Sociology Learning Curriculum for Sustainable Development: The Sierra Leone Rural and Urban Social Observation

Abstract:

This research sought to explore sociology learning curriculum affairs, teaching and social learning for sustainable development in Sociology Departments in Sierra Leone. Education for Sustainable Development is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation dream which desires at transforming the route to education by accommodating doctrines, attitudes, customs and demands in all sorts of learning. Literature has authenticated the significance of problem resolving, environmentally applicable sociology education, activity dependent and cooperative education as the foundation for sustainable development. Focus has also been lodged alongside the pedagogical and sociology curriculum affairs in assistance of sustainable teaching and learning in developing nations. The methodology recruited consisted of literature search, questionnaires, interviews, observation and documentary analysis. The research was embraced on two rural and two urban university sociology departments. The outcomes disclosed that some departments obeyed a genuinely harmonised sociology curriculum where academic performance was harmonised with industry-based education or learning, while others obeyed an authentically academic sociology curriculum. Results demonstrated that trailing an academic sociology curriculum steered to relevant employment though unemployment was immense due to the absence of competence. The immense rate of employment of those trailing harmonised sociology curriculum seemed to be an inducement. The research concluded that a harmonised curriculum and sociology education was more constructive for sustainable development and entrepreneurship. Advance research is required on the sociology curriculum and approaches for education or industry harmonisation for sustainable development and challenges sociology departments encounter in attempting to execute the Education for Sustainable Development programme in developing nations.