Level: Intermediate
Duration: 3 days (7 hours each)
Minimum number to run: 15 participants
This course examines how social, political, and economic factors influence conceptions of active citizenship in policies, programmes and practice using a broad range of theoretical concepts. With that understanding, the course proposes an exploration of young people's experiences with citizenship in their everyday lives in order to understand their enactment of active citizenship in their personal and private lives. Subsequently, this course engages in critical conversations on how policies, programmes and practices could possibly approach nurturing young people as active citizens with the historical, theoretical and philosophical lens discussed in this course. While drawing from global trends, the discussions will be contextualised to Singapore.
Educators, youth workers, programme & policy planners, and early career researchers in youth studies and/or citizenship studies/education
- Theoretical conceptions of active citizenship – East & West
- Globalisation’s influence on active citizenship and education for active citizenship
- Historical contexts of conceptions of citizenship and citizenship education in Singapore
- Understandingyoung people – a feminist perspective
- A critical lens to explore young people citizenship
- Exploring young people’s lived citizenship
- Ethics of care and active citizenship
- Dialogic pedagogy to facilitate active citizenship
- Capturing young people’s citizenship imaginations using Photovoice
- Contemporary issues and active citizenship
- Awakening young people’s citizenship imaginations
- Education for active citizenship – Towards caring and critical citizens?
A. Knowledge and Understanding (Theory Component)
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Examine key theoretical conceptions of active citizenship from Western and Asian perspectives
- Aanalyse young people's diverse forms of active citizenship in their everyday lives using critical and feminist perspectives
- Compare the factors that have influenced conceptions of young people’s active citizenship and education for active citizenship globally and in Singapore
B. Key Skills (Practical Component)
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Critique the evolution of conceptions of active citizenship and education for active citizenship in Singapore
- Evaluate ways of nurturing young people’s active citizenship in consideration of contemporary issues related to active citizenship
- Create plans for an education for active citizenship
| Time | Agenda |
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| Day 1 |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Welcome & course introduction |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Self-introduction & goal setting |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | - Theoretical conceptions of active citizenship – East & West
- Globalisation's influence on active citizenship and education for active citizenship
- Historical contexts of conceptions of citizenship and citizenship education in Singapore
|
| Day 2 |
| 09:00 - 12:00 | - A critical lens to explore young people citizenship
- Dialogic pedagogy to facilitate active citizenship
|
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | - Understanding young people – a feminist perspective
- Ethics of care and active citizenship
- Exploring young people's lived citizenship
|
| Day 3 |
| 09:00 - 12:00 | - Capturing young people's citizenship imaginations using Photovoice
- Awakening young people's citizenship imaginations
|
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | - Contemporary issues and active citizenship
- Education for active citizenship – Towards caring and critical citizens?
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- 2500-word written reflection
- Attendees should have basic understanding of citizenship education and about young people
Dr Siva Gopal Thaiyalan
Siva is an educator with an interest in education (philosophy & policy), society and active citizenship. Previously, he was first a physical education teacher, then a Senior Curriculum Specialist for Character and Citizenship Education at the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Siva recently completed his doctoral study at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. His current projects include studying imaginations of society, particularly that of young people, and raising his young daughter to be a critical and caring citizen.
Please submit the following documents to cet@suss.edu.sg:
- Coloured copy (back and front) of NRIC for Singaporeans and PRs, or "Employment"/"S" Pass for foreign applicant
- Application form
1 Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy: Singaporeans aged 40 and above may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fees.
2 Enhanced Training Support for SMEs: SME-sponsored employees (Singaporean Citizens and PRs) aged 21 and above may enjoy subsidies up to 90% of the course fees.
3Additional subsidy for Singaporeans: With effect from 1 January 2023, the GST rate will be revised from 7% to 8%. There will be no fee increase for Singaporeans taking SSG subsidized course(s) from 1 January to 31 December 2023.
- Participants are required to achieve at least 75% attendance and pass any prescribed examinations/assessments or submit any course/project work (if any) under the course requirement.
- Participants are required to complete all surveys and feedbacks related to the course.
- The course fees are reviewed annually and may be revised. The University reserves the right to adjust the course fees without prior notice.
- Singapore University of Social Sciences reserves the right to amend and/or revise the above schedule without prior notice.
For clarification, please contact the Centre for Continuing and Professional Education (CCPE) via the following:
Telephone: +65 6248 0263
Email:
CET@suss.edu.sg