TITLE:
Environmental and Sustainable Development Education in Physical Education and Sport: Institutional Approach in the Republic of Congo
AUTHORS:
Fernandes Balou Gabin, Ikounga Roger Pierre, M’viri Hubert César, Mbedi Jean Aimé, Ewamela Aristide
KEYWORDS:
PE, Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, Institutional Approach, Republic of Congo
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.15 No.1,
February
18,
2025
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to analyze the institutional approach to Environmental and Sustainable Development Education (ESDE) in Physical Education and Sports (PES) in the Republic of Congo. To this end, 31 officials from the General Inspectorate of Sports and Physical Education (GISPE), 20 officials from the General Inspectorate of Primary, Secondary and Literacy Education (GIPSLE), 20 heads of the General Inspectorate for Technical, Vocational Education and Training qualification (GITVETQ) responded to questionnaires focusing on: conceptualization, environmental issues and the exercise of ESDE in an educational approach, the planning of the ESDE and the application of the related texts, the integration of the ESDE in the Congolese education system. The results obtained showed that the integration of ESDE in PES, the environmental assurance of the sustainability of the Physical and Sports Activities (PSA), and the constitution environment of Sustainable Development (SD) in response to current needs without compromising the capacities of future generations are mentioned more by the heads of GISPE, and General Directorate of Physical Education and School and University Sport (GDPESUS). Whereas the challenges of ESDE, the strategy of raising awareness of good respectful practices of environment, and the need for training in SD were more perceived by managers of (GIPSLE). Raising awareness on the exploitation of natural resources and the exercise of the approach of the ESDE, the concomitance of the amplification of the ESDE dynamic, the obligation of the training of eco-citizens, the educational intervention according to the ecological approach constitute a major concern for those responsible for the GITVETQ. These results showed a disparate institutional approach to ESDE in the Republic of Congo.