'It's complicated': reflections on teaching citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand

dc.contributor.authorMcLennan S
dc.contributor.authorDodson G
dc.contributor.authorMcNeil C
dc.contributor.authorKahu E
dc.coverage.spatialAuckland
dc.description.abstractThe recently redesigned Massey University BA aims to produce responsible, world-conscious graduates who are active citizens, and who demonstrate a critical understanding of the peoples and cultures of 21st century Aotearoa New Zealand and the influences that have shaped them. The suite of compulsory core courses that emerged from this redesign process were developed before the university expressed a commitment to becoming Te Tiriti-led and were not explicitly designed with decolonisation in mind, but they ask questions and provoke reflection that we hope will contribute to decolonisation through the production of a cohort of graduates who have reflected on the multiple factors shaping their own identity, including New Zealand’s colonial past, can locate themselves in relation to global issues, and who have begun to think about questions of and possibilities for agency and action as citizens of ANZ and of the globe. These courses often unsettle indigenous and settler identities and relationships, and challenge student thinking about the rights and responsibilities they have at home and in the wider world. In this paper we reflect on the process of developing and teaching this course as a group of primarily settler / pākehā academics in conversation with Māori colleagues, and on our own learning through teaching. To do this we draw from our experiences and from research undertaken on the teaching of global citizenship in the core to interrogate our roles and responsibilities as academics in relation to decolonisation.
dc.identifier.elements-id440799
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/16382
dc.rights(c) The Authors
dc.sourceSettler Responsibilities Towards Decolonistion International Symposium2020
dc.title'It's complicated': reflections on teaching citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand
dc.typeconference
pubs.confidentialFALSE
pubs.finish-date4/03/2021
pubs.notesNot known
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Humanities, Media & Creative Communication
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of People, Enviroment and Planning
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Psychology
pubs.start-date2/02/2021
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