The Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) is a professional subject association in the United Kingdom for those involved in
citizenship education. The association was founded by Sir
Bernard Crick
Sir Bernard Rowland Crick (16 December 1929 – 19 December 2008) was a British political theorist and democratic socialist whose views can be summarised as "politics is ethics done in public". He sought to arrive at a "politics of action", as ...
in 2001, to promote citizenship teaching to young people and provide support to citizenship teachers in England. The Honorary President is
David Blunkett
David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, (born 6 June 1947) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Employment from 1997 to 2001, Home Secretary from 2001 to 2004 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2005. ...
.
In 2017 the Board of Trustees appointed Liz Moorse the first Chief Executive of the charity.
Activities
The association's activities include:
* representing citizenship teachers and lobbying government for policies supporting citizenship teaching in schools
* supporting schools which follow the national curriculum for citizenship
* organising an annual conference for citizenship teachers each summer
* offering advice on citizenship curriculum, pedagogy and GCSE Citizenship Studies
* providing training events and supporting local teacher networks
* publishing a journal, ''Teaching Citizenship'', with articles, resources and information about the field
External links
Association for Citizenship Teaching*
Educational charities based in the United Kingdom
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