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The Relation of Mainstreamed Environmental Education to the Modern Schooling System in Zambia

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This chapter provides insights into issues related to mainstreaming environmental education (EE) between and across institutions. It is noted that EE would greatly be assisted in its effort to produce impact in society if its practitioners had access to principles of how best to mainstream the field across institutions. Unfortunately, no such principles that fit every situation exist at present, thereby perpetuating challenges of mainstreaming EE across institutions. The chapter challenges readers to open the ‘black box’ of mainstreaming and to share issues and experiences. International readers and those struggling with mainstreaming EE in higher education institutions will find this chapter illuminating.

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  1. School of Education, Environmental Education Unit, University of Zambia, 32379, Lusaka, Zambia

    Charles Namafe & Manoah Muchanga

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  1. Environmental Learning Resource Centre (ELRC), Education Department, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

    Heila Lotz-Sisitka

  2. School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia

    Overson Shumba

  3. Chief of Party: USAID, Strengthening Educational Performance Up (STEP-UP), Lusaka, Zambia

    Justin Lupele

  4. Faculty of Education, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

    Di Wilmot

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Namafe, C., Muchanga, M. (2017). The Relation of Mainstreamed Environmental Education to the Modern Schooling System in Zambia. In: Lotz-Sisitka, H., Shumba, O., Lupele, J., Wilmot, D. (eds) Schooling for Sustainable Development in Africa. Schooling for Sustainable Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45989-9_4

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