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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Planning for Success: Factors In?uencing Change in Teacher Education
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Ferreira, Jo-Anne; Ryan, Lisa; Tilbury, Daniella – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2014
Teacher education is widely recognized as a key strategy that is yet to be effectively utilized to embed environmental education and/or education for sustainability in schools. This paper reports on a research study that examined a range of pre-service teacher education initiatives, both in Australia and internationally, that were seeking to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Education, Networks, Sustainability
A Response to Reorienting Teacher Education towards Sustainability
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Ferreira, Jo-Anne; Ryan, Lisa; Tilbury, Daniella – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2014
This brief article reflects on progress on reorienting teacher education toward sustainability that has taken place since the publication of the authors' 2007 "Australian Journal of Environmental Education" article, "Planning for Success: Factors Influencing Change in Teacher Education" (EJ833282). It concludes that a key…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Journal Articles
Planning for Success: Factors Influencing Change in Teacher Education
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Ferreira, Jo-Anne; Ryan, Lisa; Tilbury, Daniella – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
Teacher education is widely recognised as a key strategy that is yet to be effectively utilised to embed environmental education and/or education for sustainability in schools. This paper reports on a research study that examined a range of pre-service teacher education initiatives, both in Australia and internationally, that were seeking to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Environmental Education, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
Australia's Response to a UN Decade in Education for Sustainable Development
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Tilbury, Daniella – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005-2014 provides a significant platform to enhance the profile of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in formal and informal learning spaces and ultimately to assist in transforming our future into a more sustainable one. The article presents a brief summary of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Position Papers, Politics of Education
Rising to the Challenge: Education for Sustainability in Australia
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Tilbury, Daniella – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
With the UN Decade in Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) approaching, the question is "how well positioned is Australia to respond to the challenge of educating for sustainability?". The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief summary of ESD status, needs and innovations at the national level within Australia. ESD is relevant to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Educational Assessment