Annette Gough
Head, School of Education, RMIT University, Australia
Professor Annette Gough is Head of the School of Education at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia where she manages teacher education programs across early childhood, primary, secondary, TVET and tertiary education. She is also President of the Victorian Council of Deans of Education. She has been working in the field of environmental education for over three decades. She conducted Australia’s first needs for environmental education survey in 1974 and she has continued to work in the area since this time. In 1984 she was the first female president of the Australian Association for Environmental Education and in 1992 was awarded a life fellowship of the Association for her contribution to the field of environmental education. Her contributions to the field were also recognised in 2000 when she was awarded Victorian Environmental Educator of the Year. Professor Gough has written over 120 books, reports, chapters, articles and curriculum materials in environmental education and related areas.