Quelle place de l’éducation à l’environnement et au développement durable dans les programmes scolaires au Maroc ? Cas de l’éducation familiale dispensée au secondaire collégial

Abstract

Protecting the environment and sustainable use of natural resources is everyone's responsibility; therefore, environmental education for sustainable development is an obvious instrument for awareness-raising throughout society, in all fields and especially in schools medium, supposed help learners acquire knowledge and develop skills, values and attitudes necessary for positive and responsible citizenship.

In the Moroccan education system, Family Education (FE) is one of the school disciplines taught at the middle school level, which promotes environmental education; however, the non-generalization of this discipline, the absence of textbooks and teaching aids are major challenge of maximizing learning and developing best teaching practice.

This paper analyzed the official instructions and scholar program of FE to highlight the place of the Environmental Education; then, a survey was conducted among teachers of that matter in the region of Fes-Meknes.

The results show that, although Environmental Education is one of its main vocations, the FE suffers from serious needs Environmental teaching methods and didactic tools, mainly in terms of biodiversity. Almost 89% of the teachers surveyed expressed that they have a high level of need for professional training and teaching aids, to improve environmental life skills for sustainable development.