Integrating sustainability into university curriculum in Tanzania: Challenges and prospects.

Ephrem, Abdon

dc.creator	Ephrem, Abdon
dc.date	2020-11-25T08:04:42Z
dc.date	2020-11-25T08:04:42Z
dc.date	2019
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T14:13:41Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T14:13:41Z
dc.identifier	Ephrem, A. (2018). Integrating sustainability into university curriculum in Tanzania: Challenges and prospects. In the proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Policy Reforms for Industrial Economy in Africa (ICIEPRIEA), (pp116-130).University of Dodoma, Tanzania.
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2613
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2613
dc.description	Full text Article
dc.description	Universities play a significant role in producing the social and economical change essential to achieve sustainable development. Therefore, it is vital for universities to integrate the principles of sustainability in all its functions including teaching, research and community services. This paper discusses the challenges and prospects of integrating sustainability education in the university curriculum. The paper synthesizes the insights provided by lecturers and students from selected universities in Tanzania. Data were collected through interviews and documentary review. The key findings indicate that the selected universities in Tanzania have incorporated topics that promote some aspects of sustainability in their curriculum. However, most of the topics related to sustainability were added as a by the way and were not key in the courses taught at the universities. The barriers that universities face in implementing sustainability education includes, inter alia, lack of funds, lack of institutional drive and commitment and, lack of expertise on the part of lecturers. The argument, in this, paper is that through integration of sustainability education in their curriculum, universities can respond to contextual sustainable development challenges.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The Unversity of Dodoma
dc.subject	Sustainability
dc.subject	Sustainable development,
dc.subject	Sustainability education
dc.subject	Curriculum
dc.subject	University curriculum
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Economical change
dc.subject	Social change
dc.subject	Sustainable development challenges
dc.title	Integrating sustainability into university curriculum in Tanzania: Challenges and prospects.
dc.title	In the proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Innovative Education and Policy Reforms for Industrial Economy in Africa (ICIEPRIEA)
dc.type	Conference Proceedings