South Africa's Implementation of Ecocentric Educational and Policy Goals in Relation to the Environment and Natural Resources
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https://doi.org/10.58425/jegs.v1i1.61Keywords:
Environmental performance, ecocentric goals, policy goalsAbstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the ecocentric goal of education and policies on sustainable environmental protection in South Africa.
Methodology: The study design was a mixture of descriptive and philosophical approaches. Purposive sampling was used to select the documents analyzed and officials interviewed, while the citizens were snowballed.
Findings: The study found out that the implementation of the ecocentric goal of education and policies has been ineffective.
Conclusion: The study concluded that awareness, values, attitudes, skills, on sustainable environmental protection should be supported by prior knowledge.
Recommendation: The study recommend application of alternative strategies to supplement the ecocentric goal of education and policies towards sustainable environmental protection in light of environmental citizenship.
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