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Forum to engage high school students in critical thinkingPublished by the Communications and Development Department
5 July 2004
Dealing with the impacts of terrorism is a challenging task for anyone. But secondary school students from around the South Island will be doing just that, at the upcoming Golden Key Colloquium hosted by the University of Canterbury.
More than 70 talented Year 12 and 13 students will be attending the youth forum event on July 8. This year’s topic is “The Impacts of Terrorism”, and students will gain insight from a variety of University of Canterbury lecturers and experienced counter terrorism specialist David Haslettt.
Tracy Murdoch, Golden Kay Colloquium Co-ordinator says, “The Colloquium is run by students for the students, with the support of the University, faculty, and the Rotary Club of Riccarton. It is the aim of the Colloquium to provide attending students with a balanced viewpoint, based on presentations by eight lecturers and two plenary sessions, to enable them to consider all the complexities involved in a single topic”.
The students will also discuss their thoughts in workshops with Golden Key members, who are recognised high achieving university students from a range of academic disciplines and backgrounds.
“This is an excellent opportunity to engage high school students in critical thinking, to encourage them to see a complicated issue from all angles,” says Golden Key Chapter President, Jennifer Molina. “The forum gives them an idea of what a university education is all about, and combines Golden Key’s goals of service to the community and promoting academic achievement in a fun and exciting way.”
Murdoch agrees that the Colloquium makes a real impact on students. “Students who have attended the Colloquium in past years have gone away with a peek in at the intellectual challenges and intensities that are part of the academic life,” she says.
Secondary schools were asked to nominate up to three outstanding students to attend the event, which is in its third successful year. Previous topics have included genetic engineering, and globalisation.
The Golden Kay International Honour Society aims to build global communities of academic achievers by providing opportunities for individual growth through leadership, career development, networking and service. The University of Canterbury chapter was established in 1999 and is dedicated to student interaction within the university and wider community.
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