Week 4: Understanding sustainability

Sustainability determine the change made for the future of the living environment. " Education of sustainability develops the knowledge, skills, values and world views necessary for people to act in ways that contribute to more sustainable patterns of living." (ACARA, 2015).
Many people seem to be aware of the environment and the processes of creating a more environmental way of life. Therefore, as consumers, society is looking for environmentally friendly products. Sustainably amongst consumers are represented through the example of the assumption that many consumers understand and are witnessed to Reuse, Recovery, Recycle and Manufacturer. Consumers identify this sustainability method because of certain marketing techniques created by a promoter. I fact, many student's technology assessments reflect on sustainability and products that can be reproduced and remodeled to be more economical. "For each cross-curriculum priority, a set of organising ideas reflects the essential knowledge, understandings and skills for the priority. The organising ideas are embedded in the content descriptions and elaborations of each learning area as appropriate."

The Technology Design Cycle is incorporated into sustainability because the students are constantly Investigating and Evaluating their products. Many of these traits are reflected on the material specialisation and the engineering principles. Many of the students criteria asks for them to use sustainability into their design process, therefore students are in constant research of finding the most economical substitute for their design.   


Referencing:

ACARA. (2015). Sustainability. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/crosscurriculumpriorities/sustainability