These are my slides from a panel presentation that I took part in at SCEAA 2021.
Category: Citizenship
SCEAA Conference 2021: Day One
This is an excerpt from my summing up from the SCEAA Conference Day One It now falls to me to try to recap what we’ve covered today, and perhaps, if I’m feeling brave, to try to weave together some of the many themes that we’ve covered today. To help me out here, I’d like to…
Back to the future: What’s changed for active citizenship?
Recently, the Federal Education Minister, Alan Tudge, called upon the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to substantially rewrite the new draft of the Australian Curriculum. Among other subjects, he focused on History and Civics and Citizenship, arguing that, in the new draft, “important historical events are removed or reframed, such as the emphasis on invasion theory over Australia Day. Even…
Book Review of Activist Citizenship Education in Curriculum Perspectives
Professor Ian Davies has written a generous review of SCEAA member Keith Heggart’s book Activist Citizenship Education. He writes, “This is a very good book. It is intelligently and engagingly presented. It offers a wealth of insight into societal trends and the nature of civics and citizenship education and, crucially, offers a thoughtful and practical…
Book review of Activist Citizenship Education in Connect
Connect student voice magazine is an institution (and sadly, an institution that is coming to an end shortly), but it was nice to see them featuring my book in an article by Derry Hannam. You can read it here (page 29): https://research.acer.edu.au/connect/vol2021/iss249/1/
Podcast @ Parryville
Here’s me talking civics and citizenship with Mark Parry: https://soundcloud.com/mark-parry-3/keith-heggart
SCEAA Webinar: Activism, Justice and Culture
These are the slides from a SCEAA Webinar I hosted, with special guests Nathan Sentance and L-Fresh the LION.
Main Criticisms of the Australian Curriculum Review: Civics and Citizenship
Rationale The definition of Active Citizenship as a core concept is problematic. It doesn’t make a great deal of sense – e.g. you can’t be entitled to a responsibility. It is also a very limited definition fo citizenship, limited to political status – which is then further confused by the global citizenship core concept later….
TER Podcast: Citizenship Education!
Critical Thinking and Citizenship
I’ve started seeing an uptick in interest in civics and citizenship education. In Australia, this is perhaps not surprising – after all, the most recent NAP-CC data suggests that there has been little improvement from the poor levels of civic literacy reported in previous iterations, and the iterations before them. In fact, civic literacy appears…