Education for Sustainability and the Australian Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Kennelly, Julie; Taylor, Neil; Serow, Pep
Titel	Education for Sustainability and the Australian Curriculum
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 27 (2011) 2, S.209-218 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
DOI	10.1375/ajee.27.2.209
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Environmental Education; Sustainable Development; National Curriculum; Curriculum Development; Academic Standards; Teacher Education Programs; Program Effectiveness; Beginning Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Certification; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Principles; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsprinzip; Australien
Abstract	A national curriculum is presently being developed in Australia with implementation due during 2014. Associated standards for the accreditation of teachers and for teacher education providers have been prepared with the standards describing skills and attributes that teachers are expected to attain. The developing Australian Curriculum, along with the teacher accreditation and initial teacher education program standards, claim to support guiding statements that describe aspirations for all young Australians. Those guiding statements acknowledge that "sustainability" is an essential element of education for young people in Australia. However "sustainability" is unconvincingly represented in the curriculum and is not visible in the standards. This could potentially result in its omission from teacher education and qualification at all levels. A similar situation already exists in New South Wales (NSW). This article illustrates the positioning of five freshly graduated primary teachers within the context of their five NSW schools and from this distils implications for teaching "sustainability" within the developing national proposals. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10