ERIC Number: EJ1237999
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Publication Date: 2019-Dec
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Sustainability in Australian Schools: A Cross-Curriculum Priority?
Barnes, Melissa; Moore, Deborah; Almeida, Sylvia
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v47 n4 p377-392 Dec 2019
In light of Australian policy and curriculum initiatives aimed to prioritize Education for Sustainability (EfS) practices, this article discusses a study that evaluated a smart meter program introduced by a local government of an Australian state/territory. The program aimed to provide teachers and students from 86 primary and secondary schools access to data on energy, gas, and water consumption through a website that digitally recorded schools' consumption in real time. While the Australian curriculum supposedly prioritizes EfS as a cross-curriculum aim, the results from this small study suggest that EfS is neither a priority nor cross-curricular.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Elementary Secondary Education, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum, Natural Resources, Fuels, Water, Energy, Use Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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