24 Nov 2016

Teaching Kids to be Active Citizens

From Afternoons, 1:27 pm on 24 November 2016

What are we doing to teach the next generation of voters - especially given as this generation gets much of their information and news via social media?

Dr Bronwyn Wood is a senior lecturer at Victoria University, and principal investigator into research called Creating Active Citizens. Its aim is to empower young people to be active and critically informed citizens.

Social studies education researchers Caroline Wallis, Jo Wilson, Rose Atkins and Rowena Taylor at the teachers’ workshop

Social studies education researchers Caroline Wallis, Jo Wilson, Rose Atkins and Rowena Taylor at the teachers’ workshop Photo: Massey University

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