Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices

Gillian Kidman; Niranjan Casinader

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Gillian Kidman ¹ ^* , Niranjan Casinader ¹

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¹ Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This paper is concerned with a gap in the discourse concerning the development of environmental literacy. Much of the research available concerns the development of environmental literacy in students; however, our assertion is that unless the teacher has developed environmental literacy themselves, they cannot develop such literacies in their students. Hence, this paper will consider the development of environmental literacy in teachers as a necessity for enabling the development in students. As environmental education is predominantly delivered through an interdisciplinary infusion model, the recommendation is for a teacher’s environmental literacy to be developed alongside their inquiry literacy. This paper uses the Australian Curriculum to explore how a curriculum potentially impacts on the development of environmental literacy, and the synergistic relationship between environmental literacy and inquiry literacy.

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Australian curriculum
science
environmental literacy
inquiry-based teaching
sustainability
teachers

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 15, Issue 6, June 2019, Article No: em1687

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Kidman, G., & Casinader, N. (2019). Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(6), em1687. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/103065

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Kidman G, Casinader N. Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(6):em1687. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/103065

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Kidman G, Casinader N. Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(6), em1687. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/103065

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Kidman, Gillian, and Niranjan Casinader. "Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2019 15 no. 6 (2019): em1687. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/103065

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Kidman, G., and Casinader, N. (2019). Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(6), em1687. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/103065

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Kidman, Gillian et al. "Developing Teachers’ Environmental Literacy through Inquiry-based Practices". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 15, no. 6, 2019, em1687. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/103065