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  • International Conference - Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Transforming Education for Children and Youth

Please see program of the day and below this costs for the conference:

 9.30 am

Registration: Tea, coffee and morning tea available on arrival.

10:00am

Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome from SCEAQ President (Dr Angelina Ambrosetti)

10.15 am - 11.00 am

Session 1

Keynote Address: Associate Professor Paul Williams, Griffith University.

Civics education for political participation in later life: Are we doing it right in schools?

11:05am – 11:45am

Session 2

Adele Rice AM

Informed and responsible citizenship: The power of education.

11:50am – 12:25pm

Lunch

12:30pm – 1:10pm

Session 3

Tegan Heywood and Stephen Driver, Hillbrook Secondary School

Thinking citizens: Engaging young people through Philosophical Inquiry.

1:15pm – 1:55pm

Session 4

Kirsten Murray and Maria Mead, Parliamentary Education Office

  • Get involved! Avenues for active citizenship in the classroom.

2:00pm – 2:40pm

Final Session

Kim Wright and Dr Jan Oosthoek, Primary and Secondary examples

Primary: Voting and Classroom Democracy; Acknowledgement of Country

Secondary: Enacting Community Change: Active Citizenship, Student Engagement, and the Brisbane 2032 Olympics

2:40pm – 2:45pm

Resources on the SCEAQ website

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CQU Micro-Credential Offer

2:45pm – 3:00pm

Evaluation

Conference Close


International Conference - Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Transforming Education for Children and Youth

  • 16 Sep 2016
  • 18 Sep 2016
  • Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad, India

This Conference is being held in Ahmedabad, India. 16-18 September 2016.

Link for Registration: http://ceeindia.org/esdconf/

The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) has generated rich experiences of transforming education for children and youth. The Global Action Programme (GAP), an outcome from the DESD has a large emphasis on children and youth as key drivers for change. The recent conference in January 11-13, 2016, by the 

Centre for Environment Education (CEE) in cooperation with UNESCO, UNEP and the MoEFCC, Government of India highlighted the role of education in achieving the

 Sustainable Development Goals, bringing together the achievements and learnings from the DESD. 

The proposed International Conference will discuss the outcomes of Goal 4 from the ESDG Conference specifically focussing on good practice examples highlighting innovative strategies and methodologies in pedagogy and curriculum

 in both formal and non formal settings to engage children 

and youth. The deliberations from this conference will 

further enhance cooperation and action around Goal 4.7.

The International Conference is being organised at 

Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad, 

India between 16-18 September 2016.


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