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to contribute to this page. HEIA have undertaken to source a
variety of resources for use in the classroom.
If you have resources, units of work, lessons, assessment guidelines
or anything which would be valuable for teacher use please
submit here.
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| Educating for a Sustainable Future: |
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A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools.
“Educating for a Sustainable Future: A National
Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools”
was published by the federal Department of the Environment
and Heritage (ISBN: 1 86366 597 8, SCIS Order No. 1222203)
in November 2005, and is being sent to all Australian schools.
The Statement was commissioned by all Education Ministers in 2004,
developed through a process of national consultation managed by
the Curriculum Corporation, and endorsed by all Ministers for
Education through the Ministerial Council on Employment, Education,
Training & Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) at their May 2005 meeting.
The distribution of “Educating for a Sustainable Future”
to all Australian schools in November 2005 coincides with the
first year of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development 2005 – 2014. The Decade calls upon all
countries to strengthen their contribution to sustainable development
through a focus on education. The release of this Statement
provides a significant contribution to this global objective.
The Statement provides a nationally agreed description of the
nature and purpose of environmental education for sustainability
through all the years of schooling. It includes a national
vision and a framework for its implementation. It is intended
for teachers, schools and all the families of their community.
It provides a resource and guidelines for education systems operation
and the development of curriculum materials. It seeks to
provide a complementary resource to operate in synergy with existing
State and Territory policies and programs in the inclusive field
of environmental education.
In her introductory article in the Summer 2005 issue of “EQ
Australia”, the Curriculum Corporation journal, Susan Mann
writes:
“Its central message is that
environmental education now encompasses almost every part of school
resource use, governance and planning. The school
is seen as a model community that embodies the concepts, values
and attitudes of environmental education such as biodiversity,
natural cycles and systems, sustainable consumption and participatory
decision making.
“When the Statement arrives
in all schools, it will need to be distributed broadly to members
of the school community, including the canteen manager and the
school gardeners. Its definition of curriculum is broad
and covers such issues as the use of energy at the school, the
design and re-design of buildings, and how much waste is sent
to landfill.”
To obtain printed copies of the Statement contact:
Community Information Unit
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Phone (Toll Free):
1800 803 772
You can also access and download the Statement in pdf format at:
http://www.deh.gov.au/education/publications/pubs/sustainable-future.pdf
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| Powerpoint presentations on obesity |
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FROM GLOBALISATION TO LOCAL ACTION - A focus on obesity
(Power point presentations from
HEIA(Q) state conference keynote speakers)
The HEIA(Q) 2005 state conference was a fabulous success, with
many delegates asking if we could make available the power point
presentations from the panel keynote speakers: (in order of their
presentations) Dr Tim Gill; Mathew Dick; Peter Bush; Dr Rosemary
Stanton. All speakers have kindly agreed to make their presentations
available. If using any part of these presentations, please be
mindful to acknowledge the author and source of the data—this
is both professionally ethical as well as ensuring that you do
not infringe copyright laws.
• Dr Tim
Gill’s presentation set the scene as to the size of
the problem in Australia and from a world-view. Tim was well positioned
to do this, given that he is Regional Co-ordinator for the International
Obesity Task Force (IOTF) in the Asia-Pacific and Executive Officer
for the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity.
• Mathew
Dick’s presentation outlined the research being undertaken
to identify good practice from a secondary schools perspective,
and what is happening in Queensland to address the issue. Mathew
is Senior Nutritionist, Queensland Health, secretariat to the
Promoting Healthy Weight in Children in Schools Working Group
under the Queensland Health and Education Queensland Joint Work
Plan and coordinator statewide public health nutrition actions
for school-aged children.
• Peter Bush’s presentation looked at corporate responsibilities,
with emphasis on how McDonalds has changed, and is continuing
to change, in response to consumer demand. Peter is Chief Executive
Officer, McDonalds Australia. (Powerpoint will be available shortly)
• Dr
Rosemary Stanton’s presentation looked at advertising
and its effects on children and young people. Rosemary is Australia’s
best-known dietician, author and consultant.
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| Units of work |
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DESIGNING
FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING LEARNING OBJECT
Developed as a 2004
Year of the Built Environment project, this resource is an online
curriculum resource for Middle and Senior Years of schooling.
Built by Education Queensland's Distance Learning Unit in consultation
with the Department of Public Works' Built Environment Research
Unit and the Department of Housing's Smart Housing project team,
the learning object addresses sustainability in the home environment
through:
siting a house on a block of land; orienting
a house using passive solar design;
capturing
natural ventilation by employing the information from the site
and orientation details;
establishing
vegetation around the house;
managing
resources through effective waste management, recycling etc;
energy
management;
water
management;
and social issues associated with the choices made for orientation,
fittings, appliances and access.
To access the resource go to
http://www.build.qld.gov.au/research/sustainableliving/
When you get there, you can view the learning object, or download
a zipped version.
HEIA would love to hear from you if you have lesson/unit ideas
for using such a resource. We really would!
Please email Jan Reynolds at
janetrey@ozemail.com.au
with your ideas.
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VEG OUT
This unit of work was developed by Northern Territory teachers
after a workshop on Intellectual Rigour with Dr Janet Reynolds.
It features the HEIA resources the Wonderful World of Vegetables,
and Food Choices the IT Way. The unit work titled."Veg Out"
is aimed at a year 9 Home Economics Class.
Veg
Out
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FAST FOOD
A unit of work developed by Penny McIntyre and Sue Richards
for year 10 students using the NT Outcomes Framework
Fast Food
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| State and Territory Curriculum Links |
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Australian Capital Territory
ACT Board of Senior Secondary
Studies
Department
of Education and Training
New South Wales
Board of Studies,
NSW
NSW Department
of Education and Training
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Department
of Education, Employment and Training
Queensland
Education Queensland
Queensland Studies Authority
South Australia
Department
of Education and Children's Services
Senior
Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia (SSABSA)
Tasmania
Department
of Education
Tasmanian
Qualifications Authority (TQA)
Tasmanian
Secondary Assessment Board
Victoria
Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority (VCAA)
Western Australia
Curriculum
Council of Western Australia
Department
of Education and Training
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