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Ben Knowles; Pauline Marsh; Jacob Prehn; Hazel Maxwell – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2024
The Australian Outdoor Health (OH) sector provides diverse practices that support an interconnected human and ecological approach to health and wellbeing. There is an urgent need for the OH sector to develop a comprehensive ethical practice framework, to enable professional recognition and other initiatives to progress. This would bring the sector…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Health Services, Therapy
Smith, Wally; Lewi, Hannah; Saniga, Andrew; Stickells, Lee; Constantinidis, Dora – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2017
We report and reflect on three projects, carried out by us as educators and technology researchers over a four year period, that explore the use of mobile technologies in the fieldwork of Australian tertiary students of architectural history, landscape history and urban design. Treating these as three case studies, our focus is on the emerging…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Case Studies, Handheld Devices, Architectural Education
Saltzman, Katarina; Head, Lesley; Stenseke, Marie – Journal of Rural Studies, 2011
Within the now extensive recent literature on cultures of nature, agriculture has received less attention than might have been expected given its threshold role in transforming human relations with the earth and with plants and animals. The concept and practice of agriculture can be understood as central to the emergence and maintenance of the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Biodiversity, Cultural Differences, Human Relations
Lawson, G. M. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2010
Professional discourse in education has been the focus of research conducted mostly with teachers and professional practitioners, but the work of students in the built environment has largely been ignored. This article presents an analysis of students' visual discourse in the final professional year of a landscape architecture course in Brisbane,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Architecture, Horticulture, Business Communication
Sharma, Archana – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2009
Industrial ecology education is being developed and delivered predominantly within the domains of engineering and management. Such an approach could prove somewhat limiting to the broader goal of developing industrial ecology as an integrated knowledge base inclusive of diverse disciplines, contributing to sustainable development. This paper…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Sustainable Development, Industry
Payne, Steve – Work Matters, 1988
Consists of an interview with a dentist who serves a large rural area in South Australia. In addition to providing dental services, he has created an experimental food garden that he uses to demonstrate horticulture. He encourages the creation of family food gardens to provide the area a more nutritious diet. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Gardens
Hewitt, Nan; Horwitz, Pierre – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2006
In Western Australia the East Wanneroo horticultural area is reliant on a superficial aquifer, the Gnangara Groundwater Mound, for irrigation. The area is affected by social and political change as the sprawling city of Perth expands, as well as by ecological changes resulting from a decline in groundwater levels. Horticulturalists face increasing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Water, Foreign Countries, Horticulture
Hill, Graham L.; Mageean, Pauline – 1989
Intended to help administrators, curriculum developers, and teachers integrate occupational health and safety into Australian vocational courses on bricklaying, metal fabrication, and horticulture, this document suggests specific policies and provides further amplification concerning three general policies for that integration. The three general…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bricklaying, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Farquhar, R. N. – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a comprehensive survey of education and training for agriculture in Australia. The present facilities are described, and then set against estimates of present and future needs. Constructive proposals are made as to how these needs can best be met by agricultural…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agronomy
Hewitt, Nan A. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2007
Learning for sustainability has the potential to play a significant role in enhancing social ecological resilience--as individuals and institutions develop the capacity to adaptively manage the environment. This article outlines an audience and learning needs analysis of irrigators in Western Australia's East Wanneroo area. Interviews were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Barriers, Adult Learning
FitzSimons, Gail; Mlcek, Susan; Hull, Oksana; Wright, Claire – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
Ensuring that people have the appropriate level of numeracy skills is particularly important in jobs which involve a risk to public safety and the environment. This research investigates the job-related numeracy requirements in the chemical spraying and handling operations of the horticulture, local government, outdoor recreation and warehousing…
Descriptors: Safety, Recreation, Numeracy, Horticulture
Trenerry, Ruth – 2001
Literacy is a social practice central to sharing of knowledge and skills in the workplace. Workplaces increasingly demand workers who take on multiple roles and share and manage knowledge in new ways, so high levels of worker literacy and worker collaboration are increasingly important. Workplace training must facilitate development of active and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Horticulture
Trenerry, Ruth – 2001
A study researched the role of literacy, language, and numeracy as vehicles for learning in training packages delivered at South Australia industry sites. Data were gathered through onsite interviews or focus groups with trainees, workplace trainers, resource and training support persons, and managerial and supervisory persons, of their opinion of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Bradshaw, Delia – 1995
This document presents 10 case studies of adult community education programs (ACE) in the state of Victoria, Australia, in the mid 1990s, that were identified as exemplifying the following principles of good practice in ACE: expansiveness, integration, responsiveness, innovation, belonging, explicitness, autonomy, accessibility, synthesis, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Art Education, Business Education
Johnson, Marlene, Ed.; Brearley, Laura, Ed. – 1994
This document contains detailed curriculum outlines and teacher support materials for the General Curriculum Options (GCO) stream of the Certificates of General Education (CGE) for Adults in Victoria, Australia. The following topics are discussed in the introduction: purpose of the guide, details of GCO subject areas, accreditation framework and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Competence
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