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Thursday 28 January 2010

‘Mainstreaming’ parliamentary education (Workshop 3B – parliamentary education and the role it plays in promoting parliament). Thursday 28 January 2010. Simon Why is parliamentary education important and who’s interested anyway? ‘Mainstreaming’ parliamentary education. Neil

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Thursday 28 January 2010

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  1. ‘Mainstreaming’ parliamentary education (Workshop 3B – parliamentary education and the role it plays in promoting parliament) Thursday 28 January 2010

  2. Simon Why is parliamentary education important and who’s interested anyway? ‘Mainstreaming’ parliamentary education. Neil What a difference a Member makes. Working with the Adult Migrant Education Service. Roylene Combining education with decision making. Mixing alcohol and youth with education. Session overview

  3. Why is parliamentary education important? Why do we do it? ‘… improving levels of political literacy, promoting active and informed citizenship and raising the expectations of future voters for more dynamic and effective parliament and parliamentarians.’ John Carter, Director, Parliamentary Education Office, Commonwealth Parliament (1993)

  4. Traditional focus of parliamentary education – school groups, citizenship classes etc. Wider community – apart from aficionados, the level of interest among the community in parliament is not generally high. Who’s interested anyway?

  5. Survey of parliamentary activities of Australian Parliaments (from April-May 2008): Schools education Community education Programs for business and government Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG) 2008 conference paper – Survey of the role of parliamentary education in Australian Parliaments (by NSW Parliament Education Section Graham Spindler and Daniela Giorgi) What do we currently do?

  6. ‘Mainstreaming’ parliamentary education is making it part of what everyone does, not just the Education unit. How? NSW Legislative Council Community Access and Engagement Business Plan Other examples – Neal (ACT) and Roylene (Queensland) What is ‘mainstreaming’?

  7. ‘Community access and engagement’ additional, and complementary, to the work of the Education Section Examples from: The Chamber and the Procedure Office The Committee Office New South Wales Legislative Council

  8. Form into four groups and nominate a spokesperson.Provide one example of a ‘mainstreamed’ parliamentary education activity, with the following details: What is the activity? (briefly) Who needs to work together to deliver the activity? How much would it cost to deliver? How effective would it be? (How many people would it reach and what interest level would it generate?) You have 20 minutes and 4 minutes for the spokesperson to report back to the group. Group exercise

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