Environmental stewardship education in Tuvalu, Part 1: the role of policy Alignment

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dc.contributor.authorTinilau, Soseala S.
dc.contributor.authorHemstock, Sarah L.
dc.contributor.authorMercer, Theresa G.
dc.contributor.authorHannaford, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorKythreotis, Andrew P.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-04T10:26:23Z
dc.date.available2025-03-04T10:26:23Z
dc.date.freetoread2025-03-04
dc.date.issued2025-02-01
dc.date.pubOnline2025-01-22
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental stewardship is crucial for fostering sustainable development, particularly in vulnerable small-island developing states like Tuvalu. Government policies and frameworks play a vital role in shaping the education system, but inconsistencies in policy alignment often hamper efforts to embed Environmental Stewardship Education (ESE) into the national curriculum. We aimed to answer four questions: 1. What formal policies shape Environmental Stewardship Education (ESE) in Tuvalu? 2. Are national educational and environmental policies mutually consistent? 3. Are these national policies consistent with regional and global policies? 4. What challenges hinder the implementation of ESE in Tuvalu? These questions were addressed using a study of regional, international, and Tuvaluan online-available documentary assessments of national policies and frameworks in conjunction with those obtained from the Education Department. Our findings revealed that a combination of Tuvalu’s environmental and educational policies was instrumental in shaping ESE. Nationally, educational and environmental policies are internally inconsistent, as well as being inconsistent externally with regional and international policies. Recommendations for improving policy alignment and the sustainable integration of ESE into the curriculum are provided. The second part (Part 2) of our review covers the development and delivery of effective curricula for ESE.
dc.description.journalNameSustainability
dc.description.sponsorshipCommonwealth Scholarship Commission
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research received external funding from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. The funding number to access this fund at the University of Lincoln is 0006192.
dc.identifier.citationTinilau SS, Hemstock SL, Mercer TG, et al., (2025) Environmental stewardship education in Tuvalu, Part 1: the role of policy Alignment. Sustainability, Volume 17, Issue 3, February 2025, Article number 872en_UK
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.elementsID563972
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.issueNo3
dc.identifier.paperNo872
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su17030872
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23543
dc.identifier.volumeNo17
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/3/872
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectenvironmental stewardshipen_UK
dc.subjectpolicy analysisen_UK
dc.subjectTuvaluen_UK
dc.subjectnational educational policiesen_UK
dc.subjectregional policiesen_UK
dc.subjectglobal policiesen_UK
dc.subject3902 Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophyen_UK
dc.subject39 Educationen_UK
dc.subject4 Quality Educationen_UK
dc.titleEnvironmental stewardship education in Tuvalu, Part 1: the role of policy Alignmenten_UK
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-12-13

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