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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


Conference "Preparing Active Citizens for the Future"

  • 24 Aug 2019
  • 8:30 AM - 3:40 PM
  • The Lakes College, North Lakes, Queensland

Registration

  • Guests must also be preservice teachers.
Registration is closed

   SEAQ Civics and Citizenship Conference                                                   Conference Program

This conference is for all teachers of Civics and Citizenship, primary and/or secondary. This subject must be implemented by schools by the end of 2020 (and at least to the end of Year 8 for Education Queensland schools. The conference title is Preparing Active Citizens for the Future. It has three themes: Building respect; Building responsibility; and Making decisions: strategies for forging respect and responsibility through civil discussion. The last session of the conference puts a focus on the Rationale for Civics and Citizenship and the requirement for discussion of social issues in the Achievement Standard. About the location: North Lakes is accessible from the southern side of Brisbane via the Gateway Motorway and the Bruce Highway. Ipswich and western suburbs have a choice of Gympie Road or moving over to the Motorway. It is also very accessible to Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast areas.

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