Status of Environmental Education in Geography Programmes at the Tertiary Level in some ASEAN Countries

Abstract

Geography programmes in the universities in the ASEAN countries have been involved in environmental education through the study of the earth as the home of man in general and of the physical environment in particular. However, there is a perceptible trend that the discipline at this level is on the decline, partly due to external factors and partly to its own making. The traditional strength of geography as an environmental science does no longer guarantee its future role unless there is a change to its approach in environmental education. This paper examines the present status of the discipline at the tertiary level in this region in the light of the above and calls for a new approach to the study of the environment.

Descriptors::

• Geography curriculum
• physical geography
• environmental education
• ASEAN region
• tertiary level education