The Australian Environment: Visions, Imperatives and Classroom Realities.

Y

8

Conservation (Environment); Controversial Issues (Course Content); Ecology; Economic Climate; Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Education; Environmental Influences; Foreign Countries; Geography Instruction; Human Geography; Physical Environment; Social Environment; Social Values; Urban Environment

Explores five alternative visions of the Australian environment through a brief environmental history. Presents imperatives for geography education to help students become socially responsible and ecologically sensitive including: (1) developing an environmental ethic; (2) teaching about the impact of the political economy on the environment; and (3) adopting an issues-based approach. (LS)

1989

EJ389836