<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The problem of the current research lies in the need to integrate some requirements of the sustainable development (SD) in secondary school chemistry curriculum. The research specifically seeks to answer the following question: What “requirements of sustainable development” should be taught in the secondary school chemistry curriculum in Egypt? To that end, the researcher analyzed the content of chemistry curricula in the three grades of secondary education in Egypt for the school year 2017–2018, and prepared a list of 57 SD requirements. It should be noted that fifteen requirements of sustainable development at the second-grade secondary stage were distributed into five units; the third unit included one requirement; the fourth unit comprised four requirements; and the fifth unit – one requirement. Regarding curriculum at the third-grade secondary stage, 17 requirements of sustainable development were integrated and distributed along five units.</p></abstract>

The problem of the current research lies in the need to integrate some requirements of the sustainable development (SD) in secondary school chemistry curriculum. The research specifically seeks to answer the following question: What “requirements of sustainable development” should be taught in the secondary school chemistry curriculum in Egypt? To that end, the researcher analyzed the content of chemistry curricula in the three grades of secondary education in Egypt for the school year 2017–2018, and prepared a list of 57 SD requirements. It should be noted that fifteen requirements of sustainable development at the second-grade secondary stage were distributed into five units; the third unit included one requirement; the fourth unit comprised four requirements; and the fifth unit – one requirement. Regarding curriculum at the third-grade secondary stage, 17 requirements of sustainable development were integrated and distributed along five units.

Integrating Sustainable Development Requirements into the Secondary Stage Chemistry Curriculum in Egypt

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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The problem of the current research lies in the need to integrate some requirements of the sustainable development (SD) in secondary school chemistry...

Integrating Sustainable Development Requirements into the Secondary Stage Chemistry Curriculum in Egypt

Publié en ligne: 13 févr. 2020

Pages: 139 - 154

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2019-0022

Mots clés
sustainable development requirements, chemistry curriculum, secondary stage

© 2019 Shaimaa Abdul Salam Abdul Salam Selim, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Integrating Sustainable Development Requirements into the Secondary Stage Chemistry Curriculum in Egypt

Publié en ligne: 13 févr. 2020

Pages: 139 - 154

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2019-0022

Mots cléssustainable development requirements, chemistry curriculum, secondary stage

© 2019 Shaimaa Abdul Salam Abdul Salam Selim, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
sustainable development requirements, chemistry curriculum, secondary stage