Associate Professor Sandra Wooltorton

Associate Professor

Telephone: (61 8)  9780 7753  
Facsimile: (61 8)  9780 7800  
Email: s.wooltorton@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Bunbury  
Room: BU5.112  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Murdoch University .
  • Master of Education hon, Murdoch University .
  • Diploma of Teaching, Other WA higher ed institution .
  • Bachelor of Education, Other WA higher ed institution, 1978 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Transition to Sustainability: ECU South West - A Study of The Transformation of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant(**),  2011,  $3,500.
  • Sustainable environmental management in Australian small firms,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2011,  $15,236.
  • Economic Contribution of the South West Racing Industry to the Western Australian Economy,  Bunbury Turf Club,  Bunbury Turf Club Grant,  2011,  $10,000.
  • Transition to Sustainability: ECU South West - A Study of The Transformation of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant(**),  2010,  $20,000.
  • Worsley Energy Challenge a?? Energy Literacy Acquisition (Phase 2 of the Energy Education Resources Project),  BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2009,  $3,850.
  • Long term reorientation of schools towards sustainability,  Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd,  Scholarship,  2008,  $66,000.
  • Sustainable energy education resources project,  Dept of the Premier & Cabinet - Public Sector Management,  Grant,  2007,  $50,000.
  • The development of a tool for assessing provision and effectiveness of coastal management education,  Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability,  Grant,  2007,  $491.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Wooltorton, S., Palmer, M., Steele, F., (2011), A process for transition to sustainability: Implementation. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 27(1), 160-174, St. Lucia, Queensland.
  • Wooltorton, S., Palmer, M., Goodwin, K., Paine, D., (2010), A process for transition to sustainability: Beginning. The Social Educator, 28(2), 20-27, Tasmania.

Conference Publications

  • Wooltorton, S., (2009), Education for sustainable cities: The great Australian dilemma. State of Australian Cities National Conference: City Growth, Sustainability, Vitality and Vulnerability, 16p., Perth, Western Australia.