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Branding the Green Education: Challenges Facing Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development in Egypt Cover

Branding the Green Education: Challenges Facing Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development in Egypt

By: Omar Ramzy and  Rasha Wahieb  
Open Access
|Jun 2013

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 awareness 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 α 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 recommendations for ESD infusion in Egypt.

Language: English
Page range: 83 - 99
Published on: Jun 8, 2013
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2013 Omar Ramzy, Rasha Wahieb, published by Daugavpils University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.