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The Ministry of Environment started to implement School EE Model programs in primary and secondary schools, incorporating EE into regular subjects and co-curricular activities through the use of previously developed EE-related materials. These curriculum changes were extended during the fourth and fifth national curricula by including guidelines for EE. Now there is a separate EE subject in secondary schools along with co-curricular activities related to EE programs across all school years. In addition, non-governmental Organisations, involved with EE programs in schools and environmental civic groups, have been actively involved in EE through the provision of programs for young people. In this chapter, we will discuss the current sustainable EE programs within and outside of schools in Korea. These formal and informal sustainable EE programs have been developed separately but now are linked together for school EE programs. The detailed EE programs in schools and outside of schools will be illustrated with examples.
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Chu, HE., Son, YA. (2014). The Development of Environmental Education Policy and Programs in Korea: Promoting Sustainable Development in School Environmental Education. In: Lee, JK., Efird, R. (eds) Schooling for Sustainable Development Across the Pacific. Schooling for Sustainable Development, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8866-3_7
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