Unit of Study EDUC3024 Education and the Environment: More than Human (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

96 Credit points in a Bachelor of Education course OR admission to the 1207286 - Master of Teaching OR 1209001 - Master of Teaching

Enrolment information

This is a Capstone unit and ONLY completed in the final year of study. This unit requires students to undertake Community Engaged Learning.

Unit description

Encourages a deep exploration of inter-species relationships and the idea of human as nature. Students will critically examine the history, theories, and interdisciplinarity of environmental education, including sustainability and its implications for education. The focus of the unit moves from personal contexts to broader social and ecological contexts to include planning, implementing and evaluating learning experiences in environmental education.

Unit content

Module 1. Introduction to Education and the Environment

Module 2. Understanding Ecological Identities

Module 3. Developing Ecological Literacies

Module 4. Environmental Education in Practice I

Module 5. Environmental Education in Practice 2

Module 6: Environmental Education in Practice 3

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term5	Term5
Gold Coast	Summer Term Term3,5	Summer Term Term3,5
Lismore	Term5	Term5
Online	Summer Term Term3,5	Term3,5

Learning outcomes

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:

critically engage with the concept of humans as nature, and how this understanding is reflected in their own environmental and sustainability experiences and philosophies

demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of current environmental and sustainability issues and their implication for educational praxis

understand, evaluate, and synthesise environmental education pedagogies based on contemporary research, policy, and curriculum frameworks

plan, implement and evaluate environmental education learning experiences, applying a diversity of teaching and learning strategies

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Plan	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Plan	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Plan	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (weekly)

Assessment
Blog	50%
Plan	50%

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Texts

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Texts

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No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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