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a statewide education program supported by Department
of Primary Industries
LandLearn
aims to:
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Encourage
and support the incorporation of studies about
sustainable agriculture and natural resource
management into schools' curricula; |
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Provide
support for teachers and school communities
through professional development, current
learning and teaching resources and student
activities that make learning fun; |
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Engage
students in active, experiential learning
which can include on-going participation in
community environmental management projects; |
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Promote
partnerships between school and community
groups, such as Landcare, and between urban
and rural schools. |
Key messages :
Caring
for our land and its resources is a shared responsibility.
Learning and action now is an investment in a
future with:
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A
sustainable environment; |
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Quality
food and natural fibres produced by farmers
using responsible practices; |
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Viable
rural and regional communities; |
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Challenging, valued and purposeful careers
and employment in agriculture-based industries. |
LandLearn supports
teachers through:
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Professional
learning programs - half or one day duration
designed to cater for whole school staff,
groups based on Learning Domains or Levels,
clusters or networks, trainee teachers; |
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Introductory and short workshops designed
to introduce teachers to LandLearn resources
and support or to address specific themes; |
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Short
workshops are offered for after-school professional
learning time and at a range of conferences
and forums for teachers; |
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Fieldtrips
addressing a range of themes. |
Examples
of the themes addressed in the current professional
development program include:
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Connecting
"edible gardens" in school communities to
agriculture as the source of our food; |
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Learning
activities about a range of farming enterprises
- cropping, livestock and horticulture; |
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Landcare
and sustainable farming; |
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Sustainability
through a new innovative program that integrates
learning for sustainability across the Victorian
Essential Learning Standards. |
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LandLearn Professional Development Coordinator
discussing seed dispersal with teachers participating
in a LandLearn workshop.
'A Taste of Victoria' activity with teachers and
Landcare staff in Gippsland.
VCE Geography fieldtrip - Use and management of
water in the lower Goulburn Broken catchment |
