Education for Sustainability in Primary Health and Physical Education

Title
Education for Sustainability in Primary Health and Physical Education
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
McNeil, Elizabeth
Miller, Judith A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3098-6504
Email: jmiller7@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jmiller7
Littledyke, Michael
Editor
Editor(s): Neil Taylor, Frances Quinn and Chris Eames
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sense Publishers
Place of publication
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:17797
Abstract
Health and physical education is a combined and integrated curriculum area in Australia and New Zealand. While this approach is not always the case in all learning contexts (e.g., the UK), for the purpose of this chapter, we have positioned health education as the main focus for education for sustainability (EfS). Health is a fundamentally important concept for the sustainability of society. For a healthy society, we need healthy individuals who are living, learning and functioning within a healthy environment. What we choose to put into our bodies and our outlook and lifestyle choices have a direct impact on our health status, as well as having social and environmental implications.
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Citation
Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools: Teaching for the Future, p. 247-265
ISBN
9789463000451
9789463000468
9789463000444
Start page
247
End page
265

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