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Citizenship education
Guides and quarterly supplements
How you can participate in citizenship education
DecisionMaker Publications and the Centre for Citizenship Education invite participation in initiatives to advance, maintain and disseminate knowledge on citizenship.
Challenges exist. Half the eligible voters do not turn out in some elections.
There are new settlers who are not sure how to participate in civic affairs.
Some officials find it hard to get feedback from sections of the community.
Solutions exist. Policy analysis can refine challenges and solutions. The social
sciences curriculum is a foundation for teaching more civics. Kids Voting-type
campaigns can reach out to young people and their families. Multilingual and
multicultural communication can match our multi-ethnic reality. Advisory councils
can facilitate culturally appropriate communication. E-government opens new
communication channels.
History
The Centre for Citizenship Education’s founders and supporters
identified the need to give a focus to citizenship education at national
and local government levels in New Zealand, in the Pacific Islands and
other countries. It has independently assembled considerable information
on how citizenship works, how educators and communities teach and don’t
teach citizenship, and who is serious about citizenship education.
The Centre for Citizenship Education (CCE) and DecisionMaker Publications (DMP)
continue to work with Parliamentary, government, legal, university, civil society,
business and other interests in support of citizenship education. Together
we can create and disseminate briefings and other resources. Citizenship education
resources such as the fifth post–general election edition of New
Zealand’s DecisionMaker Guide to Parliament and Government are built
by the participation of expert individuals and organisations. APEN first published
DecisionMaker’s citizenship education guides in 1990, in consultation
with Parliamentary Service.
Guides and quarterly supplements
Government core funding and supplementary funding make it possible to publish the DecisionMaker Guide to Parliament and Government. The release of further quarterly supplementary editions on themes including How Participation works, and Pacific Citizens, following earlier DecisionMaker quarterly guides and policy forums on Health & Disability – and now DecisionMaker Guide to Local Government – are made possible by a range of government and non-government organisations.
Projects in the pipeline
Annual DecisionMaker Guides are proposed. Quarterly supplements on significant citizenship education themes can be updated and expanded. These are in a range of media, including print, cd-rom and web.
How you can participate in citizenship education
Participation options include concept development, editorial, distribution
and funding.
Find out more!
Centre for Citizenship Education
Box 3978 Wellington
Mobile 027 242 2301
Email: ahaas@decisionmaker.co.nz
www.decisionmaker.co.nz
DecisionMaker Publications
Knighton & Associates
Box 40 670 Upper Hutt
Email: publish@knighton.co.nz
www.decisionmaker.co.nz