Topic
Whole School Environmental Education
Platform
Book Creator
Rationale
Environmental education is an important global issue. Research has shown that broadening citizenship and awareness of our world involves environmental education from childhood (Ricoy et al., 2022).
The focus of this resource is the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability, with the aim of incorporating quality eco-focused learning opportunities on local and world levels (The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2010 to present-b). Alongside Sustainability, this resource specifically incorporates the general capability of Ethical Understanding, allowing students to develop their knowledge and skills to build awareness and empathy for our world as well as a sense of values and active citizenship (ACARA, 2010 to present-a). There will be a rich task differentiated for the student cohorts using digital technologies, with a call to action on how we can all take part in reducing our waste and proposing action for the future.
In my school context, environmental education is a priority with responsibility placed with the whole school community. It involves managing our resources and waste in a way that reduces damage to the environment and considers future implications.
This learning resource will be created using the platform, Book Creator. It was chosen as it suits the primary school context and allows for a variety of tools to be embedded to create a multimodal text that enhances student immersion and engagement in the topic. It will be shared within our school, with the purpose to assist in facilitating and supporting our whole school environment program and associated initiatives. Some additional learning and gamification tools I aim to utilise are Flip, Padlet, Scratch. Blooket and Class Dojo.
References
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2010 to present-a). Ethical Understanding (Version 9). Australian Curriculum: F-10 Curriculum https://v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/general-capabilities/ethical-understanding
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2010 to present-b). Sustainability (Version 9). Australian Curriculum: F-10 Curriculum
https://v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/cross-curriculum-priorities/sustainability
Book Creator (2011 to present). Homepage. https://bookcreator.com/
Ricoy, M. C., & Sánchez-Martínez, C. (2022). Raising ecological awareness and digital literacy in primary school children through gamification. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(3), 1149. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031149