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Developing a Partnership between the Riverina Environmental Education Centre and Charles Sturt University

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Colin Boylan  and
Keith Collins
Colin Boylan*
Affiliation:
Charles Sturt University
Keith Collins
Affiliation:
Riverina Environmental Education Centre
*
†School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia. Email: cboylan@csu.edu.au
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Abstract

A collaborative partnership has evolved between the Riverina Environmental Education Centre (REEC) and Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. The Riverina Environmental Education Centre (REEC) is one of 24 Department of Education and Training environmental education centres in New South Wales (see www.reec.nsw.edu.au). As part of this partnership relationship, final year BTeach(Sec)/BSc students have worked with REEC and CSU staff on developing learning materials that support and enrich the programs offered through the REEC. In particular, these students have developed materials focussing on exploring student understanding about biodiversity and salinity. Additionally, the development of web based learning activities that use regional scientists as exemplars of current scientific research and possible career options (called Real Science) has occurred. Through this partnership arrangement, it has been a ‘win-win’ outcome for REEC staff, CSU staff and the CSU final year secondary science students with all participants gaining valuable insights and pedagogical understandings from the partnership.

Keywords

Environmental educationPartnershipUniversityEnvironmental CentreRiverina region
Type
Research Article
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , 2006 , pp. 3 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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