Education for Sustainability and Pre-Service Teacher Education

Title
Education for Sustainability and Pre-Service Teacher Education
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Kennelly A, Julie
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Maxwell, Tom
Serow, Penelope A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6775-178X
Email: pserow2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:pbaker31
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1017/aee.2012.9
UNE publication id
une:22985
Abstract
Aspects of environment are common topics in Australian primary schools. However Education for Sustainability (EfS), where students actively investigate the underlying causes of unsustainable practices and actively plan for and instigate change, is less well understood and less commonly practised. It cannot be assumed that pre-service teachers have the knowledge, skills and desire to incorporate EfS, as advocated in Australian policies, into their repertoires of practice, or, that they will acquire those skills as they gain teaching experience. Therefore for EfS to become an integral component of the primary school experience, carefully planned rather than ad hoc preparation for EfS is necessary in pre-service teacher education.
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Citation
Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 28(1), p. 57-58
ISSN
2049-775X
0814-0626
Start page
57
End page
58

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