Social and Citizenship Education Association
of Australia Inc (SCEAA)
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News
Read the latest SCEAA news here.
Membership Fees
Membership runs from January to December.
- Annual Membership — Institution $130.00
- Annual Membership — Individual
- Individual $100.00
- Individual E-mail only* $50.00
- Student $50.00
- Student E-mail only* $30.00
Our preferred method of contact is by email. All correspondence and
journals will be sent electronically to your nominated email address. Details are available from:
SCEAA Executive Officer
150 Palmerston Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Mission
The Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia (SCEAA) is a national organisation of people with a common interest in promoting and improving the quality of learning about society, both in formal institutions and in society at large. Its members include primary and secondary teachers, curriculum consultants, curriculum policy developers, tertiary educators, tertiary students, other professional associations, community groups and individuals concerned about the importance of social education. The Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia aims to:
- support and promote social education through Australia
- advance the holistic study of society from individual, social, cultural, ecological and global perspectives
- sponsor and support activities such as seminars, research, conferences, study tours and publications.
Personnel
President
Vice President Treasurer Secretary and public officer Conference convenors
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Executive Officer Editors Angela Colliver Assistant Editor Committee Members |
Resources
SCEAA biennial conference
Ballarat, Victoria
July 8-10, 2018
Theme: Making it Happen: Participatory Citizenship and Social Justice – Past, Present and Future
Register now online to avoid disappointment, as places are limited!
The conference will be held in wonderful historic city of Ballarat, which was the heart of the movement for democracy during the Gold Rushes in the 1850s. It is now a hub for learning with many renowned government and private schools and extraordinary learning centres.
The conference theme, ‘Making it Happen: Participatory Citizenship and Social Justice – Past, Present and Future’ provides opportunities for us to make connections to learning areas of the Australian and Victorian curriculum: History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics. It encourages us to have debates about the cross curriculum priorities and general capabilities. We have invited prominent politicians, historians, educators, community members and students to engage in dialogue with us.
The final call for papers and workshop submissions is on the website and closes Friday April 20, but there are limited spaces. We encourage a focus on debates, research and teaching & learning strategies in schools related to:
- Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) implementation
- Creating and planning active citizenship and social justice teaching and learning strategies
- Engaging young active citizens in contemporary issues in local, national and global contexts
- Innovative approaches to integrated curriculum - for example, links to social enterprise and history/heritage education
- The challenges for primary, secondary and tertiary educators in implementing the HASS curriculum
- Links between HASS, Citizenship Education, the Cross Curriculum Priorities and General Capabilities (such as Personal and Social Capability and Ethical Understanding)
- Submissions close but there is limited space.
>> Conference registration form
>> Blood on the Southern Cross booking form
The Social Educator
The journal of the Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia, The Social Educator, is published up to three times a year (April, August and November). Academic papers are refereed by members of the editorial board. Each journal is themed, except for the journal that follows a conference (though it will largely follow the conference theme).
Conference papers
History of SCEAA
Bob Hill made an excellent attempt at putting the history of SCEAA together in a presentation/discussion session at the 21st anniversary conference in Melbourne in 2003. He has generously agreed to allow his findings to date to go up on our new webpage with a view to encourage further discussion, new perspectives and updated experiences. Read his history of SCEAA here.
Social Education in the 90s
A landmark SEAA publication in two parts focusing on a rationale for social education and developing a common framework for social education. Read the document here. (628KB Acrobat file)
SEAA Tomorrow: SOSE and the Future
At the 2003 biennial conference Professor Rob Gilbert's keynote address provided an overview of the past and challenges for the future, on the occasion of SEAA's twenty-first birthday. This is a wide-ranging discussion that focuses on SOSE and an entitlement approach to the curriculum that is concerned with teaching about society and environment. The address was published in The Social Educator Vol. 21, Spring 2003. Read the document here.
Professional Development
Details of SEAA's professional development program are published periodically.
Member Associations
SASOSE Council South Australian Studies of Society and Environment Council
SEAQ Social Educators' Association of Queensland