Support for civics and citizenship education
- Internet sites that support civics and citizenship education
- Occasional papers
- NSW Centenary of Federation Committee - Barton Lecture Series 2001
Internet Sites that support civics and citizenship education
NSW Discovering Democracy
NSW Discovering Democracy professional development website promotes civics and citizenship education in government and non-government schools across Years 4-10.
Civics and Citizenship Education
Civics and Citizenship Education website at the Department of Education, Science and Training. This site contains information and activities for teachers and students.
Celebrating Democracy Week: Best practices papers
The Best Practice in Civics and Citizenship Conference was part of Celebrating Democracy Week (CDW). The week provided opportunities for schools in NSW to showcase to colleagues, parents and school communities civics and citizenship education. The papers that were presented at the conference are available here.
Parliament of New South Wales
The website of the New South Wales Parliament.
The Australian Electoral Commission
This site contains information about the electoral processes at a federal level in Australia.
The State Electoral Office
This site contains information about the electoral processes at a state level in New South Wales.
NSW Constitution
Civics continues to be a prominent issue in contemporary society. This site aims to provide information about the NSW Constitution for students and the community. The Civics component of the NSW HSIE Syllabuses K-12 requires students to study structure of government. This is an essential part of being an informed citizen, understanding how the "rules" work. In the future, students of today may be called upon to take part in Constitution-making (a referendum). One way to begin this study is to look at the features of the NSW Constitution.
One world, many democracies; citizens of the world
This site is a collection of collaborative online projects for schools across a broad age range. The projects are international in focus and they are intended to:
- aid the teaching of Civics and Citizenship
- assist in the development of internet projects for schools.
The National Centre for History Education
This site containt units of work for primary and secondary students, teacher's guide, an online journal and other information about teaching history, including a civics and citizenship perspective.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international document that outlines basic rights for all children 0-18 year old. It is a treaty designed to allow all children the right to fulfil their potential simply because they are human. This website provides information to support teaching about the rights of the child.
Human Rights
The human rights unit designed by the Curriculum Support Directorate can be used to support the new Stage 6 syllabus in Modern History. For Modern History it supports the Case Studies in the Preliminary Course (p.18).
Occasional papers
From Civics Deficit to Critical Mass - The New Civics Education
A paper from Dr Murray Print about the context, importance and impact of civics education.
Revisiting Values Education: The Role of Civics and Citizenship Education
Values and attitudes are explored in relationship to civics education by Mr John Gore in this paper.
Citizens of the Pacific: Are regional concepts of citizenship relevant in a global community?
An article by Mr John Gore about concepts and implication of international citizenship.
Federation: Underlying Trends and and Issues
A paper about Federation by Paul Brown, Camden High School. It contains discussion starter about the issues.
Campaigning by Political Parties
A paper about political parties by Tibor Lendvai Meriden School, Strathfield. It contains discussion starter about the issues.
Civics and citizenship education: An Australian perspective
A paper about civics and citizenship education by Dr. Murray Print Centre for Research and Teaching in Civics The University of Sydney & Mary Gray NSW Centenary of Federation. It contains discussion starter about the issues.
Teaching democracy in the primary school
A paper about teaching democracy by Lianne Singleton HSIE consultant. It contains discussion starter about the issues.
Aboriginal people struggle for citizenship rights
A paper about Aboriginal citizenship rights by Kate Cameron School of Education, Macquarie University. It contains discussion starter about the issues.
Concepts of Democracy
A paper about concepts of democracy by Dr Ray Bale Courallie High School, Moree. It contains discussion starter about the issues.
Bridging the gap: A case for democratic schools - pdf (66 kb)
A paper prepared for the 2001 Australian Principals Associations Professional Development Council Online Conference, Schools as a Crucible for Community: Implication for Leadership in Civics and Citizenship.
The role of the school in citizenship education in an era of globalisation - pdf (71 kb)
The paper looks at the role of schools in providing citizenship education within the context of globalisation.
NSW Centenary of Federation Committee - Barton Lectures Series 2001
What holds Australians together despite their diversity? (pdf - 27 KB)
Lecture No. 1 delivered by Donald Horne
Class in the year 2001 (pdf - 43 KB)
Lecture No. 2 delivered by Belinda Probert
The cities or the bush: is that the real problem? (pdf - 35 KB)
Lecture No. 3 delivered by Rick Farley
Challenges to egalitarianism : Diverstiy or sameness (pdf - 30 KB)
Lecture No. 4 delivered by Elaine Thompson
The new differences between women (pdf - 35 KB)
Lecture No. 5 delivered by Professor Lois Bryson
More or less diverse (pdf - 35 KB)
Lecture No. 6 delivered by John Hirst
Recognising diversity (pdf - 39 KB)
Lecture No. 7 delivered by Professor Mary Kalantzis
The Indigenous peoples, recognition of the past, reconciliation in the future (pdf - 38 KB)
Lecture No. 8 delivered by Lydia Miller
Similar diversity - the Australian States and the Australian Nation (pdf - 42 KB)
Lecture No. 9 delivered by Greg Craven
Australia's Constitutional Identity: a Conundrum for the 21st Century (pdf - 36 KB)
Lecture No. 10 delivered by Helen Irving
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