Post on 02-Oct-2020
GEOGRAPHY BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre
What is Environmental Education?ENOUGH FOR ALL FOR EVER!Outdoor and Environmental Education Centres (O&EECs) promote, develop provide and deliver highly effective outdoor and environmental education programs for schools and the community, and provide professional development for teachers.!!EDUCATION THAT IS EXCITING, ENGAGING & EXCELLENT!!At Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre we aim to:!!‣ provide authentic learning experiences within real-world contexts.!
‣ use appropriate ICT’s as tools for investigating, documenting, creating and communication information about, and reflections and responses to experiences within a place.!
‣ actively engage all students in learning.!
‣develop the whole individual - academic, social, physical and emotional.!
‣education for sustainability - connection to place; deep investigation; deep understanding; deep reflection.
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Education for sustainability
Links to the Australian Curriculum
Geographers regard fieldwork as a vital instrument for understanding our world through direct experience, for gathering basic data about this world, and as a fundamental method for enacting geographical education.!!The Australian Curriculum goes on to highlight the importance of fieldwork in its implementation:!!“Geography uses an inquiry approach to assist students to make meaning of their world. It teaches them to respond to questions in a geographically distinctive way, plan an inquiry; collect, evaluate, analyse and interpret information; and suggest responses to what they have learned. They conduct fieldwork, map and interpret data and spatial distributions, and use spatial technologies. Students develop a wide range of general skills and capabilities, including information and communication technology skills, an appreciation of different perspectives, an understanding of ethical research principles, a capacity for teamwork and an ability to think critically and creatively. These skills can be applied in everyday life and at work”."!!BUEEC offers powerful first hand learning experiences that support teachers in both
strands of the Australian Curriculum.!!!
Fieldwork can be ‘short and sweet’ or an all day excursion
Around the school
Excursions Virtual
Local community
Junior!Geography
Year 7 Liveability‣ Introduce liveability concept!
‣ Investigate local area / street (data collection)!
‣ Investigate alternate community / street!
‣ Draw conclusions and recommend ways to enhance liveability.!
‣ Present / share information
Year 8 Landforms and Landscapes
Year 9 Follow the Crowd
Sandgate Foreshore !
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Year 10 Environmental Change and Management!
Senior Geography
Liveability!of!
Cutter’s Landing
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Job opportunities!!Aesthetics!!
Affordability of housing!!Public transport!!Active travel!!
https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/NvXfgByvxlRY6g/year-9-geography-follow-the-crowd
https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/caE1bk114WvwKQ/bueec-senior-geography-connecting-people-and-places
https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/VaaAARv0PV1I3Q/bueec-senior-geography-sustainable-communities
Helpful resources....• www.geogspace.edu.au!
• www.rgs.org!
• http://www.scoop.it/u/geography-teachers-association-of-victoria-inc!
• http://infogr.am/!
• www.ozcoasts.gov.au!
• www.scribblemaps.com!
• https://data.qld.gov.au/maps-geospatial/qld-globe!
• Geography - for those new to teaching the subject (NSW Education & Training)!
• Keys to Fieldwork
Scoop it - GTAV
http://www.scoop.it/u/geography-teachers-association-of-victoria-inc!
Contact details.....!
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Melanie Davis mdavi544@eq.edu.au!
Mark Devaney mdeva7@eq.edu.au!
3552 7111!
www.urbaneec.eq.edu.au!
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