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Direct linkPeterson, Andrew; Bentley, Brendan – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2017
In late 2013 a new curriculum for Civics and Citizenship education was published by the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority for use in Australian schools. In line with previous curricular initiatives concerning education for citizenship in Australia a key rationale behind the new subject is the education of "active…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Sorial, Sarah; Peterson, Andrew – Curriculum Journal, 2019
Educating for active and informed citizenship represents a core goal of Australian education and schooling. Owing to a range of factors -- including the contested conceptual nature of citizenship and democracy -- there is reason to question the extent to which this goal is being translated into practice. Similarly, while the Australian Curriculum…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Democratic Values
Peterson, Andrew – British Journal of Religious Education, 2017
In the absence of a dedicated subject for teaching general religious education, the inclusion of Civics and Citizenship education as a new subject within the first Federal Australian Curriculum provides an important opportunity for teaching the religious within Australian schools. The curriculum for Civics and Citizenship requires students to…
Descriptors: Religion, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism
Peterson, Andrew; Bentley, Brendan – Curriculum Journal, 2017
Preparing students for informed and active citizenship is a core goal of education and schooling in Australia. The ways schools educate and prepare young Australians for citizenship involves a range of processes and initiatives central to the work of schools, including school ethos, mission, extracurricular activities and community-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Civics, Public Schools
