Web Site Messages of Sustainability: Visual and Written Framing of Sustainability in Christchurch Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Straker, Jo; Atkinson, Michael; Chapman, Stephen; Irwin, David
Titel	Web Site Messages of Sustainability: Visual and Written Framing of Sustainability in Christchurch Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 13 (2016) 2, S.99-117 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1176-6662
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Web Sites; Sustainability; Secondary Schools; Learner Engagement; Adolescents; Local Issues; School Activities; Pacific Islanders; Inclusion; Outdoor Education; Physical Environment; Information Dissemination; Newsletters; School Community Relationship; Environmental Education; Futures (of Society); New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Web-Design; Nachhaltigkeit; Sekundarschule; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Inklusion; Freiluftunterricht; Natürliche Umwelt; Informationsverbreitung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Future; Society; Zukunft; Neuseeland
Abstract	This research engaged with how secondary schools in Christchurch framed sustainability through web based interfaces. The key focus of the research was how schools are engaging students in sustainability through their web-site messaging. While some research has been done around whole-school approaches to sustainability, no research has been done around schools engaging students through their web-based sustainability material. This article is part of a wider project involving a series of case studies which sought to understand more about how to engage youth in sustainable practices. A qualitative case study aims to describe the topic in detail and in context (Yin, 2009). The benefit of gathering varied evidence from multiple cases, allows for cross-case comparison and greater generalisation. From these cases the team identified four key themes which underpinned sustainability: a future focus; diversity/inclusiveness; community; and environment. The findings indicated that while there was little strategic framing, a bottom-up approach which allowed staff, students and the community to initiate a range of projects was a successful model. This appears to increase the engagement and commitment in schools and allows local communities to address local problems rather than trying to adapt to a centralised or over-arching strategic plan which may be less able to respond quickly and spontaneously to local issues. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work. Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Web site: https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/teachers-work/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01