ECH130 Lecture 3: ECH130 Lecture 3 Notes

ECH130

LECTURE 3 NOTES

SUSTAINABILITY

Children are 1/3 of our population

Future makers - we need to equip children for present and future

• To stimulate your thinking and engagement about sustainability to promote change- sustainability with

young children

Sustainability

The Early Years Learning Framework is an early childhood curriculum framework, which will guide early

childhood educators in developing quality, early childhood education programmes. The framework

describes the principles, practice and outcomes to support and enhance young children's learning from

birth to five years, as well as their transition to school. This will help ensure consistency in the delivery

of learning programmes around Australia

This is evident, for example, when children

• use play to investigate, project and explore new ideas

• participate with others to solve problems and contribute to group outcomes

• demonstrate an increasing knowledge of, and respect for natural and constructed environments

• Educators promote this learning, for example, when they:

• provide children with access to a range of natural materials in their environment

• model respect, care and appreciation for the natural environment

• find ways of enabling children to care for and learn from the land

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protocols

• share information and provide children with access to resources about the environment and the impact

of human activities on environments

• embed sustainability in daily routines and practices

• look for examples of interdependence in the environment and discuss the ways the life and health of