Year
2017
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Faculty of Education
Abstract
A National Curriculum in Health and Physical Education (HPE) has recently been developed in Australia. This new curriculum reflects, among other educational priorities, both environmental sensitivities and a commitment to the enhancement of young people’s health and wellbeing. HPE is one of the key sites in the curriculum where a focused consideration of the relationship between the environment and health is possible. Despite the importance of interactions with natural environments for personal and social well-being, there is only limited evidence of an ‘environmental health’ presence as an idea or area of study in school education in Australia.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, Nicole, Investigating the Conditions of Possibility for Environmental Health within Health and Physical Education, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, 2017. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/91
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.