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Unit of Study EDU01286 - Environmental Education (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Introductory

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Explores sustainability and its implications for education. Students will critically examine environmental education, in addition to planning, implementing and evaluating environmental education learning experiences. The initial focus of the unit will be a personal reflective one moving on to a broader social and ecological focus.

Unit content

This unit will be delivered as an external online study unit, complemented by the facilitation of direct learning experiences which are 'optional'. All learning materials will be delivered online.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 2 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 critically reflect upon their own environmental and sustainability experiences and philosophies
2 develop an understanding of the principles of sustainability
3 engage in critical debate and discussion concerning issues of sustainability and education
4 plan, implement and evaluate environmental education learning experiences (drawing upon experiential and place-based pedagogies).

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. critically reflect upon their own environmental and sustainability experiences and philosophies
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
  2. develop an understanding of the principles of sustainability
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
  3. engage in critical debate and discussion concerning issues of sustainability and education
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
  4. plan, implement and evaluate environmental education learning experiences (drawing upon experiential and place-based pedagogies).
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

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