Partnerships Work: Continuing the Success in Swimming and Water Safety

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to share the continued swimming education community partnership programme success. Pathways were investigated and initiated in 2011 which began a journey of collaboration between Australian Registered Training Organisations (RTO), the local health industry (local leisure and sports centre) and external swimming instructors employed at the venue, local primary schools, and the university sector; Monash University (Gippsland). The programme accentuated the vital role pre-service teacher education can play in the development of children’s swimming and water safety knowledge, skills, and understanding within all communities, especially the socio-economically disadvantaged.