Stellenbosch University Experiential Education Conference 2020
CONFERENCE TRACK 3:
Global citizen-leadership.
“Citizen Leadership is an activity... it happens when citizens have power and influence and responsibility to make decisions. Citizen Leadership happens when individuals have control over their own agency. It also happens when citizens take action for the benefit of other citizens.” – Scottish Government, 2008.
Alleton, editor of the T&D magazine states the following of the current student-generation, ‘this is a generation that has "grown up under pressure to succeed in academics and sports, and that attitude is likely to continue into their working lives.
Developing global citizen-leaders requires engaging with assumptions and beliefs about self, context and the world in terms of power, socio-cultural relationships and how these are constructed. De Oliveria Andreotti terms these critical literacies and makes the comparison between ‘soft global education and critical global education’.
This conference-track seeks to build understanding of the role of experiential education towards the formation of the global citizen-leader and the inherent complexities thereof.
From cocoon to citizen-leader: intentional experiential education
Locally grounded, contextual relevance and international presence
The every-person leadership model
Emerging global citizen-leadership
Student governance as vehicle for national and international leadership
Community engagement
Youth participation
Citizen-leadership and ethical governance
Developing citizen-leadership
Balancing global with local
Developing social networks for social justice
Social movements
Social media and the effect on student experience
Online influence and resilience
Developmental frameworks and pathways for shaping global citizen-leadership
Motivating students towards citizen-leadership
Other conference tracks:
Select a tracks to explore further:
1. Experiential education and student transformation
2. Emerging social justice frameworks in higher education
Enquiries
If you have enquiries about the submission of abstracts, please email us at experientiallearning@sun.ac.za, or Ruth Andrews at rutha@sun.ac.za and Ayanda Ntuli at ayandantuli@sun.ac.za.