Educational Reform and Environmental Concern - A History of School Nature Study in Australia

Educational Reform and Environmental Concern explores the theories that supported nature study, as well as its definitions, aims, how it was introduced to curricula and its practice in the classroom, by focusing upon educational reform in the Australian state of New South Wales.

List of contents

List of figures
Series editors' introduction
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The nature study idea: history, texts and contexts
2. Early reception of nature study in Australia
3. Nature study and educational reform
4. Defining and supporting nature study
5. Nature study in practice: New South Wales, 1904-1920
6. Conservation, preservation and nature study
7. What happened to nature study?
Conclusion

About the author

Dorothy Kass has a PhD in Modern History from Macquarie University. She is a member of the Australian History Association (AHA), Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES), Royal Australian Historical Society and the Association for the Study of Literature, Environment and Culture—Australia and New Zealand (ASLEC-ANZ). She has presented papers on the history of education at various national and international conferences.

Summary

Educational Reform and Environmental Concern explores the theories that supported nature study, as well as its definitions, aims, how it was introduced to curricula and its practice in the classroom, by focusing upon educational reform in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy Kass, Dorothy (Macquarie University Kass
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138650510
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65051-0
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Progressive Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Australia, Applied ecology, The environment, History of Education, Conservation of the environment, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Educational: Sciences, General Science, Primary and middle schools