EMH304 HSIE: Education for Sustainability (8)
Abstract| This subject builds students' understanding of the HSIE syllabus and the inquiry process. It is concerned with student knowledge and understanding of how people interact with the environment and the ways in which ecological sustainability can be supported. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 1 | | Internal | Albury-Wodonga Campus | Session 2 | | Internal | Bathurst Campus | | Internal | Wagga Wagga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMH304
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | Faculty of Education |
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| Incompatible subject(s) |
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| EMH201 EMH312 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
-have extended their knowledge of diverse environments, including the concepts concerned with energy flows, interrelationships, cycles, systems, time, continuity and change;
-have extended their knowledge of the HSIE Syllabus;
-have acquired a range of strategies for teaching and assessing Primary HSIE appropriate for diverse groups of learners;
-understand the impacts of humans on these diverse environments;
-demonstrate commitment to ecologically sustainable development and lifestyles;
-demonstrate skills of social and civic participation in promoting ecologically sustainable practices;
-demonstrate an awareness of how these understandings may be used in whole school planning, and in the cross KLA implementation of environmentally sustainable education. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
-Relevant teaching and learning issues including: whole school planning, Curriculum planning and integration, and the Quality Teaching framework.
-The environment strand of the HSIE syllabus.
-Holistic approaches to environmental systems and processes, including Gaia models of interrelationships, cycles and systems.
-Climate change and environmental sustainability.
-Global issues associated with sustaining society and the environment.
-Human rights.
-Indigenous perspectives on the environment.
-Civics - social structures, environment action, empowerment, social structures. |
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
