Teaching Live from Groote Eylandt

Autor/in	Hooper, Clea
Titel	Teaching Live from Groote Eylandt
Quelle	In: Teaching Science, 67 (2021) 3, S.15-20 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-6313
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Recreational Activities; Entomology; Distance Education; Rural Areas; Indigenous Populations; Safety; Geographic Regions; Biodiversity; Climate; Scientists; Ecology; Environmental Education; Animals; Teacher Attitudes; Science Teachers; Sustainability; Travel; Scientific Research; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Freizeitgestaltung; Entomologie; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Sinti und Roma; Sicherheit; Biodiversität; Klima; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Ökologie; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Lehrerverhalten; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Nachhaltigkeit; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Australien
Abstract	It takes a special kind of teacher to enlist in a Bush Blitz TeachLive expedition: camping; long days hiking or wading through marshland; catching arachnids, lizards and insects; and all the while managing to remotely teach students back in the classroom. The latest instalment of Bush Blitz TeachLive sent five Northern Territorian teachers to stunning, undisturbed areas of Groote Eylandt -- the whole of which and its surrounding waters, lie within the Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area. The archipelago from which its largest island takes its name, lies about 50km off the east coast of Arnhem Land, and is an important biodiversity zone, where endangered species can dwell in safety and scientists can gauge the impacts of climate change. Two of the teachers who attended, Will Forman and Tim Reilly, are from local schools on the island, and were both keen to learn more about the ecology of their region and to grow their knowledge of the area's biodiversity. Veronica Wiley (Darwin), Jenni Frank (Alice Springs) and Con Costa (Nhulunbuy) rounded out the final five successful and highly enthusiastic applicants. The expedition was designed with the intent of following up on prior botanical, entomological, reptile and mollusc studies undertaken in the area, as well as trapping an elusive Pseudantechinus (otherwise known as a "False Antechinus"), a small, mouse-sized marsupial, which had previously only been captured on camera on Groote Eylandt. This article provides highlights from the teachers' time on the Bush Blitz Groote expedition including some of the species they identified and documented. TeachLive is a Bush Blitz collaboration with the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA), which enables teachers to participate in these survey expeditions. Bush Blitz TeachLive is designed to build the capacity of teachers to facilitate high-quality learning on environmental and sustainability issues using real-world research projects. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Science Teachers Association. P.O. Box 334, Deakin West, ACT 2600, Australia. Tel: +61-02-6282-9377; Fax: +61-02-6282-9477; e-mail: publications@asta.edu.au; Web site: http://www.asta.edu.au/resources/teachingscience
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01