EDUC4807

Educating for Ecologically Sustainable Communities

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Education

10 Units 4000 Level Course

Not available in 2014

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2009

This course examines current environmental issues facing Australia and the wider world and considers the impact that primary schools can have on implementing ecological sustainable communities.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be expected to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of a number of the key environmental issues of the current period.
2. Critically assess these issues with a view to determining how educational policies and procedures can make an impact in order to develop sustainable communities.
3. Demonstrate strategies that can engage primary schools and their commmunities in enhancing the natural, social, and built environment.

Content

This course will involve field trips to visit various institutions and persons of value for an advanced understanding of ecological sustainable communities in Australia. It will invite research and discussion on issues in ecological sustainable development; and involve exploration of classroom application of the above.

Replacing Course(s)

N/A

Transition

N/A

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

N/A

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Field Study
Lecture

Assessment Items

Other: (please specify)	Essays and practical tasks associated with a critical analysis of ecological sustainable education in primary schools.
Presentations - Individual	Presentation of findings of field work in terms of knowledge of the principles and practices that will encourage ecological sustainable communities in Australia and their relevance to primary classroom practices.

Contact Hours