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Pre-school Environmental Education in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

John Chi Kin Lee
John Chi Kin Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Curriculum & Instruction, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Abstract

This paper reports on an investigation of the status of pre-school environmental education in Hong Kong through both a questionnaire survey and case studies. The study looked in particular at the environmental education activities organised, difficulties encountered in the implementation of environmental education and teachers' attitudes towards environmental education and teaching approaches. The findings indicated that pre-school environmental education tended to focus more on education about the environment than education in and for the environment. The results also revealed that the teachers' perceived barriers were mainly logistical, such as lack of time and resources, and educational in the sense that they felt that they lacked knowledge about environmental education. The implications for future development of environmental education are discussed.

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Research Article
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 17 , 2001 , pp. 25 - 33
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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