Education for Sustainability: Initial teacher education and the primary curriculum

Title
Education for Sustainability: Initial teacher education and the primary curriculum
Publication Date
2010
Author(s)
Kennelly, Julie A
Maxwell, Thomas W
Editor
Editor(s): Terrence Hays
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of New England
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:9452
Abstract
Pre-service teacher education has often been advocated as a solution to what is described as the insufficient representation of Education for Sustainability (EfS) in schools. This study reports on the experiences of six early career primary teachers following their graduation from a teacher education course that made substantial effort to explore the EfS requirements of the main employing authority. The reports of the six suggest that despite their enthusiasm to include EfS in their work they felt constrained in various ways in their efforts to do so. The report of their experiences suggests that pre-service teacher education should include careful and detailed attention to the programming skills that would assist teachers to address EfS as an integrated component of those areas of education already prioritised in the schools.
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Citation
Bridging the Gap between Ideas and Doing Research: Proceedings of the 4th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, p. 140-157
ISBN
1921208244
9781921208249
Start page
140
End page
157

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