Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental Education
The study aims to promote relevant and effective environmental education (EE) through extracurricular clubs. For this, we studied the state of play of environmental activities (EA) carried out by 48 environmental clubs belonging to urban and rural areas of the Regional Academy of Education Fez-Mekne...
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doaj-a03a54588dca403d9bf507d79ddd56e72020-11-25T01:39:13ZengRU PublicationsEuropean Journal of Educational Research 2165-87142165-87142019-10-01841013102810.12973/eu-jer.8.4.101314264Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental EducationBouchta El-Batri0Anouar Alami*1Moncef Zaki2Youssef Nafidi3 Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University The study aims to promote relevant and effective environmental education (EE) through extracurricular clubs. For this, we studied the state of play of environmental activities (EA) carried out by 48 environmental clubs belonging to urban and rural areas of the Regional Academy of Education Fez-Meknes, Morocco. These extracurricular environmental clubs remain so far without formal environmental education programs. In this study, we identified the bulk of programs offered by extracurricular environment clubs, including types of scheduled activities and percentages of achievement and student beneficiaries in urban and rural settings. In addition, we have identified the main barriers to achieving certain environmental activities. The significant correlations detected between some of the variables studied allowed us to better explain the achievements and the weaknesses of these clubs. Finally, we have made recommendations to promote relevant and effective extracurricular environmental education. http://eu-jer.com/EU-JER_8_4_1013.pdf Environmental education (EE) environmental activities (EA) environmental clubs effective Program student. |
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Bouchta El-Batri Anouar Alami* Moncef Zaki Youssef Nafidi Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental Education European Journal of Educational Research Environmental education (EE) environmental activities (EA) environmental clubs effective Program student. |
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Bouchta El-Batri Anouar Alami* Moncef Zaki Youssef Nafidi |
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Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental Education |
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Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental Education |
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Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental Education |
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Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental Education |
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Extracurricular Environmental Activities in Moroccan Middle Schools: Opportunities and Challenges to Promoting Effective Environmental Education |
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extracurricular environmental activities in moroccan middle schools: opportunities and challenges to promoting effective environmental education |
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European Journal of Educational Research |
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2165-8714 2165-8714 |
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The study aims to promote relevant and effective environmental education (EE) through extracurricular clubs. For this, we studied the state of play of environmental activities (EA) carried out by 48 environmental clubs belonging to urban and rural areas of the Regional Academy of Education Fez-Meknes, Morocco. These extracurricular environmental clubs remain so far without formal environmental education programs. In this study, we identified the bulk of programs offered by extracurricular environment clubs, including types of scheduled activities and percentages of achievement and student beneficiaries in urban and rural settings. In addition, we have identified the main barriers to achieving certain environmental activities. The significant correlations detected between some of the variables studied allowed us to better explain the achievements and the weaknesses of these clubs. Finally, we have made recommendations to promote relevant and effective extracurricular environmental education. |
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Environmental education (EE) environmental activities (EA) environmental clubs effective Program student. |
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