What is Environmental Literacies?
This is a collaborative research project including PETA, Charles Sturt University and the University of South Australia investigating the kinds of literacies associated with the Special Forever program. The research project, entitled ‘Literacy and the Environment: A Situated Study of Multi-mediated Literacy, Sustainability, Local Knowledges and Educational Change’, is funded through the Australian Research Council’s Industry-Universities Linkages scheme.
Who are the project researchers?
The research team consists of Dr Phillip Cormack, Professor Barbara Comber, Professor Bill Green, Associate Professor Jo-Anne Reid and Associate Professor Helen Nixon.
What will the project investigate?
The main goals of the program are to:
- critically analyse the knowledges and pedagogies of literacy and the environment developed through Special Forever; and
- investigate how primary teachers design curriculum and pedagogies that engage students in developing their knowledge about the environment and the skills for communicating this knowledge.
How will the research be undertaken?
First, the research team will work with the 25 Special Forever regional coordinators and, then, work with a larger body of teachers and students participating in the Special Forever program.