political identity 14 th Five Nations Network Conference Supported by Liz Moorse amp Deepa Shah Association for Citizenship Teaching ACT Welcome and orientation Twitter conference ID: 595523
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Citizenship & Identities:
political identity14th Five Nations Network ConferenceSupported bySlide2
Liz Moorse &
Deepa Shah Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT)Welcome and orientation
Twitter conference hashtag
: #5NNSlide3
Conference aims
bring together from across the five nations policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders with an interest in citizenship and values educationdiscuss and debate citizenship and identities and explore questions about political identity in depthencourage new thinking and learning about citizenship and identities and promote dialogue across country partnershipsexplore the use of different pedagogies including digital technologies as effective teaching tools for teaching citizenship and identities reflect on the Five Nations Network and its future development Slide4
Citizenship and Identities:
Political IdentityHow can we define identities and political identity?Role of citizenship educationSome challenges for citizenship teachingSlide5
How can we define identities and political identity?
Defined identities as: Personal – our unique and distinct characteristicsSocial
– roles & members of groups (father, sister; ethnic, religious, national etc)Human
– universal; membership of the human speciesin a globalized world.
‘A New Politics of Identity’ (2008)
Lord
Bhikhu
ParekhSlide6
Social attitudes survey 2013: political engagementSlide7
Political Identity?
Three levelsPassive identities in the form of lived relationships (class, gender, ethnicity), but not acted onActive – conscious identities that come to the fore when threatened eg racismPoliticized – a more constant base for actions and how individuals identify themselvesSlide8
Role of citizenship in developing political identity?
gives young people a sense that they have a stake in society and democracylearning to be ‘political’, skills and experience of being actively involved in democracylearning about eg the relationship between citizens and the state, how democracy works= a need to explore, understand, negotiate their identitiesSlide9
Some challenges
Develop conceptual understanding of identitiesCreate space for critical reflection and deeper learningHelp young people understand they ‘belong’ to a political community and it is worth being involved in public and democratic life.