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Children and community: Looking beyond socialisation and the status quo

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posted on 2023-05-17, 00:21 authored by Johnston, RM
This paper discusses some taken-for-granted community discourses that pose tensions for educators and community groups wanting to involve children as authentic community decision makers. Previous studies have pointed to the lack of popularity of SOSE and Civics and Citizenship Education (CCE) with school students (Education Department of Western Australia, 1994; Reynolds, & Moroz, 1998; Williamson & Thrush, 2001). Recent research has suggested that tensions may continue to exist even with new policy mandates emerging from the rewriting of curriculum documents at the national and state levels (Curriculum Corporation, 2006; Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 2005). For example, Johnston & Davis (2007) document findings from action research of a community based teaching and learning unit in teacher education in the contemporary policy climate. According to these authors, it would seem that the kinds of community based learning promoted by schools is highly varied and does not always foster the “genuine engagement of children and young people” (Johnston & Davis, 2007, p. 7).

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Publication title

New Community Quarterly

Volume

5

Issue

4

Pagination

45-49

ISSN

1448-0336

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

New Community Quarterly Association

Place of publication

Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Teacher and instructor development

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