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  • Exploring Civics and Citizenship(Years 3-6) and Economics and Business(Years 5-6)

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

and

CQU Micro-Credential Offer

2:45pm – 3:00pm

Evaluation

Conference Close


Exploring Civics and Citizenship(Years 3-6) and Economics and Business(Years 5-6)

  • 25 Oct 2014
  • 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Meeting rooms, Banyo Library, 284 St Vincent’s Rd, Banyo 4014

Registration

  • Must be at university studying an education degree
Registration is closed

The Social Educators’ Association of Queensland (SEAQ) takes pleasure in inviting primary teachers of Years 3-6 to take part in a professional learning opportunity:

New ACARA Primary Curricula-

Exploring

Civics and Citizenship(Years 3-6) and

Economics and Business(Years 5-6)

 

In this workshop teachers will gain information about teaching strategies for teaching these two social science subjects and about some resources they can use. There will be a focus on concepts and inquiry learning that allows for assessment based on ACARA achievement standards.

When?  - Saturday 25th October 2014

What time?– 9.00 am to 12.15 pm. Registration from 8.30. Morning tea will be provided.

Where? –Meeting rooms, Banyo Library, 284 St Vincent’s Rd, Banyo 4014. There is plenty of parking space available. The venue is close to both the Gateway Motorway and Sandgate Road.

Cost?  - Members $25; non-members $33; pre-service teachers $15 (incl GST)

Presenters –   

  • Civics: Dr Joy Kennedy and Joy Schultz (SEAQ)
  • Economics: Doug Cave and Ron Hanmer (Queensland Economics Teachers Association)

A QCT compliant certificate will be made available.

Please register on the SEAQ website: www.seaq.org.au

Due date for registration : Friday 17th October

Attendees might like to have lunch afterwards in nearby restaurants and cafes.

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