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
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
SEAQ wishes to invite all of our members to the Annual General Meeting being held on Thursday 14 March at the Albion Peace Centre. Drinks and nibbles at 5pm. Guest speaker at 5.30pm and the meeting will begin at 6pm.
Our guest speaker will be Dr Deborah Henderson from QUT. Title: What are the teachers saying? Implementing the new history curriculum. (See below)
SEAQ Committee nomination and Proxy forms will be emailed to all members.
SEAQ members are welcome to nominate for positions on our Committee.
Description: In this session Dr Deborah Henderson will refer to the some of the insights she has gained from working with primary and secondary teachers as they prepare for the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: History. She will also explore the potential for cross-disciplinary and integrated learning between the most recent version of the curriculum, the teaching of Civics and Citizenship and some of the General Capabilities.
Biography: Deborah Henderson is an Associate Professor in the School of Curriculum in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is a member of the ACARA Advisory Panel for Civics and Citizenship and member of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association of Australia’s (ACSA) Executive, and a member of SEAQ.
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