M.A. / This study concerns the evaluation of the Further Diploma in Environmental Education at the Rand Afrikaans University’s Center for Distance Education, by exploring former students’ experiences and critical viewpoints pertaining the course. The investigation took place in Gauteng Province and Northern Province, and involved students who had graduated from the course. My intention in carrying out this inquiry was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Further Diploma in Environmental Education in training teachers and people in the Environmental Education field, so that they could continue with the environmental instruction. The course was introduced at the center in 1995, and is offered as distance learning. Ever since the course was introduced, no research had been done to evaluate its effectiveness. Therefore, there was a need to conduct an inquiry, hopefully identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the course, while suggesting various forms of improvement. The two traditional methods of research, quantitative and qualitative methods, including questionnaires, interviews and observations, were used to collect data, followed by data analysis representing the results from all the instruments utilised. The research findings showed that the Further Diploma in Environmental Education can be rated as effective in training teachers and people in the Environmental Education field to carry on environmental instruction. The course content was found to be relevant, and it incorporated important Environmental Education teaching methods, including teaching ‘about’, ‘in’ and ‘for’ the environment. It was also found that other parts of the course are not clearly presented and need restructuring to include more recent environmental issues. / Prof. H.G. Van Rooyen
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:12201 |
| Date | 14 October 2008 |
| Creators | Monareng, Cathrine Modjadji |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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