Contents

INTRODUCTION

The Imperative for Environment Education
James Bowen

PART I: OUR ENDANGERED ENVIRONMENT

1.The Advent of Ecocrisis
Harry F. Recher

The Protected Planet
R.D. Walsh and Helen Duffy

The Warming Planet
R.D. Walsh and Helen Duffy

2. Educational Imperatives for the Twenty-First Century: Environmental Literacy and Ecological Understanding
James Bowen

Environmental Studies for Australian Schools
Max Day

University Research and the Environment: The Fundamental Questions Program
Stephen Boyden

PART II: A FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE

3. Ecology: the Evolving Science
Roger Kitching

Appreciating Wetlands
Brian Gilligan

4. Ethics and Environmental Education
Robert Elliot

Heritage Appreciation
Margarita Bowen

The Built Environment Education Program
Judy Vulker

5. Teaching Green: Education as if the Environment Matters
Margarita Bowen

Earth Education: Learning to Live More Lightly
Meg Keen

Natural Areas: Educational Tools for Environmental Action
Kerry Press

PART III: A PROGRAM FOR ACTION

6. Reconstructing the Curriculum for Environmental Responsibility
Ian Robottom

After Shock: An Aboriginal Perspective on the Environment
Joan Winch

Empowering Students and Saving the Environment
Dallas Kinnear

7. Education for Understanding: Biohistory as the New Integrative Discipline
Stephen Boyden

8. Environment Education in Practice: The Great Barrier Reef as a Significant Case Study
Kathryn Jenkins

The Great Barrier Reef: An Educational Success Story
Ray Neale

Introducing the New Left to the Old: Environmental Studies at Capricornia
Robert Newby, Sheila Payne and Lesley Warner

9. The Challenge of Teaching Ecology
John A. Harris and John M. Dearn

A Turning Point in Social Education
David Dufty

Notes and References