Abstract
Acknowledgements
Declaration
List of figures
1. Background and problem formulation
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Background and problem formulation
1.2.1 On the origins of EE
1.2.2 The introduction of OBE in South Africa
1.2.3 Hypothesis
1.3 Aim and motivation of the research
1.4 Definition and discussion of concepts
1.5 Methodological
1.5.1 Methods and data collection techniques
1.5.2 The research questionnaires
1.5.3 Research respondents
1.5.4 Data analysis
1.6 Chapter division
1.7 Limitations
1.8 Conclusion
2. The nature and scope of Environmental Education and Outcomes-Based
Education
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The emergence of Modern Environmental Education
2.2.1 Reductionism and education
2.2.2 The origins of a discipline basis approach
2.3 The interdisciplinary nature of Environmental Education
2.4 Environmental Education approaches and methodologies
2.5 Origins and roots of OBE: an international overview
2.5.1 South Africa in transition: in search of a new curriculum
2.5.2 Methodological approaches of OBE in South Africa
2.5.3 Consensus between OBE and EE
2.6 Conclusion
3. Sample description and methods of research process
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The phenomenological paradigm
3.2.1 Research sample
3.2.2 Data collection
3.2.3 Data analysis
3.4 Conclusions
4. Educator perception and understanding of EE and OBE
approaches and methodology
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Educator perceptions, understanding and familiarity with the nature of methodology and approaches of EE
4.3 Educator perceptions and understanding of OBE methodologies and approaches
4.4Educators' understanding of the congruence in methodology and approaches between OBE and EE 77-82
4.5 Conclusions
5. The congruence between the methodologies of EE and OBE: The findings, recommendations and proposals
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Summary of findings
5.2.1 The educators understanding of EE approaches and methodologies
5.2.2 The educators' understanding of OBE approaches and methodology
5.2.3 The educators' understanding of the congruence between EE and QBE approaches and methodology
5.2.4 The meaning of the congruence of EE and OBE methodologies for educators in South Africa
5.3 Problems in the implementation of OBE and EE
5.4 Proposals
5.5 Conclusion
5.6 Assessment of the study
Bibliography
List of appendices
Appendix A Questionnaires to Educators
Appendix B Rustenburg Map
Appendix C Structure of the NQF
Appendix D Distribution of sample schools from Tlhabane College of Education
Appendix E Reports of various OBE workshops conducted
Appendix F Qualifications of sampled Educators
Appendix G Summery of Responses to questionnaires