Belinda Dalziel has been teaching VCE Outdoor & Environmental Studies for 15 years and is passionate and teaching and learning in this subject. She has authored a variety of materials, including examinations, school assessed course work, study guides, and course outlines. With over 13 years of experience as a VCAA examination assessor as well as, leading examination assessment roles. Belinda has extensive knowledge of Outdoor and Environmental Studies. She also played a key role in the review panel for the new VCE Outdoor & Environmental Study Design for 2024, along with teacher support materials. Belinda has shared her expertise by conducting teacher and student development sessions for over a decade for different organisations including VCAA, ACHPER, and other teachers' associations. Belinda enjoys facilitating learning in the outdoors with her students particularly sea kayaking in Westernport Bay and Cross-country skiing and snow camping at Mt Stirling in the Victorian alps.

Leigh Park has taught Outdoor and Environmental Studies for the past 25 years and designed and implemented Outdoor Education programs across both junior and senior schools for the past 30 years. He has presented at numerous state, national and international conferences and has run examination preparation sessions for teachers and students. Leigh has been an Outdoor and Environmental Studies state reviewer and a VCAA assessor since 2004. He is passionate about involving students in their learning to discover more about themselves, to explore the world around them and to develop empathy for others.

Jarrod Paine has taught and delivered the practical component of VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies for over 20 years in a residential outdoor school and in more recent years a completely online school. He has worked in the design, innovation and implementation of Outdoor education programs from pre-school to VCE and spends increasingly more time working as a writer of all things (including children’s picture story books and VCE study designs) as opposed to being backcountry on a ski or mountain bike trip with students. Jarrod lives and breathes education in the outdoors and being outdoors himself on a bike or skis, and strives to connect people of all ages to nature and the essential need to care for it, both for itself and for ourselves. That’s of course when he’s not working as a professional snake catcher!

Carefully constructed to meet the requirements of the new VCE Outdoor and Environmental Study Design 2023-2028

Written by an expert author team

Each chapter has been designed with a clear structure and covers one Area of Study in the new Study Design

A detailed exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ perspectives on the ways humans relate to outdoor environments in both a historical and contemporary context

Bloom’s taxonomy underpins the differentiation of content and student understanding with key activities, investigations, and digital resources

Practice exam questions for each Area of Study are included at the end of each chapter with exemplar responses and advice on how to craft high-scoring answers provided in Nelson MindTap

Exam support to assist students in their preparation for their end of year exams