Undervisning om miljöproblem i Cradock - Sydafrika

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this paper is to investigate some aspects of teaching environmental issues, as they are manifested in another culture. In this paper, I will discuss how you teach environmental issues, how the teaching environment is formed, and what an environmental issue means to a South African teacher, as well as, if there are any cultural aspects to what an environmental issue is. Seven observations were made and qualitative interviews with four teachers teaching Life Science in Cradock, South Africa - The results showed that these South African teachers, independent from each other, followed a similar pattern in their teachings. These patterns contain gathering information concerning environmental issues in the immediate surroundings, as well as using the text book and teaching environmental issues through lectures. It was not possible to draw a conclusion about the cultural aspects in association to environmental issues. The classroom is furnished so that the students are facing the blackboard and the teacher.  In conclusion, the teachers have a tendency to focus on the environmental problems the student would face in his or her everyday life, instead of world-wide problems such as the greenhouse effect.