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Research directions in social and environmental education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

J. Fien
J. Fien*
Affiliation:
Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Kelvin Grove Campus
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Social and environmental education are two sides of a coin. Each has similar student-centred goals that see an understanding of society or the environment and one's place within it as a medium for achieving some of the long term goals of education. The similarities between the two have not been recognised nearly as much as they could have been, though Disinger (1982) among others has recognized international, global, futures, population and values education (all long established themes in social education) as imperatives in environmental education. Both social and environmental education seek to help young people identify, understand and desire to resolve the problems that confront humanity.

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Research Article
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 21 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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