Transcript Citizenship and legal rights education

Citizenship and legal rights
education: engaging youth
Libby Tudball
Monash Faculty of Education
Get students engaged:
• In issues that matter to them.... Start personal, and local, then go national
and global
• Group brainstorms: what are your personal concerns? Community
concerns? Worries about the world?
• Share ideas: put thoughts on post it notes or coloured strips to de-identify
the students. Get them to write short incidents, situations or comments
• Works out ways for taking action...and use their ideas...eg create
brochures or online resources or web posts
• Use social media..and community orgs ..local and beyond...that students
can jump onto
• eg amnesty http://www.amnesty.org.au/
• or http://socialmediaweek.org
• Get in touch with or go into community organisations..and see what young
people can do..volunteer..they can make a difference
Other big ideas:
• Get students involved in authentic and
purposeful learning that has value beyond school:
– ‘My rights’..fair wages and conditions, workplace law,
right to vote, the dole, Centrelink,
– See Australian Youth Forum
http://www.youth.gov.au/ayf/Pages/Default.aspx
– ‘My responsibilities’..family, peers, the law, civic and
citizenship..voting.. but also making a difference , eg
service, volunteering, and see RUMad
http://www.rumad.org.au/
– -Making a difference in your own community
FYA
• FYA believes that all young people have the
courage, imagination and will to shape their
education and create social change. We
provide a national platform of respect and
opportunity for the best ideas and actions
that young Australians have to offer.
• http://www.fya.org.au/
What is ruMAD?
http://www.rumad.org.au/
• ruMAD? is a dynamic mix of education, action, advocacy and events.
• Think of ruMAD? as a toolkit that enables young people to lead social
change and become active citizens. It is focused on values and led by
students but benefits the whole community.
• Why is ruMAD? important?
• “The learning framework underpinning ruMAD? reflects current thinking
about developing student leadership. At the educational core of this
program is a student-centred approach. And it is now widely accepted that
connecting student-led learning to the community benefits both the
learner and the community. By being flexible, ruMAD? is also adaptable
across varying curriculum and learning environments.” Dr. Lucas Walsh,
Director of Research, FYA “[ruMAD?]
• students learn that they are important today, for what they can do, for the
dreams and hopes they hold, and for the changes they can bring about.”
Roger Holdsworth, Senior Research Associate, Uni Melb AYRC
Issues that matter to young people
• Other young people and their needs: health
and wellbeing, issues, mental issues, sexuality
• Sustainability: green revolution..see the work
at CERES
• See http://www.ceres.org.au/
• Volunteers and employment..
• http://www.ceres.org.au/volunteer
Some key points form research
• Some theorists you can look at:
• Roger Holdsworth Uni Melb ‘Student action
teams’
• Larry Saha’s work on student activism
• Suzanne Mellor, What’s the Point?
The civics and citizenship
education angle..
• http://www.curriculum.edu.au/cce/
• Search this site to find all sorts of resoruces
for students, teachers, parents and the
community on civics and citizenship education
Participation matters...
• Australian Student Participation Resource &
Information Network
• - a loose alliance of organisations and individuals
within Australia who provide support to primary and
secondary students' active participation in school
governance and curriculum.
• http://www.asprinworld.com/student_action_teams
Student action teams
• http://www.asprinworld.com/student_action_
teams/resources_for_student_action_teams
Resources for teaching and
engaging and assessing
• See the Global education website:
• http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/glo
baled/go/pid/116
• Good luck, Libby Tudball
• [email protected]