Increase participants’ knowledge and understanding of the Pacific to support the delivery of professional learning programs for teachers

Become familiar with the Pacific Neighbours: Understanding the Pacific Islands text, CD ROM and professional learning program

Explore the opportunities for learning for teachers and students

Identify opportunities for the deliver of professional learning programs locally

Chapter 1: Let’s get specific about the Pacific: (Geographic, socioeconomic and cultural features of Pacific island countries)

Chapter 2: Responding to globalisation (Links between Pacific island countries and the links between Australia)

Chapter 3: The Pacific Way? (Historic origins of Pacific cultures and societies and links to the contemporary)

Chapter 4: Pacific stories and human rights (Impact of colonialisation, social justice and human rights)

Chapter 5: Working together to bring peace. ( Traditional methods of conflict resolution and peace-building)

Chapter 6: Pacific challenges (Sustainable development and environmental education)

Teacher information

Pacific Neighbours book

Student resources

Gallery

Pacific interactive

Introduce the resources developed for AusAID’s Pacific project

Consider the benefits of studying the Pacific in secondary classrooms from Years 7-10

Increase participants’ knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the Pacific

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Deep knowledge, understanding, skills and values that enable advanced learning and an ability to create new ideas and translate them into practical applications (Melbourne Declaration)

Enabling young people in sharing a better shared future for the world..emphasises unity and interdependence of human society..developing relationships with our neighbours in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions (Global Perspectives)

Students..to achieve ..thinking skills..intercultural understanding, ethical behaviour and social competence (The Shape of the Australian Curriculum) Slide 1.2

Module 1: Introducing our Pacific neighbours

Module 2: Living in a Pacific paradise: Reality or Myth?

Module 3: Stories of the Pacific

Module 4: Living in the Pacific: Unique Lifestyles

Module 5: A sustainable future for Pacific countries

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Develop a greater knowledge of the geography of the Pacific and the resources to support the development of engaging classroom activities

Develop a greater appreciation of how Geography contributes to an understanding of the Pacific’s spacial dimension

Increase participants’ understanding of how Geography contributes to an appreciation of the Pacific’s ecological dimension

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Stimulate teachers’ interest in the Pacific’s past

Explore the rich history of the Pacific from a range of perspectives

Develop activities and strategies for developing students’ knowledge of Australia’s relationship with our Pacific neighbours over time.

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Pre-history in the Pacific (page 31)

The colonial period in the Pacific (pages 36- 37)

World War II in the Pacific (page 41)

Nuclear testing in the Pacific (page 42)

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World War II in New Guinea, 1942 - 1945 (Page 41)

Pacific islanders brought to Queensland to work on the sugar plantations, 1863 - 1904 (Pages 38-39)

Conflict in Guadalcanal, 1998-2003 (Pages 45-47)

Civil War in Bougainville, 1989-1998 (Pages 47-48)

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Develop participants’ understanding of the impact of culture in responding to challenges facing Pacific countries.

Explore how different Pacific islanders manage conflict and build peace.

Support teachers to develop classroom programs.

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Understanding and valuing ourselves is the first step to valuing others. If we have a position sense of self, we are able to be open and accepting of diversity. By exploring personal identity and cultural diversity students learn about and connect their own cultural identity and heritage with those of others in different times and places.

(Global Perspectives, page 9)

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Develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues in the Pacific.

Increase teachers’ understanding of the impact of sustainability issues such as climate change on various Pacific countries.

Support the development of classroom programs that sensitively reflect the complexity of the issues.

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Enough for all forever

Development that meets the needs of the present without the compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

It’s about integrating economic, environmental and social goals and processes

Keeping to long term sustainable yields from our natural resources

Reducing our ecological footprint whilst creating wealth

Reducing our ecological footprint while creating better quality of life

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Sustainability is the quest for a sustainable society: one that can persist over generations without destroying the social life-supporting systems that current and future generations of humans (and all other species on Earth) depend on.

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the people today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. To be sustainable, any use of resources needs to take account of the stock of resources and the impacts of its utilisation on the ecological, social and economic context of people today and in the future

(pp27-28 Educating for a Sustainable Future: A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools; Dept of Environment and Heritage; Curriculum Corporation; 2005)

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