Enhancing Environmental Experiences through Effective Partnerships among Teacher Educators, Field Study Centers, and Schools

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Ferry
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
New South ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
South Wales

Few teacher educators would dispute that preservice teachers benefit from active participation in planning, implementing, and evaluating experiential learning activities in natural environments. Such experiences help them to understand how environmental education can be successfully woven into a teaching program rather than just an added “frill” presented in isolation. However, it is difficult to find efficient ways of organising these experiences in tertiary institutions. This paper discusses a partnership formed among teacher educators, schools, and field study centers in New South Wales, Australia. It was devised to enhance the experiences in environmental education for all participants, and at the same time make efficient use of human resources.

Australian Rainforest Seeds

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Dunphy ◽  
Steve McAlpin ◽  
Paul Nelson ◽  
Michelle Chapman ◽  
Hugh Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Grow Your Own ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Seed Propagation ◽  
User Friendly

Have you ever wondered how to grow your own rainforest trees? Is there a beautiful tree that you have always wanted to collect and propagate the seed from? Are you in the business of ecological restoration, rainforest propagation or environmental education? This long-awaited guide to rainforest seed propagation unlocks the secrets to growing 300 rainforest species. Providing specific information on how to sustainably collect, process and germinate seeds, this user-friendly book aims to support a growing movement of rainforest restoration. With invaluable information based on 30 years of research in northern New South Wales, users will find even difficult rainforest species delightfully easy to grow. Seeing a seed germinate, caring for the seedling and eventually planting the tree is deeply satisfying. And, in this time of widespread deforestation, millions of trees are needed for restoration and every tree counts. Whether you are growing one or one hundred thousand, why not start today?

Thermal relations of the malle fragon Amphibolurus fordi (Lacertilia : Agamidae)

1974 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 319 ◽  
Author(s):  
HG Cogger
Keyword(s):  
Body Temperature ◽  
Field Study ◽  
New South ◽  
Close Association ◽  
The Body ◽  
Total Effect ◽  
Body Temperatures ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Thermal Relations

A field study of the thermal relationships of the small agamid lizard A. fordi has been carried out in two areas of mallee in central western New South Wales, where this lizard occurs only in close association with the grass Triodia scariosa. The body temperatures characteristic of various phases in this lizard's die1 cycle have been determined. The behavioural techniques employed to regulate temperature are described; they are similar to those used by a wide range of diurnal heliothermic lizards in other regions. The total effect of these thermoregulatory responses is to maintain an internal thermal environ- ment approaching homoiothermy while the lizard is active. For A. fordi the eccritic body temperature determined from animals in the field is 36.9+-0.16C. Lowering of activity thermal levels occurs in winter, and can be induced at any time by even mild starvation.

scholarly journals Gender ratios in library management (‘directorship’) roles in New Zealand public and tertiary libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gareth Shute
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
New South ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Female Managers ◽  
South Wales

<p>Research problem: This study looked at the percentage of female managers in charge of library systems within New Zealand between 1980 and 2013 to see if their gender balance matched the wider library workforce (which has upwards of 80% female staff). Methodology: Directories of public libraries were examined and the gender of each library manager was noted. Results: The overall figure for library managers was found to be around 80%, with a slight improvement over the period examined. However, when public libraries were divided by size, the results for the 1980s showed that large libraries had fewer female managers than the overall library workforce, while small libraries had a larger percentage. This difference was shown to decrease over the period studied, until both large and small libraries had around 80% female staff. A similar result was shown in preliminary data sourced from New South Wales (Australia), which suggested that this trend also occurs overseas. The New Zealand data also considered tertiary institutions. At the beginning of the study, only one out of six university library systems was managed by a woman, while in the most recent year seven out of ten managers were female. In contrast, there was found to be a high percentage of female managers in charge of polytechs over this same time. Implications: These results suggest that a gender bias existed within some sectors of librarianship (within large public libraries and university libraries) at the beginning of the study period, but that this bias has largely disappeared in recent years.</p>

Are Educational Outcomes Relevant to Environmental Education Addressed by Primary School Teachers?

1997 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Clark ◽  
Terry Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
New South ◽  
Primary Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Significant Attention ◽  
School Curricula

AbstractConcern exists over the extent to which environmental education is being addressed in Australian primary school curricula. This is especially so since the release of the nationally developed Statements and Profiles in eight key areas of learning because no documents specifically relating to environmental education were produced. This paper reports the results of a study in which a survey based on outcomes relevant to environmental education, as drawn from curriculum documents in use in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, was completed by a sample of primary teachers from both states. Results indicated that, in most schools, outcomes relevant to environmental education were being given significant attention. However, the extent to which different outcomes were addressed varied widely, as did the extent to which individual schools addressed outcomes over the years kindergarten/preparatory to year 6 (K/P-6). Implications for teacher education drawn from the findings are discussed.

Schooling and Identity Levels

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Willmot
Keyword(s):  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
South Wales ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The Right ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Western-style schooling for Aboriginal children in New South Wales began formally in 1940. Nineteen-forty was the year in which the New South Wales Department of Education abandoned its long-standing policy of exclusion relating to Aboriginal children. Prior to this, Aboriginal children were excluded from State schools on the complaint of a white parent. From 1940 on, it could be said that Aboriginal people had achieved the right to State schooling. This is, of course, a political statement as much as an educational one. I would argue that 1940, in fact, saw the beginning of modern Aboriginal politics.Modern Aboriginal politics, as such, began in the early 1960s when Vincent Lingiari and the Gurindji people walked off Wave Hill; that was the beginning of the land rights movement. The 1940s and the 1950s, however, saw Aboriginal people struggle for the human right of education for their children.During the late 1960s and 1970s, many Aboriginal people spent a great deal of time criticising the very education systems which they fought so hard to become part of. Yet Aboriginal people have voted for this form of education with their feet. In 1975, according to Commonwealth Government statistics, there were 223 Aboriginal people in tertiary institutions in Australia. In 1980, there were 881, that is a 295% increase. In 1970, however, there were only 20 Aboriginal people found to be in tertiary institutions in Australia and that, believe it or not, registers by 1980 as being a 4,310% increase. Unfortunately, this does not reflect an equivalent 4,310% improvement in outcomes of schooling; this extraordinary phenomenon associated with the tertiary education is very much an Aboriginal adventure.

scholarly journals Gender ratios in library management (‘directorship’) roles in New Zealand public and tertiary libraries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gareth Shute
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
New South ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Female Managers ◽  
South Wales

<p>Research problem: This study looked at the percentage of female managers in charge of library systems within New Zealand between 1980 and 2013 to see if their gender balance matched the wider library workforce (which has upwards of 80% female staff). Methodology: Directories of public libraries were examined and the gender of each library manager was noted. Results: The overall figure for library managers was found to be around 80%, with a slight improvement over the period examined. However, when public libraries were divided by size, the results for the 1980s showed that large libraries had fewer female managers than the overall library workforce, while small libraries had a larger percentage. This difference was shown to decrease over the period studied, until both large and small libraries had around 80% female staff. A similar result was shown in preliminary data sourced from New South Wales (Australia), which suggested that this trend also occurs overseas. The New Zealand data also considered tertiary institutions. At the beginning of the study, only one out of six university library systems was managed by a woman, while in the most recent year seven out of ten managers were female. In contrast, there was found to be a high percentage of female managers in charge of polytechs over this same time. Implications: These results suggest that a gender bias existed within some sectors of librarianship (within large public libraries and university libraries) at the beginning of the study period, but that this bias has largely disappeared in recent years.</p>

The Teaching and Learning of Environmental Education in N.S.W. Primary Schools: A Case Study

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Walker
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New South ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Doctoral Study ◽  
South Wales ◽  
K 12

The aim of the doctoral study outlined in this paper is to contribute to the improvement of teaching and learning of environmental education. The significance of environmental education as a strategy to address environmental problems has been documented widely in Australia and overseas. This study shows that as a strategy to solve such problems its success so far has been questionable.The study assumes that there is a problem in the teaching and learning of environmental education and that the policy document, Environmental Education Curriculum Statement K-12 (New South Wales Department of Education, 1989) has not been adequately implemented.

Inadvertent translocation of amphibians in the shipment of agricultural produce into New South Wales: its extent and conservation implications

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence W O'Dwyer ◽  
William A. Buttemer ◽  
David M. Priddel
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Gene Pools ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Conservation Implications ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Agricultural Produce ◽  
Broad Scale

The recent global decline of amphibians has been as pronounced in Australia as anywhere else on earth. Although the exact causes of this decline are uncertain, the translocation of individuals between populations is likely to exacerbate the problem. Translocation has the potential to adversely affect recipient populations through increased competition, predation, the introduction of diseases and parasites, and by disruption to the integrity of local gene pools through hybridization. One avenue for human-assisted translocation of amphibians is through their inadvertent transportation in shipments of agricultural produce. It was found that at least 7 130 frogs per annum are translocated into New South Wales in shipments of bananas. Of these, no fewer than 5 044 are subsequently liberated at the point of destination, often deliberately into natural environments where local frog populations already exist. This broad-scale and widespread liberation of translocated frogs has the potential to adversely affect frog populations in New South Wales. We propose several strategies for reducing the conservation problems associated with the inadvertent translocation of wildlife in shipment of agricultural produce.

Productivity and reponse to nitrogen fertilizer of the native grass Danthonia racemosa (Wallaby Grass).

1976 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
GG Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilizer ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
New South ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Grass Species ◽  
Native Grass ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Matter Production ◽  
Exotic Grass

On the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Danthonia racemosa sown in both a field study and a pot experiment produced as much dry matter as any sown exotic grass species. Dry matter production of D. racemosa was least affected by dry weather conditions in the field while in pots it proved equally as responsive asphalaris tuberosa to nitrogen fertilizer. However, production of D. racemosa during winter was lower than P. tuberosa.

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