints Of Environmental Education In Teacher Education: A Review Of Pre-Service Teachers’ Training In Universities.Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 14(5). 184-196
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ABSTRACT
Environmental education is an important aspect of pre-service teacher education as it helps to equip
future teachers with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to effectively integrate
environmental education into their teaching practice. It is essential to provide pre-service
teacherswith the professional skills necessary to become environmentally literate individuals and
educators. This study aimedto critically assess thefootprints of Environmental Education within the
pre-service teachers' curriculum in universities and collegesof education.A thorough search of
references and databases turned up 8550 academic articles and records, of which 19 satisfied the
requirements for inclusion in a comprehensive analysis of Environmental Education in pre-service
professional education. PRISMA technique was employed to demonstrate how data was collected
sequentially and logically for the systematic review. The findings of the study among others include a
lack of qualifiedlecturers in the field of environmental education at the facultiesof education and a
lack offramework for the teaching and learning of environmental education in most of the
universities used for the analysis.Italso emerged thatthere is a lack of clarity of EE curriculum
structure in the teacher trainee universities. The study recommendedthatall teacher trainee
universities and colleges shouldmake environmental educationcompulsory modules for all preservice
teachers and Universities should organize workshops and capacity-buildingprograms to
equip teacher educators.