Family Values Active Citizenship begins at home

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Family ValuesActive Citizenship begins at home

• Lisa Vernon

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• Family Learning means we can learn together
  about absolutely anything by using the skills and
  experiences of different generations, valuing one
  anothers experience and enjoying one anothers
  company.

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• Those taking part may be related, or may be
  connected in other important ways but we are all
  motivated by one another to explore and
  understand our world together!

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A short activity

• You will need a pen and a piece of paper.

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Honesty
Commitment
Hard Work
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• Our families are where we learn some of lifes
  most important lessons. Its where we learn our
  value system, develop our skills of belonging and
  begin the process of understanding the other
  human beings we come into contact with.

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Reflective Practice
Concrete Experience
Reflective Observation
Active Experimentation
Abstract Conceptualisation
After Lewin Kolb 1984
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Learning Journal

• Experience
• Game, activity, debate etc
• Reflect
• What happened, why, how do I feel, how would
  families react?
• Conceptualise
• Form a plan, create an idea, change
• your practice
• Experiment
• Try new methods

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Competencies for Active Citizenship

• Self expression
• Belonging
• Attentiveness and sensitivity towards different
  codes
• Negotiation of meaning

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Competencies for Active Citizenship

• Openness
• Identity
• Externalization
• Empowerment
• Knowledge
• Values and attitudes

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Core Competencies

• Knowledge
• Attitudes and opinions
• Intellectual skills
• Participatory skills

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