Geography & Environmental Studies Resource Guide
Environmental Education--Some Key Documents
Educating for a sustainable future (2005) [web access]
[Provides a nationally agreed description of the nature and purpose of environmental education for sustainability through all years of schooling, including a vision and a framework for its implementation. Also available in print format]
Environmental education for a sustainable future (2000) [web access]
[Aims to provide a national framework for better awareness and coordination of environmental education activities to promote best practice and professional development in the field and enhance existing efforts by environmental education providers]
Environmental education review: formal education sector (2003) [web access]
[A review of nationwide curriculum documents to develop a comprehensive map indicating where matters relevant to environmental education are represented and to identify national priorities]
National review of environmental education and its contribution (2005) [web access]
[Provides a snapshot of Environmental Education and its contribution to sustainability across a number of sectors within Australia. Also available in print format]
Sustainability in the Australasian university context (2006) [print]
[Discusses the context of sustainability in the Australasian tertiary sector, provides examples of innovative education for sustainability initiatives, and presents details of leading campus greening projects]
Whole-School Approaches to Sustainability: a review of models for professional development in pre-service teacher education (2006) [web access]
[The goal of the research was to identify strategies that could lead to changes within pre-service teacher education]
Whole-School Approaches to Sustainability : an international review of whole-school sustainability programs (2004) [web access]
[Investigates and reviews a number of nationwide, whole-school initiatives developing around the world that reflect a range of innovative approaches to sustainability]
Environmental Education--Key Organisations
Aries: Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability
[Its core business is to undertake research that informs policy and practice in Education for Sustainability across a range of sectors]
Globe Australia
[GLOBE is an initiative of the US Government and stands for Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. GLOBE creates an international network of students in primary and secondary schools, studying environmental issues, making environmental measurements, and sharing useful environmental data with the international environmental science community. This site documents Australian participation in GLOBE]
Sustainability Education
[From the Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts this site provides information about sustainability education]
Environmental Education--Library Catalogue & Databases
Use the library catalogue to search for books. The following keyword searches may be useful starting points:
Environmental education--Australia
Sustainable development Study and teaching--Australia
Use databases to find journal articles. Choose an appropriate database from the Geography/Environmental Studies databases list (see especially the databases for Australian topics). Another useful database for environmental educational topics is the Australian Education Index
Last update: 6th May 2009 Helen Attar
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