Staff profile

Ms Alison Lugg

Lecturer

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education - Bendigo

Room/Location: 2.33 Education, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

M. Ed, Grad. Dip. (OE), B, Ed.

Membership of professional Associations

Australian Association for Educational Research, Australian Association for Environmental Education, Victorian Outdoor Education Association, International Consortium for Experiential Learning

Area of study

Secondary teaching

Brief Profile

 Alison has lectured in teacher education, outdoor environmental education, and physical & health education since 1994 at La Trobe University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Edinburgh. During this time she has taught  at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, supervised Honours and Masters student theses and coordinated units and a Graduate Diploma in Outdoor Education course. Alison has worked with colleagues on several research projects and has published journal and conference papers mainly in the areas of outdoor and environmental education and sustainability literacy. In early 2009 she received a scholarship to undertake full time PhD study so she is currently studing full time and also teaching for one day per week. 

 

Teaching Units

Outdoor Education Teaching Method

Sustainability and Environmental Literacy

 

Consulting

VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies - Independent Reviewer (2010)

Recent Publications

http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository?query=Alison+Lugg+

Chapters in Books

Lugg, A. (under consideration) Navigating through new terrain: pre-service teachers' journeys in teaching 'sustainability'. Submitted to M. Robinson (Ed) Schooling for sustaianble development: A focus on Australia, New Zealand and the Oceanic region.

Higgins, P. and Lugg, A. , 2006 The Pedagogy of People, Place and Activity: Outdoor Education at Moray House School of Education, the University of Edinburgh in Creative Diversity in Outdoor Studies Courses in Higher Education in the UK, Ed. Humberstone, B. & Brown, H., Penrith: Institute for Outdoor Learning.

Lugg, A. , 2003 Women's experience of outdoor education: Still trying to be 'one of the boys'? in Whose Journeys? The Outdoors and Adventure as Social and Cultural Phenomena, Ed. Humberstone, Barbara, Heather, Brown & Kaye, Richards, pp. 33-48, Penrith, Cumbria: The Institute for Outdoor Learning, 1-898555-07-9.

Journal Articles

Hoad, C., Deed, C. & Lugg, A. (under consideration) Humour as a trigger for emotional engagement in outdoor education? Paper submitted for publication in the Journal of Experiential Education.

Lugg, A. (2009) Journeys in/with sustainability literacy: possibilities for 'real word' learning in higher education contexts.Transnational Curriculum Inquiry, 6(1), 15-37. Available at: http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/tci/article/view/81.

Lugg, A. 2007 Developing sustainability literate citizens through outdoor learning: Possibilities for outdoor education in higher education. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 7(2), 97-112.

Lugg, A. , 2004 Outdoor adventure in Australian outdoor education: Is it a case of roast for Christmas dinner? Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol. 8(1), pp. 4-11.

Lugg, A. and Slattery, D., 2003 Use of national parks for outdoor environmental education: An Australian case study Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Vol. 3(1), pp. 77-92.

Slattery, D. and Lugg, A. , 2002 If they treated the whole world like a national park Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 18, pp. 47-56.

Lugg, A. and Martin, P., 2001 The nature and scope of outdoor education in Victorian schools Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol. 5(2), pp. 42-48.

Lugg, A. , 1999 Directions in Outdoor Education Curriculum. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol. 4(1), pp. 25-32.

Published Conference Papers

Lugg, A. & Hodgson, L. (2009). How should we teach environmental literacy? Critical reflections on virtual teaching and learning experiences. In Proceedings of the 4th International Outdoor Education Research Conference, April, Beechworth, Australia. 

Lugg, A., 2006. Sustainability Education in Higher Education Curricula: Possibilities and Issues for Outdoor Experiential Pedagogy. Proceedings of  the 3rd International Outdoor Education Research Conference, UCLAN, Penrith, 4th-7th July, 2006.

Lugg, A.,  2005. Education for Sustainability in Higher Education Curricula Possibilities and Issues for Experiential Pedagogy. In Proceedings of Committing Universities to Sustainable Development. International Conference, April 20-23, Graz, Austria.

Lugg, A., 2001 Outdoor Education in Victorian Schools: The state of play in Education Outdoors - Our sense of Place:Conference Proceedings of the 12th National Outdoor Education Conference, Ed. Monica, Green, 12th National Outdoor Education Conference, La Trobe University Bendigo, 15-18, January, 2001, Bendigo, Australia: Victorian Outdoor Education Association.

Lugg, A., 2001 Expanding Horizons: Outdoor Experiential Learning in Community Leadership Development in Te Rito o te Matauranga Experiential learning for the Third Millenium Selected Papers from the Seventh Conference of the International Consortium for Experiential Learning, vol. 2: 139-150, Ed. Nina, Richard Benton, pp. 139-152, the Seventh Conference of the International Consortium for Experiential Learning, Auckland, December, 2000, University of Auckland, December 4-8, 2000, Auckland: James Henare Maori Research Centre, University of Auckland, 0-9582366-1-5.

Lugg, A., 1999 Changing Conceptions of Outdoor Education: A Case Study in Proceedings of the 11th National Outdoor Education Conference, pp. 80-93, The Human Face of Outdoor Education:11th National Outdoor Education Conference, Murdoch Univeristy, Perth, Australia, January 11-15, 1999, Perth, Western Australia: Murdoch University.

Reports for External Bodies

Higgins, P., Nicol, R., Lugg, A. and Allison, P., 2005 Education Outside the Classroom: Second Report of session 2004-5 Report for an external body, pp. 110-123, London : Parliamentary Education and Skills Committee Inquiry.

Lugg, A., 1999 Benchmarking senior secondary courses of outdoor and environmental education. Melbourne: Board of Studies, Victoria.

Associations

Member of Australian Association for Research in Education

Member of Australian Association for Environmental Education

Member of Victorian Association for Environmental Education

Member of Australian Outdoor Education Council, (State delegate 1996-2000, Secretary and Treasurer, 1998-2000)

Member of Victorian Outdoor Education Association (President 1996-98, Vice Pres. 1995-'96, Secretary 2000-2001)

Member of Committee member of Bendigo Sustainability Group

Research projects

Current PhD research project: Pre-service teachers' conceptions of teaching in an integrated sustainability and outdoor environmental education program.