Education Teacher Professional Learning
Last updated:13 March 2024
Geoscience Australia knows that helping teachers to better understand and teach the Earth sciences will lead to better experiences for budding science and geography students. Throughout the year Geoscience Australia hosts Earth science related programs and events for teachers. These initiatives focus on the skills and knowledge needed to teach geoscience topics within the Australian National Curriculum, with particular attention to engaging girls in STEM.
Teaching Secondary Earth Science
Plate tectonics misconceptions Part 1
Plate tectonics misconceptions Part 2
Teaching Primary Earth Science
The accompanying PowerPoint presentations from the sessions are available on our website.
Earth Science professional learning session
Earth Science professional learning session
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TESEP
The Teacher Earth Science Education Programme (TESEP) runs professional learning sessions across the country. For further information about programmes in your state visit https://tesep.org.au.
In Western Australia similar sessions are available from Earth Science Western Australia (ESWA). Australian Earth Science Education is the national entity to ESWA and also runs professional learning sessions, particularly for senior secondary.