Active Citizenship: National Case Study England

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Active Citizenship National Case Study England
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David KerrHead of Business DevelopmentNFER
e-mail d.kerr_at_nfer.ac.ukww.nfer.ac.uk/research
-areas/citizenship/
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Citizenship Advisory Group Three Strands of
Citizenship

• social and moral responsibility
• community involvement
• political literacy

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• no less than a change in the political culture
  of this country both nationally and locally for
  people to think of themselves as active citizens,
  willing, able and equipped to have an influence
  in public life and with the critical capacities
  to weigh evidence before speaking and acting to
  build on and to extend radically to young people
  the best in existing traditions of community
  involvement and public service, and to make them
  individually confident in finding new forms of
  involvement and action among themselves.
• Citizenship Advisory Group (1998)

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Citizenship Curriculum Order

• becoming an informed citizen
• developing skills of enquiry and communication
• developing skills of participation and
  responsible action

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• Citizenship is more than a statutory subject.
  If taught well and tailored to local needs, its
  skills and values will enhance democratic life
  for us all, both rights and responsibilities,
  beginning in school, and radiating out.
• Citizenship NC Order p.12

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Broadening the Active Citizenship Agenda

• Post-16 Citizenship
• Civil renewal and active citizenship
• Active Learning for Active Citizenship
• Togetherwecan
• Every Child Matters Change for Children agenda

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Bridging the Implementation Gap Policy to
Practice

• Detailed advice and guidance
• Resources
• Training and support
• Research and evidence base

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Research and Evidence Base

• Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study
• National evaluations Post-16 Citizenship
• ALAC evaluation
• Citizen Audit

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Issues arising IN England

• Uneven progress of active citizenship

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Four approaches to citizenship
Progressing schools- developing citizenship
education in the curriculum, school community and
wider community
Implicit schools- not yet focusing on citizenship
education in the curriculum, but with a range of
active citizenship opportunities
Focused schools- concentrating on citizenship
education in the curriculum, few opportunities
for active citizenship in the school and wider
community
Minimalist schools- at an early stage of
development, limited range of delivery approaches
and few extra-curricular activities on offer
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Comparison typology
Figure 2.3 Typology of schools in 2005
Figure 2.2 Typology of schools in 2003
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Issues arising IN England

• Uneven progress of active citizenship
• Competing definitions and policy change

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Student definitions
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Issues arising IN England

• Uneven progress of active citizenship
• Competing definitions and policy change
• Key factors for active citizenship

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Key factors for active citizenship

• Sense of community and belonging
• Attachment to the school community
• Attachment to wider communities
• Having a voice
• Making a contribution
• Linking opportunities and experiences

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Issues arising IN England

• Uneven progress of active citizenship
• Competing definitions and policy change
• Key factors for active citizenship
• More formal than non-formal and less on adults

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• How to get at personal and community outcomes

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• they students dont see themselves as part of
  the local community because they dont see the
  local community as offering them anything

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Issues arising IN England

• More formal than non-formal and less on adults
• How to get at personal and community outcomes
• Range and weight of sources of evidence

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Issues arising IN England

• How to get at personal and community outcomes
• More formal than non-formal and less on adults
• Range and weight of sources of evidence
• Timescale when and how to make an overall
  judgement

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Impact of Citizenship
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• I would hope my students to be bloody-minded and
  questioning after they have done citizenship
  education
• Citizenship coordinator

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Issues arising FOR England

• How to input into indicators work on active
  citizenship?
• What is the usefulness of indicators for active
  citizenship?

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• citizenship is a journey not a destination
• Hastings