Management and Leadership for a Sustainable Africa, Volume 3: Educating for Sustainability Outcomes

236 Pages·2022·4.248 MB·English

by  Kemi Ogunyemi, Oreva Atanya, Vanessa Burgal

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN AFRICAN LEADERSHIP
Management and
Leadership for a
Sustainable Africa,
Volume 3
Educating for Sustainability Outcomes
Edited by
Kemi Ogunyemi · Oreva Atanya ·
Vanessa Burgal
Palgrave Studies in African Leadership
Series Editors
Faith Ngunjiri, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, USA
Nceku Nyathi, Royal Holloway University of London, Leicester, UK
Almost every continent has solid representation in the field of leader-
shipstudiesexceptforAfrica,despiteitsrapidgrowth.Agroundbreaking
series,Palgrave Studies in African Leadership fills a gap in the production
of knowledge and scholarly publishing on Africa and provides a much
needed outlet for the works of scholars interested in African leadership
studies around the world. Where many studies of leadership in Africa
focus solely on one country or region, this series looks to address leader-
ship in each of the different regions and countries of the continent. This
comes at a time when business and academic discourse have begun to
focus on the emerging markets across Africa. The wide-ranging scholarly
perspectives offered in this series allow for greater understanding of the
foundationofAfricanleadershipanditsimplicationsforthefuture.Topics
and contributors will come from various backgrounds to fully explore
African leadership and the implications for business, including scholars
from business and management, history, political science, gender studies,
sociology, religious studies, and African studies. The series will analyze
a variety of topics including African political leadership, women’s lead-
ership, religious leadership, servant leadership, specific regions, specific
countries, specific gender categories, specific business entities in Africa,
and more.
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Kemi Ogunyemi Oreva Atanya
Vanessa Burgal
Editors
Management
and Leadership
for a Sustainable
Africa, Volume 3
Educating for Sustainability Outcomes
Editors
Kemi Ogunyemi Oreva Atanya
Lagos Business School Lagos Business School
Pan-Atlantic University Pan-Atlantic University
Lekki, Nigeria Lekki, Nigeria
Vanessa Burgal
Lagos Business School
Pan-Atlantic University
Lekki, Nigeria
ISSN 2945-6673 ISSN 2945-6681 (electronic)
Palgrave Studies in African Leadership
ISBN 978-3-031-05283-5 ISBN 978-3-031-05284-2 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05284-2
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This volume is dedicated to sustainability educators all over Africa and in
diaspora Africa.
We say to you:
Do not relent in your efforts.
“We desire to bequeath two things to our children. The first one is roots; the
other one is wings.”
—Sudanese proverb
Foreword
The book series Management and Leadership for a Sustainable Africa
edited by Kemi Ogunyemi, Oreva Atanya and Vanessa Burgal adds its
weight to the sustained efforts to transform Africa from a discourse of
scarcity, cynicism, crisis, inequality and unemployment to an economic
powerhouse through well-managed quality education. This follows
pronounced calls from policymakers, quality assurance agencies and all
stakeholders for educational institutions to be accountable for providing
home-grown innovations that provide sustainable solutions to “Africa’s
challenges.” The summation of these solutions can be presented as self-
reliance, industrialisation (production of goods and services), modernisa-
tionandresponsibleleadershipandmanagement.Morethanever before,
the role of education in the achievement of inclusive socio-economic
development has gained strategic national importance. Hence, it is not
surprising that this book, which is the third volume in the series, focuses
on harnessing education as a strategic tool for achieving sustainable
development.
This book is based on philosophical, conceptual, empirical, compara-
tive and case study approaches to provide evidence on how the concept
of education for sustainable development can transform nations. Three
key thematic perspectives to promoting sustainability through education
are presented in the nine chapters that constitute this third volume of
thebook:awarenessbuilding;curriculum;andpractitioner/institutionally
based approaches. These approaches focus on ways in which education
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can be used in formal and informal settings to address the socio-
economic, environmental and technological sustainability drivers. The
chapters in the book also address key leadership and management issues
including policy, awareness, effective communication, language and the
need to include people from the grassroots in the sustainability drive.
The edited book includes contributions from a unique team of
emerging and established educationists and practitioners in varying disci-
plines, interests and institutions across Africa both private and public.
These authors used their knowledge, expertise, exposure and “lived”
experiences to explore ways in which education can empower Africans
to achieve sustainable socio-economic development. Although the book
is set in Africa, the authors clearly bring out the global nature of
sustainability, using universal theoretical concepts, practical examples and
comparative analogies, thus making the book a must-read for all. This
book exemplifies the continent’s aspirations to use African talent and
heritage to influence global theories and practice.
Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe
Deputy Vice Chancellor
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
Bindura, Zimbabwe
Contents
1 Educating Leaders in Responsibility for Sustainability
Outcomes: What Do We Mean 1
Oreva Atanya
2 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
in Egypt: An Interpretivist Analysis of Teaching
and Pedagogy in Higher Education Institutions
(HEIs) 13
Youmna El-Sherbiny, Nour Abdelrazek,
and Noha El-Bassiouny
3 Leading with Purpose for Education for Sustainable
Development: Field Trips in Language Teacher
Education 37
Kamini Moteea
4 Introducing Ecopoetry in Teacher Education
to Promote Sustainable Education at Lower
Secondary Level in Mauritius 65
Mangala Jawaheer
5 Raising Sustainability Awareness at the Grassroots 87
Samuel Aikhuomogbe
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6 Importance of Communicating Sustainability
to the Entire Value Chain 107
Edward Fagbohun
7 BestPracticesinCommunicationstoSupportCircular
Economy Adoption 127
Olutobi Onajin, Jonathan Hall, Ritu Rajashekar,
Trevor Allen, Grace Cheung, Ksenija Ostojic,
and David Adeyemo
8 Training Executives and Policymakers on the Need
to Integrate Sustainability into Decision Making 157
Cima Sholotan
9 Ensuring Sustainability in Education Amidst
the Twenty-First-Century Uncertainties: A Case
Study on Educators’ Readiness for Remote Teaching
of Chemistry 179
Fawzia Narod, Vickren Narrainsawmy,
and Majhegy Murden-Louise
10 Educating Africa for Sustainability—A Leadership
Responsibility 203
Kemi Ogunyemi
Index 219