Ramzy, O and Wahieb, RM 2012, 'Branding the green education : challenges facing implementation of education for sustainable development in Egypt' , Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 3 , pp. 83-99.
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Abstract
Due to the scarcity in natural resources and the demand for green labour and economy, education for sustainable development (ESD) gained a great importance in developed countries, let alone developing ones. From this point of view, this paper is studying the possibility of infusing ESD in Egypt after one and a half years since January 2011 youth revolution. A primary data gathering method was conducted within a sample of 79 young undergraduate people (67 from the American University in Cairo and 12 fresh graduates from conventional educational systems). The results indicated that there is a positive relationship between high cultural resources along with early childhood aware- ness and ESD adoption and infusion. Also, Spearman’s rank association test showed a negative relationship between ESD infusion and the satisfaction level of the current conventional curriculum. On the other hand, Spearman’s rank association test showed that a is greater than 0.05; accordingly, there was no correlation between ESD infusion if introduced within the curriculum of an existing well-established university than if introduced as the final outcome of a new university specialised in ESD. The paper highlights the importance of ESD brand associations offered as a service product. After validating the hypothesis, the author discusses the findings and provides solid recom- mendations for ESD infusion in Egypt.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools: | Schools > Salford Business School |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education |
| Publisher: | University of Crete |
| ISSN: | 2255-7547 |
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| Funders: | Self-funded |
| Depositing User: | RM Wahieb |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2016 12:55 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 17:35 |
| URI: | https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/37993 |
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