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Teacher training using wetlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Max Maddock
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Abstract

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Environmental Education for student teachers requires careful design and operation to achieve desired ends. Initiatives taken in the Newcastle region have culminated in a teacher training program utilising local field studies centres with a variety of teaching experiences in mind. This article describes these experiences and notes the condition effecting the viability and vitality of such an approach to teacher training in environmental education.

Type
Section 3: Action in education for wetlands
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 2 , June 1986 , pp. 31 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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