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97: Proceedings of the Biennial National Conference of The DOCUMENT RESUME ED 446 893 SE 060 472 AUTHOR Todd, John J., Ed. TITLE Earthlinks '97: Proceedings of the Biennial National Conference of the Australian Association for Environmental Education and the Marine Education Society of Australasia (9th, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, January 13-17, 1997). INSTITUTION Australian Association for Environmental Education, Tasmania. Tasmanian Branch. ISBN ISBN-0-9586537-5-5 PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 322p.; Also produced by the Marine Education Society of Australasia. AVAILABLE FROM Australian Association for Environmental Education, P.O. Box 474, Griffith University, Nathan-Queensland 4111, Australia. For full text: http://www.education.uts.edu.au/projects/AAEE. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; *Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Instructional Materials; Multimedia Instruction; Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS Australia ABSTRACT This document contains the proceedings of the 9th Biennial National Conference of the Australian Association for Environmental Education and the Marine Society of Australasia. The contents provide a valuable snapshot of the state of environmental education in Australia while moving towards the end of the 20th century. Papers include: (1) "Stand Up, Stand Up and Be Counted: Exploring Three Myths in Environmental Education" (Fien, J.); (2) "Learning through Landscapes: The Importance of School Grounds" (Lucas, B.); (3) "Using a Multimedia Approach to Design an Environmental Education Package" (Albion, I.); (4) "What Difference Can a Good Question Make? An Introduction to Strategic Questioning" (Allan, B.; Shields, K.); (5) "The Role of Environmental Interpretation in the Management of the Natural Resources in a Recreational Area" (Arevalo-Vigne, I.; Adams, M.); (6) "AWARE (Victoria): Educators Who Talk Rubbish" (Armstrong, P.); (7) "Educating about Genetic Engineering: The Hard Cell to Buy New Genes" (Benn, K.); (8) "EnviroSchool: A Model for Environmental Education at the Secondary-Tertiary Interface" (Buchan, G.D.; Leonard, R.L.; Shore, B.);(10) "Conservation Districts: More Than 50 Years of Community-Based Conservation in the United States" (Chandler, J.);(11) "Community Education for Waste Reduction: A Review of Education Programs in NSW" (Collier, G.);(12) "Bangor Landcare in Action Engendering a Natural Relationship" (Daly, C.; Dunbabin, T.); (13) "Environmental Education in Early Childhood: Exploring the Links" (Elliot, S.); (14) "The Development of Pedagogical Theory for Environmental Science and Management Studies" (Ernsteins, R.);(15) "Interactive Displays and the Environmental Message" (Evans, D.);(16) "Into the Dragon's Lair, a Community-based, Marine Monitoring Project" (Flaherty, T.; Russell, V. J.); (17) "Making Links: Small Businesses, the Environment and the Community the SOLUTIONS to POLLUTION Small Business and Industry Environmental Review and Education Program" (Ford, C.; Maheshwari, M.);(18) "Mentoring of Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Environmental Education Leaders: Stages of the Relationship" (Fortino, C.); (19) "Project Wild--A Curriculum Innovation for Environmental Education: Its Usefulness Beyond the University Coursework Boundary" (Fortino, C.; Kwan, T.);(20) "Critical Thinking and Action Learning in Education for the Environment: Some Insights from Learning and Teaching with Unemployed Young People" (Gibson, G.);(21) "For a Common Cause: Case Studies in Communities and Environmental Change" (Gibson, G; Bishop, M.);(22) "Waterwatch Australia (Environmental Education for the Whole Community)" (Gowland, K.; Foster, D. J.);(23) "Renewable Energy: Here Today and Here Tomorrow" (Gray, A. T.); (24) "Evolving an Asian-South Pacific Framework for Adult and Community Environmental Education for Sustainable Societies" (Guevara, J. R. Q.); (25) "The North Keppel Island Experience--A New Approach for Marine and Environmental Education" (Hossack, D. G.); (26) "The Use of the Internetin Environmental Education or Surfing the Environmental Web" (Johnson, S.);(27) "Australian Students' Environmental Concerns and Opinions of Their Living Environment" (Kwan, T.; Miles, J.); (28) "Green Stories: The Experience of Environmental Commitment" (Mahony, D.);(29) "(Re)constructing Environmental Popular Knowledge, Reclaiming Silenced Voices" (Malone, K.);(30) "'Streamwatch' in Vietnam: Intercultural Communication and the Theory and Practice of Environmental Education" (McLaren, N.; Ferry, B.);(31) "Environmental Education in Five Pacific Nations" (Metcalfe, P.);(32) "The Australian Home Greenhouse Scorecard, Household Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimations Made Easy" (Mitchell, F.);(33) "Roundup of Marine Education Around Australia" (Moffatt, B.);(34) "Streamwatch--Wetter Than Life Itself the Evolving Strategies of Running a Large Environmental Education Programin Western NSW: A Streamwatch Perspective" (Nancarrow, J.);(35) "How Does Media Influence Environmental Issues?" (Paluzzano, K. L.); (36) "Coastwalk, a Case Study of Environmental Education in the Community" (Phillips, J.);(37) "Towards the Holistic Teacher in Environmental Education" (Salite, I.);(38) "Environmental Education for Industry" (Scott, H.); (39) "Science, Technology and the Environment: Interactive Programs for Primary Schools" (Seddon,G.); (40) "Environmental Learning: New Techniques for Student Involvement?" (Siepen, G. L.);(41) "Integrating Environmental Education across the Curriculum: A Realistic Goal or an Impossible Dream?" (Smith, S.);(42)"The Catchments, Corridors and Coasts Program in Tasmania" (Stadler, T.);(43) "Endangered Theses" (Todd, J. J.);(44) "Pre-service and In-service Training of Teachers in Environmental Education: Where To Next?" (Walker,K.); (45) "Working Greener: Industry, Education and Sustainability" (Walker, L.); and (46) "Re-imagining Landscapes, Re-writing Curriculum: A View from the Australian Tropics" (Whitehouse, H.). (CCM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY . _ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as f\pceived from the person or organization ;," originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to Improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. ,' . ' .=:9 .14 . 4. i - -7C 'L'51:2+.; , National Conference t- . Taimania . 4. - ry-0 1317 Jouary 1997 BEST 'COPY AVAILABLE 2 Ecirthlinks'97 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9th BIENNIAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND THE MARINE EDUCATION SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA HELD FROM 13 TO 17, JANUARY 1997 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA HOBART Editor: J J Todd DISCLAIMER All statements of fact and opinion in these papers are those of the authors. Authors are responsible for due acknowledgments and references in their papers. Neither the editor, the Australian Association for Environmental Education nor the Marine Education Society of Australasia shall be responsible for erroneous statements or expressed opinions. Published 1997 by Australian Association for Environmental Education (Tasmanian Branch) c/- The Tasmanian Environment Centre, 102 Bathurst St Hobart Tasmania 7000 Australia Printed at Uni Print, University of Tasmania Paper - 100% recycled Prologue (Australian made) Papers presented at this conference are available on the Internet at: http://www.education.uts.edu.au/projects/AAEE © Copyright 1997 Australian Association for Environmental Education and Marine Education Society of Australasia All right reserved. Except for the purposes of private study, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher ISBN 0 9586537 5 5 SPONSORS Conferences run by non-profit organisations such as the Australian Association for Environmental Education and the-Marine Education Society of Australasia are greatly enhanced by the contributions of sponsors. Sponsorship allows conference registration fees to be kept to a minimum which makes the conference much more accessible to members and the general public, many of whom have to cover all the costs of attending the conference themselves. The Conference OrganisingCommittee wishes to thank the following sponsors for their contributions: Commonwealth Department of Environment Sport and TerritoriesMajor Sponsor Ausaid The Australian Agency for International Development Department of Environment and Land Management, Tasmania Environment Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service Department of Education, Cultural and Community Development, Tasmania Forestry Tasmania Hydro-Electric Corporation, Tasmania Keep Australia Beautiful Council Landcare Tasmania Litter and Recycling Research Association Males Sand Supplies Richard Jones Memorial Lecture Committee Tasmanian Minerals Council Ltd The British Council A Welcome from Nel Smit, Conference Convenor Welcome to Earthlinks'97, the ninth Biennial Conference of the Australian Association for Environmental Education and the Marine Education Society of Australasia, held in Hobart, Tasmania, 13-17 January 1997. We in Tasmania have a sense of being small and left off the map. We are
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