Abstract
In light of recent Australian policy and curriculum initiatives aimed to prioritise Education for Sustainability (EfS) practices, this study evaluates the Australian Capital Territory Education Directorate’s smart meter website, which aims to provide teachers and students from 86 primary and secondary schools access to data on energy, gas and water consumption. While sustainability, or Education for Sustainability, has been ‘prioritised’ as a cross-curriculum aim in the Australian curriculum, it has been sidelined, lost in the storm of Literacy and Numeracy outcomes and testing. With no accountability, assessment, or a specific curriculum of its own, the priority of EfS becomes tokenistic. This study seeks to explore the voices of the teachers and school leaders and the systems that influence their practices.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | AERA Online Paper Repository |
Editors | Angela E. Arzubiaga, James Earl Davis |
Place of Publication | Washington DC USA |
Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) |
Number of pages | 17 |
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Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2017: Knowledge to Action: Achieving the Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity - Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, United States of America Duration: 27 Apr 2017 → 1 May 2017 https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/2017-Annual-Meeting-Program |
Conference
Conference | American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2017 |
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Abbreviated title | AERA 2017 |
Country/Territory | United States of America |
City | San Antonio |
Period | 27/04/17 → 1/05/17 |
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Keywords
- environmental education
- Evaluation
- Policy
- professional development