Me! An active citizen.

Danijela Spoljaric

agenda …

•  CedQ

•  CCE – What is it? •  Overview of Passport to Democracy •  CoRT Thinking Tools:

•  Decide: First Important Priorities (FIP) •  Research: Point of View (POV)

•  Activate: Alternatives Possibilities Choices (APC)

CedQ 1.  Citizenship education should:

a) tell young people whom to vote for b) make young people behave better c) give young people skills and knowledge needed to participate in their communities d) give young people a set of moral values

2. Being an active citizens involves: a)  working in a charity shop b)  eating healthy c)  being a considerate neighbour d)  organising a community campaign

3. Political literacy is: a) learning about how to take part in and influence public life b) being able to behave with self-confidence c) carrying out community service d) being able to spell ‘parliament’.

Civics and Citizenship education

•  Equips young people with the knowledge, understanding and skills to play an active, effective part in society as informed, critical citizens who are socially and morally responsible.

•  Gives young people the confidence and conviction that they can act with others, have influence and make a difference in the communities.

•  Provides young people with opportunities to:

•  identify, investigate and think critically about problems that concern them

•  decide and take part in action

•  reflect, recognise and review on their learning

Is this citizenship education?

Citized or not?

The new PTD website teaches Australians how democracy works

CoRT Thinking System Tools

•  Dr. Edward de Bono is known as an expert in the fields of creativity and Lateral thinking.

•  Dr. de Bono was the first person to propose that the human brain is a self organising system.

•  He developed thinking tools and creativity methods that have helped individuals and organisations change their thinking by bypassing the normal thought-blocks that impede their everyday thinking.

•  CoRT = Cognitive Research Trust

•  Thinking is a skill that can be developed

•  Most practical thinking takes place in the perception stage.

•  The tools method is used to teach thinking.

•  Choose an issue and a CoRT tool

•  Work through the given issue and strategy in order to generate a possible action on that given issue

•  Report back to the group on your CoRT tool, the issue, and the action(s) that were generated.

CoRT

•  First Important Priorities (FIP)

•  Point of View (POV) •  Alternatives Possibilities Choices (APC)

What’s next?

Thank you

Any questions?