ED4944 - Environmental Education for the Tropics

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Note: Lectures and tutorials for this subject are delivered by external mode only. The subject is offered online through Learn JCU requiring students to have access to the World Wide Web for participation in the subject

This subject introduces students to contemporary approaches in environmental education for sustainability (EEfS) with emphasis on the Australian tropics. Students will review curriculum, pedagogy and implementation issues and be encouraged to link theoretical understandings with innovative ideas for practice in school and community settings. Students are asked to contribute to online discussions on a range of topics and complete a set of reflective, hands-on, learning investigations including two field visits to local sites. A negotiated research and/or curriculum project allows students to follow up personal and/or professional interests to further develop their knowledge, skills and understandings of EEfS.

Learning Outcomes

• become familiar with contemporary ideas and approaches to environmental education for sustainability (EEfS) in Australia;
• build a repertoire of teaching and learning strategies for effective sustainable education practice across a range of settings;
• develop knowledge, skills and understanding of curriculum development and pedagogy in line with relevant national and state policies and frameworks;
• reflect on and evaluate EEfS in relevant professional settings.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	Dr Hilary Whitehouse.
Contact hours:	30 hours - Lectures and tutorials online
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	tutorial contirbutions online (25%); negotiated research/curriculum project (40%); learning investigations including field visits (35%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Assignments include completion of fieldwork reports.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.