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

and

CQU Micro-Credential Offer

2:45pm – 3:00pm

Evaluation

Conference Close