PROFESSOR SONIA LIVINGSTONE London School of Economics and Political Science
Keynote: How disinformation threatens citizenship: young people’s right to access information in the digital age
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Sonia Livingstone DPhil (Oxon), OBE, FBA, FBPS, FAcSS, FRSA, is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Taking a comparative, critical and contextualised approach, her research examines how changing conditions of mediation reshape everyday practices and possibilities for action. She has published 20 books on media audiences, children and young people’s risks and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment, including “Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children’s lives” (OUP 2020). Since founding the EC-funded 33 country “EU Kids Online” research network, and Global Kids Online (with UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), she has advised the Council of Europe, European Commission, European Parliament, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, OECD, ITU and UNICEF. She chaired LSE’s Truth, Trust and Technology Commission and is currently leading the Digital Futures for Children centre with the 5Rights Foundation.
JEREMY HAYWARD Institute of Education, UCL
Keynote: Epistemic challenges to liberal democracy – conspiracy theories, disinformation and the role of education
Jeremy Hayward is an Associate Professor (teaching) at the Institute of Education, UCL specialising in the field of citizenship education. A former teacher, he has been involved in teacher education for the last 20 years, including leading the citizenship PGCE for over 10 years and currently leads the MA Citizenship Education, which includes the popular module Teaching Controversial Issues. He has written numerous textbooks, resources and guidance for schools in the areas of philosophy and citizenship - including recent guidance for schools on how to respond to conspiracy theories raised in the classroom.
Workshops
Workshop #1 LLOYD ROWE Bryntirion Comprehensive School, Wales
Session title: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution and Why It Matters in Our Teaching Presentation Link Lloyd graduated from the University of the West of England School of Art and Design in 2005, with a Batchelor of Arts Degree in Drawing and Applied Arts. Since, he has exhibited mixed media drawings at various national exhibitions and trained as a secondary school teacher. Initially teaching Art & Design and Photography, Lloyd has since evolved into supporting the development of Curriculum for Wales as a lead practitioner and is currently Head of Skills and Careers at Bryntirion Comprehensive School, Bridgend, South Wales. Lloyd is proud to be an ambassador for Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff and has created a new Enterprise/Citizenship Project which many schools across Wales now take part in. Most notably, Lloyd has supported the development of the new Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Qualification, where students take part in a variety of exciting activities and contexts based on the United Nations sustainable development agenda and Wales’s Well-being Goals as defined by the Well-being of Future Generations Act (Wales).
Session: Artificial intelligence is informing the way we work as educators. Learners and teachers are starting to evolve to this way of thinking/working and the development of critical thinking skills is more important than ever before to being able to use it effectively to enhance citizenship education, but also to be aware of the many dangers it can pose. This interactive workshop will explore the key issues that we face as we adapt to the artificial intelligence revolution and provide a selection of activities to develop pedagogy and classroom practice.
Workshop #2 DR DAVID LUNDIE Glasgow University, Scotland
Session title: Strategies for using personal narratives to develop empathy in the citizenship classroom IDG: Relating Presentation Link
David Lundie is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow School of Social and Environmental Sustainability. He is currently principal investigator on the ESRC-funded project “Teaching for Digital Citizenship: Data Ethics in the Classroom and Beyond” which seeks to work with teachers, students, policy-makers and the tech sector to recover a workable sense of critical literacy, moral judgment and autonomy for young people in digital spaces. His previous research has focused on citizenship, RE, school ethos and values. He is Deputy Editor of the British Journal of Religious Education. Session: This workshop builds on co-design approaches from an ESRC-funded project: Teaching for Digital Citizenship: Data Ethics in the Classroom and Beyond” - it provides a critical data justice framework to evaluate the myriad challenges of young people’s digital lives, encourages participants to reflect on the ways Citizenship Education can contribute to cross curricular approaches, and points toward more positive framing of flourishing and agency in the digital world.
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Workshop #3 AMIT PUNI Kingston University, England JILL BURDETT, FRANCES LINGARD & SANDRA RABBOW Children’s Parliament, Scotland
Session title: Algorithms and their impact in the classroom Presentation Link Bio - Amit Puni: Amit is a Senior Lecturer at Kingston University, where he works across the faculty of HSSCE, lecturing from undergraduate all the way through to doctoral level. He leads the Working with Children & Young People: Social Pedagogy BA (Hons) course. In his previous role, he successfully established and led the Citizenship with Social Science PGCE route. Beyond this, Amit is the national Country lead for England in the Five Nations Network, an Adviser on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to the subject Association for Citizenship Teachers (ACT). and a School Governor in Kingston, a role that allows him to directly impact his local community. In this role, he has transformed and developed the Racial Justice Policy, lead staff CPD, and revamped procedures to ensure equity for students. In addition, he is a member of the European Race Equity forum. Presently, Amit is in the final stages of a PhD, with a focus on understanding educational attainment patterns by deploying a Critical Race Theory lens. His academic interests encompass education and issues of social justice. Bio - Jill Burdett: Jill is a teacher based in Scotland, with a keen interest in children’s rights. After 11 years working across Scotland in Primary Schools, she is now working for the Children’s Parliament as a senior Programme Manager, overseeing the Education and Capacity teams. Jill is currently studying at Strathclyde University working towards a doctorate relating to adults and their impact on children enacting their rights. She is also the national Country lead for Scotland in the Five Nations Network. Frances Lingard and Sanda Rabbow are both experienced children rights practitioners in Scotland working at The Children’s Parliament. They are currently working in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute and children from across Scotland focused on AI and children rights. Session: The workshop provides a practical insight into the basics of what algorithms are and how they work in relation to AI. The workshop draws on examples from the Scottish Children’s Parliament’s use of AI as an example of how we could leverage technology to support The Rights of a Child. Through discussions on challenges and opportunities, participants will explore the applications of algorithms and explore their implications for citizenship educators.
Workshop #4 DR CAROLYNE OBONYO University of Wales, Trinity St David, Wales
Dr Obonyo gained her PhD in Education from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her research project explored teacher educators’ pedagogies and the use of mobile technologies in initial teacher education courses, where she gained practical experience using mobile technologies to enhance teaching and learning. Between 2016 and 2020, Dr Obonyo also worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Canterbury, supporting the Exemplary ITE Programme Initiative: Masters of Teaching and Learning. She earned a Master of Arts in Education with a specialisation in Instructional Technology from California State University, San Bernardino in 2015, and has taught at both high school and higher education levels in Kenya, USA, New Zealand and the UK. Session: Digital privacy and responsibility are intertwined concepts that pertain to how individuals and organisations handle and protect personal information in the digital age. This is an interactive session where Carolyne will explore how to safeguard personal information as well as that of colleagues. Participants will be requested to share their insights towards creating a trustworthy and secure digital environment. Discussion points include: digital identity, digital footprint, significance of cybersecurity and best practices for staying safe online.