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Eaton, Andrew C.; Delaney, Seamus; Schultz, Madeleine – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
We report here a teacher action research project in which a Systems Thinking approach was implemented into a 15 h Depth Study for students in their final year of secondary chemistry. Students were introduced to the concept of Systems Thinking and the use of systems maps, along with the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Systems Approach, Secondary School Science
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Clarkson, Philip – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2010
In an earlier issue of "Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom," Sparrow discussed the concept of real-world mathematics and the use of mathematics to explore problems in real-life situations. Environmental issues have provided a context that some teachers have used for teaching mathematics. An example of a particular environmental…
Descriptors: Water, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Gardening
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Kennelly, Julie; Taylor, Neil; Maxwell, Tom – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2008
Increasing attention is being given to the inclusion of Education for Sustainability in pre-service teacher education. However, there is little research to explain why and how early-career teachers include Education for Sustainability in their work, or how teacher education providers can encourage and support them to do this. Through analysis of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary School Teachers
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2007
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years--in particular child care professionals, teachers, child care students and the parents of young children. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
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Alvarez, Amaya; Rogers, Judy – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how the authors shifted from teaching about sustainability as though it was fixed and definable, to a way of learning about the multiple ways in which sustainability is contested and understood. This shift involved both an epistemological shift in their understanding of sustainability and a shift…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development
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Potter, Suzanne – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
Despite increasing recognition that whole-school approaches to sustainability have an important contribution to make in moving society towards a more sustainable existence, progress in this area remains slow. By examining the practices of the Ananda Marga River School, a small independent school in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland of Queensland, this…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Empowerment, Private Schools, Case Studies
Fien, John, Ed. – 1993
This document is a curriculum for preservice teachers that attempts to illustrate how environmental education and development education are related and to provide practical assistance for teacher educators who would like to include these important fields in their programs. The project provides a focus for discussion of environmental and…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2005
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years--in particular parents of young children, child care professionals and teachers. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such issues as early…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Popular Culture
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2004
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years--in particular child care professionals, teachers, child care students and the parents of young children. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Young Children, Early Childhood Education