Earth and Environmental Science: Unpacking the Curriculum and Teachers’ Dispositions (Old ID 23510)

QLD Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

The Queensland Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority have recently developed a new senior secondary syllabus, Earth and Environmental Science (EES), which is due for implementation in Queensland in 2019. This pilot study will critically analyse the new curriculum with a view to understand better the theoretical orientations that underpin it, and investigate senior secondary teachers’ attitudes, beliefs and values regarding the teaching of EES. A critical understanding of the EES curriculum is a necessary prerequisite for exploring how teachers navigate their own dispositions towards EES when enacting the new curriculum, and the impact of this on achieving its aims.

Date

01 Jul 2017 - 03 Dec 2018

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

Earth and Environmental Education;Secondary Education;Curriculum;Attitudes towards teaching

Funding Body

QLD Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation

Amount

19500

Project Team

N/A