BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a6e81c0-cc10-4132-bf5d-72ac141d5d03.220894@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20220606T163202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220606T163202Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Educating for Active Citizenship in Divisive Times DESCRIPTION:Current schisms between public education and communities acros s America are creating complex challenges for educators attempting to eng age within their communities actively and authentically. How can educator s move beyond traditional theory and pedagogical practice to mobilize the ingenuity of our youth to meet social challenges and invoke more active citizenship? How can educators extend community-connected challenges into active learning opportunities and be able to investigate new knowledge c enters and connect youth to the larger dynamics and issues of their time such as social equality\, mental health\, climate change\, and the impact s of social media? In what ways can collaborations between education\, pa rents\, local governments\, businesses\, and other community partners hel p ensure meaningful educational experiences for K-16 students? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Current schisms between public education and communities across Ameri
ca are creating complex challenges for educators attempting to engage wit
hin their communities actively and authentically. How can educators move
beyond traditional theory and pedagogical practice to mobilize the ingenu
ity of our youth to meet social challenges and invoke more active citizen
ship? How can educators extend community-connected challenges into active
learning opportunities and be able to investigate new knowledge centers
and connect youth to the larger dynamics and issues of their time such as
social equality\, mental health\, climate change\, and the impacts of so
cial media? In what ways can collaborations between education\, parents\,
local governments\, businesses\, and other community partners help ensur
e meaningful educational experiences for K-16 students?