The Need for a Complexity Informed Active Citizenship Education Program

Autor/in	Zivkovic, Sharon
Titel	The Need for a Complexity Informed Active Citizenship Education Program
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 59 (2019) 1, S.53-75 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1394
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Sustainable Development; Program Effectiveness; Power Structure; Foreign Countries; Expertise; Difficulty Level; Adult Education; Budgeting; Citizen Participation; Community Education; Barriers; Participative Decision Making; Capacity Building; Community Development; Local Issues; Interprofessional Relationship; Government Role; Leadership; Educational Needs; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Ausland; Expert appraisal; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Führung; Führungsposition; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Australien
Abstract	While active citizenship education programs are assumed to have positive benefits for the active citizenship practice of participants (UNESCO, 2009, p. 4), there is actually little evidence that programs do (de Weerd, Gemmeke, Rigter & van Riji, 2005, p. vii). This paper discusses a research project that aimed to determine and increase the impact of an active citizenship education program that incorporates education for sustainability principles. The inquiry's findings showed that while the program developed in graduates the active citizenship characteristics desired by Australian governments, graduates encountered significant systemic blocking factors related to power relations when they attempted to put what they had learned during the program into practice. The findings also highlighted the risk of the program producing a cohort of 'expert citizens'. To address these findings and improve the interactions and working relationships between program graduates, paid community workers and other community members, a new program has been developed that is informed by complexity and adult education planning theory. This new program recognises active citizenship as a 'wicked' problem, takes a systemic innovation approach, incorporates a participatory budgeting process, and supports participants to pass on their skills and knowledge to other community members. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01