Empowering Learners Strand
We see students as key stakeholders of the future, and as valuable co-creators of academic environments within universities. This strand aims to explore and develop initiatives, methods and structures in which students experience being actively involved in shaping their own education – and future – and through these empowering experiences, acquire the tools and mind-sets to be able to act as global citizens. We recognise the importance of a balance between staff- and student-led processes, and see students and staff working in partnership as key to the development of the Matariki Global Citizenship Programme.
Both faculty and students from MNU partner universities participated in the Global Citizenship Programme’s first workshop in April 2016, in which they explored critical notions of global citizenship, shared work and experiences, and collaboratively proposed structures and content for the emerging Global Citizenship Programme. This student-faculty model was a success, and will continue to be an important part of the programme’s activities.
LATEST Empowering Learners POSTS
Empowering Learners: Challenging the Present for a Better Future
by Brandon Zhou, Dartmouth College Attending this year’s Matariki Global Citizenship Forum, I was not sure what to expect. While I knew there would be productive discussion, I never expected to have the opportunity
Can We Be Inclusive Global Citizens?
by Aaron Tuckey, Uppsala University At the second Matariki Forum, delegates again gathered to explore themes relating to global citizenship in the context of higher education. As the discussion progressed, some delegates felt that
Global Citizenship meets Sustainability
by Antonia Tertelmann, University of Tübingen Reflecting on the forum brings to mind a multitude of different associations, memories and discussion points. In the following I will only mention some notable events from the
Changing Habits
by Maddi Mitchell, University of Western Australia The Matariki Global Citizenship Forum in Durham brought together a mixture of creative and fascinating minds all to challenge how we, and our universities can empower learners.
Global and Institutional Blindspots
by Laura Logan, Dartmouth College The Global Citizenship homepage has a map highlighting the home countries of the seven partner institutions across the world. I get that it’s a BIG-picture view of the network’s
Forum Reflections by Durham Students
by Elizabeth Cunningham, Priyanka Vanama-Rathna and Julia Dowden, Durham University The presentations and workshops at the Matariki Global Citizenship Forum allowed me to gain a more holistic view of how the theme of empowering