Introduction

This element of the plastic bag reduction program provides a vehicle for students to develop and utilise enterprise skills, through an authentic environmental learning experience. There is scope within the program to integrate curriculum areas or expand on student interests and skills. It can be adapted for different year levels and student groups including:

1.  Whole-class or combined year levels
2.  Middle / Senior Years Integrated Studies
3.  Group skills training, cross-age collaboration
4.  Student Representative Councils or ‘Green Teams’
5.  Subject Areas: Business Studies, Earth Science & Environmental Studies, Community Development, Social Studies, Media & Communications, Applied Maths and the Arts.

Enterprise education is learning directed towards developing in children and young people those skills, competencies, understanding and attributes which equip them to be innovative and to identify, create, initiate and successfully manage personal, community, business and work opportunities, including working for themselves.  DECS 2005

We highly recommend the following Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training resources (published by Curriculum Corporation 2002), which provide information, and a range of classroom strategies and activities, that can be used to support enterprise education programmes in schools.

Enterprise Education in Primary Schools

Enterprise Education in Secondary Schools

Further information available at http://www.curriculum.edu.au/enterprise/resource.htm    

Program Overview

BACKGROUND      Section One: Inquiry Learning - Exploring Plastic Bag Issues

STAGE ONE            Planning
                                    Taking Action                                                                                                                                          Getting Started
                                    Project Development

STAGE TWO          Take Up Phase
                                    Establishing a Plastic Bag Reduction Task Force
                                   
STAGE THREE       Action Phase
                                    Implementing a Plastic Bag Reduction Project
                                    Example : Reusable Bag Enterprise Project

EVALUATION