Professor Murray Print
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Professor Murray Print

BA(UWA), DipEd(UWA), PhD(OSU), MA(Sydney)
Professor of Political Education and Chair of Education
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+61 2 93516256
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The University of Sydney
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Professor Murray Print

Murray is a recognised leader in civics and political education and curriculum development within Australia and internationally. He has been appointed to the College of Experts for the European Science Foundation. Over the past two decades he has directed many major research projects such as an ARC-funded project on youth participation in democracy, as well as being chief investigator in many other projects in civics and citizenship education covering:

  • Youth Electoral Study
  • values, policy and civics education in the Asia-Pacific region
  • civics education, assessment and benchmarking
  • the first phase of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) international civics study
  • schooling, citizens and democracy and the Australian national education goals.

Professor Print has extensive experience in international research projects and has acted as assessor of research grants in Australia (Australian Research Council) and others countries such as Canada (SSHRC), South Africa (NRF), the Netherlands (NWO), Hong Kong (RGC). Murray has conducted many international research projects in civics and citizenship, particularly in Europe and Asia and been a board member of Civitas International, an international civic education organisation.

In 2003 Professor Print was awarded the Centenary Medal for his contributions to civics education and the community. He was a Mercator Visiting Professor (Deutsche Forschungsgmeinschaft) in Germany in 2012 and a Distinguished Fellow Award in 2016 from the School of Critical Studies in Education, University of Auckland for his contribution to Civics and Citizenship Education.

In 2010 Professor Print was appointed to lead the development of the Civics and Citizenship Curriculum for all Australian schools within the Australian Curriculum.The Australian Curriculum Civics and Citizenship was completed in late 2013. He participated in the response to the review of the Australian Curriculum Civics and Citizenship and the final version that was published in 2015

Research on teaching and learning

  • Social sciences, including civics
  • international and comparative education in civics and citizenship education
  • political education

Keywords: electoral education, civics, citizenship, democratic education

PhD Students

Gillian Kerr-Sheppard

Shelley Zhang

Grace Wong

Jai Ying Neoh

Lipei Wang

Yi Hong

Ahmad Saifulloh

B Ed Hons Students

Alexnadra Pentz

Zahraa Hamka

Monika Popovski

  • Professor Print and members of the Thai Civic Coalition are working on cutting edge curricula on democratic citizenship that can be applied to Thailand. The project is funded by a competitive grant from the Australia-Thailand Institute, DFAT
  • Australian Research Council Discovery grant commencing 2012 : National educational goals, schools and building democracy for the future. This project addresses three key issues - how to engage young people as active, informed citizens; how can schools be more effective in preparing citizens and sustaining their future civic participation; and how do national educational goals affect this process.
  • Project with Beijing Normal University on 'good' citizens for the 21st Century
  • Creation of the Institute for Didactics in Democracy at the Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany.
  • Building a Thai Civic Education Model, an on-going project with leading Thai civic educators.

Sydney Democracy Forum - co-organizer

World Democracy Forum - co-organizer

Editorial Board of:

International Journal of Citizenship Teaching and Learning

International Journal of Social Education

Estudios Sobre Educacion

Visiting Professor:

2012 Mercator Visiting Professor, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

2010,2011 University of Hannover, Germany

2008 Faculty of didactics, University of Oldenburg, Germany

2007 Center for Political Research, University of Leuven, Belgium

2007 International Institute for Democracy and Electoral assistance, Stockholm (Visiting research fellow)

2003 UNESCO Visiting Scholar, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland


Keynotes on

2016 Civic eductaion for the 21st century. Invited keynote. Political Development Council, Bangkok

2011 Teacher pedagogy and achieving citizenship competencies in schools.International Symposium on building democratic citizenship in Europe through civic engagement in schools. Keynote speaker. LUH, Germany.

2011 Citizenship education: pedagogy that engages. Invited keynote address, Hiroshima, Japan

2010 Youth and Political Participation: Schools, Political Education and Young People Joining the Electorate. Keynote address, World Democracy Forum, Washington, DC.

2009 Indicators of youth engagement in democracy, politics and elections. Invited


2009 Political awareness and civic education. Invited keynote address, Federal

Congress for Civic Education, Halle, Germany

2009 Civic Engagement and Political Education of Young People. Invited keynote

address, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan

2008 Building political engagement through the school curriculum. Invited

keynote address, Youth and Politics: Comparative Perspectives on Political Socialization. International conference, Bruges, Belgium

2008 Connecting youth political participation and civic education in school. Invited paper, Civic Education and Political Participation, Invited International Conference, University of Montreal

2008 Implementation, Learning Processes and Teaching Political Education

Invited International Workshop of the Doctoral Program ProDid (residential), University of Oldenburg, January.

  • Distinguished Fellow Award, School of Critical Studies in Education, University of Auckland, 2016

  • Adjunct Professor, Beijing Normal University, 2014

  • Mercator Visiting Professor (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Leibniz University Hannover, 2012

  • Lead Writer, Australian Curriculum Civics and Citizenship, 2011 +

  • Centenary Medal 2003

Project titleResearch student
Children’s Everyday Content Creation Practices on Social Media and Educating for Active Digital Citizenship in the Upper Years of a NSW Primary School: A Case StudyRachel YOO

Selected publications

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Publications

Edited Books

  • Tan, C., Print, M. (2016). Educating good citizens: An international comparative study on citizenship education. Hangzhou: Zhejiang Education Press.
  • Print, M., Tan, C. (2015). Educating "Good" Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [More Information]
  • Print, M., Lange, D. (2013). Civic Education and Competences for Engaging Citizens in Democracies. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Book Chapters

  • Print, M. (2023). Reversing democratic decline through political education. In H. Tam (Eds.), Who's afraid of political education? The challenge to teach civic competence and democratic participation, (pp. 180-194). Bristol: Bristol University Press. [More Information]
  • Print, M., Buchanan, J. (2019). "And its ghost may be heard": Policy and practice in civics and citizenship education in Australia over two decades. In J. A. Pineda-Alfonso, N. De Alba-Fernandez & E. Navarro-Medina (Eds.), Handbook of research on education for participative citizenship and global prosperity, (pp. 89-107). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2018). Civics and citizenship education: The hope for democracy. In G. Morales Martinez & G. Altamirano (Eds.), Civic education: A global experience, (pp. 39-54). Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico: Institute Electoral del Estado de Queretaro.

Journals

  • Wang, L., Print, M. (2024). Do Chinese secondary schools develop global citizens? Cambridge Journal of Education. [More Information]
  • Reichert, F., Print, M. (2019). Participatory practices and political knowledge: How motivational inequality moderates the effects of formal participation on knowledge. Social Psychology of Education: an International Journal, 22, 1085-1108. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2019). STEM, HASS and the Australian Curriculum: The case for active, informed and critical citizens. Professional Educator, 20(1), 18-21.

Conferences

  • Print, M. (2011). Teacher pedagogy and achieving democratic competence (Keynote address). International Civic Education Symposium on Building Democratic Citizenship in Europe through Civic Engagement.

Research Reports

  • Saha, L., Print, M. (2009). Youth Electoral Study (YES): Report 5: Youth, schools and learning about politics, Report 5: 2009, (pp. 2 - 40). Canberra, Australia: Australian Electorial Commission. [More Information]

2024

  • Wang, L., Print, M. (2024). Do Chinese secondary schools develop global citizens? Cambridge Journal of Education. [More Information]

2023

  • Print, M. (2023). Reversing democratic decline through political education. In H. Tam (Eds.), Who's afraid of political education? The challenge to teach civic competence and democratic participation, (pp. 180-194). Bristol: Bristol University Press. [More Information]

2019

  • Print, M., Buchanan, J. (2019). "And its ghost may be heard": Policy and practice in civics and citizenship education in Australia over two decades. In J. A. Pineda-Alfonso, N. De Alba-Fernandez & E. Navarro-Medina (Eds.), Handbook of research on education for participative citizenship and global prosperity, (pp. 89-107). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [More Information]
  • Reichert, F., Print, M. (2019). Participatory practices and political knowledge: How motivational inequality moderates the effects of formal participation on knowledge. Social Psychology of Education: an International Journal, 22, 1085-1108. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2019). STEM, HASS and the Australian Curriculum: The case for active, informed and critical citizens. Professional Educator, 20(1), 18-21.

2018

  • Reichert, F., Print, M. (2018). Civic participation of high school students: The effect of civic learning in school. Educational Review, 70(3), 318-341. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2018). Civics and citizenship education: The hope for democracy. In G. Morales Martinez & G. Altamirano (Eds.), Civic education: A global experience, (pp. 39-54). Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico: Institute Electoral del Estado de Queretaro.

2017

  • Reichert, F., Print, M. (2017). Mediated and moderated effects of political communication on civic participation. Information, Communication and Society, 20(8), 1162-1184. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2017). Political and Civic Education in 21st Century Australia. In D. Lange, V. Reinhardt (Eds.), Konzeptionen, Strategien und Inhaltsfelder Politischer Bildung, (pp. 396-409). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengenren.
  • Print, M., Kodama, S., Ye, W., Tandra, S. (2017). Political education in Asian schools. In D. Lange, V. Reinhardt (Eds.), Konzeptionen, Strategien und Inhaltsfelder Politischer Bildung, (pp. 410-424). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengenren.

2016

  • Reichert, F., Print, M. (2016). Active citizenship in the political realm: The case of Australian secondary school students. Citizenship Education Research Journal (CERJ), 6(1), 51-67.
  • Tan, C., Print, M. (2016). Educating good citizens: An international comparative study on citizenship education. Hangzhou: Zhejiang Education Press.

2015

  • Print, M. (2015). A global citizenship perspective through a school curriculum. In R. Reynolds, D. Bradbery, J. Brown, K. Carroll, D. Donnelly et al. (Eds.), Contesting and Constructing International Perspectives in Global Education, (pp. 187-198). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [More Information]
  • Print, M., Tan, C. (2015). Educating "Good" Citizens for a Globalized World: Two Different but Linked Countries. In Murray Print, Chuanbao Tan (Eds.), Educating "Good" Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century, (pp. 1-10). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Print, M., Tan, C. (2015). Educating "Good" Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [More Information]

2014

  • Print, M. (2014). Can resilience be built through a citizenship education curriculum? Journal of Social Science Education, 13(3), 83-89. [More Information]

2013

  • Print, M., Lange, D. (2013). Civic Education and Competences for Engaging Citizens in Democracies. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Print, M. (2013). Competences for Democratic Citizenship in Europe. In Murray Print, Dirk Lange (Eds.), Civic Education and Competences for Engaging Citizens in Democracies, (pp. 37-49). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2013). Conceptualizing Competences for Democratic Citizenship: A Delphi approach. In Murray Print, Dirk Lange (Eds.), Civic Education and Competences for Engaging Citizens in Democracies, (pp. 149-162). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [More Information]

2012

  • Print, M., Lange, D. (2012). Schools, Curriculum and Civic Education for Building Democratic Citizens. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Print, M. (2012). Teacher Pedagogy and Achieving Citizenship Competences in Schools. In Murray Print, Dirk Lange (Eds.), Schools, Curriculum and Civic Education for Building Democratic Citizens, (pp. 113-128). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [More Information]

2011

  • Print, M. (2011). Teacher pedagogy and achieving democratic competence (Keynote address). International Civic Education Symposium on Building Democratic Citizenship in Europe through Civic Engagement.

2010

  • Print, M. (2010). Benchmarking and Democratic Citizenship Education for Schools. In Dirk Lange and Gerhard Himmelmann (Eds.), Demokratiedidaktik: Impulse für die Politische Bildung, (pp. 330-345). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. [More Information]
  • Hughes, A., Print, M., Sears, A. (2010). Curriculum capacity and citizenship education: a comparative analysis of four democracies. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 40(3), 293-309. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2010). Social and Cultural Capital in Education. In Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker and Barry McGaw (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, (pp. 97-102). Oxford: Elsevier. [More Information]

2009

  • Sim, J., Print, M. (2009). Citizenship education in Singapore: controlling or empowering teacher understanding and practice? Oxford Review of Education, 35(6), 705-723. [More Information]
  • Print, M., Milner, H. (2009). Civic Education and Youth Political Participation. The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
  • Print, M. (2009). Civic engagement and political education of young people. Journal of Minority Studies, 1, 63-83.

2008

  • Print, M. (2008). Education for democratic citizenship in Australia. In Arthur J, Davies I, Hahn C (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy, (pp. 95-108). London: Sage Publications. [More Information]
  • Print, M., Ugarte, C., Naval, C., Mihr, A. (2008). Moral and human rights education: the contribution of the United Nations. Journal of Moral Education, 37(1), 115-132. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2008). Student engagement for moral, civic and citizenship education. In Hoon L, Salleh N, Mamat WHW, Balakrishnan V. (Eds.), Asia-Pacific Moral, Civic and Citizenship Education: New Vision and New Realities, (pp. 67-86). Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya.

2007

  • Print, M. (2007). Citizenship education and youth participation in democracy. British Journal of Educational Studies, 55(3), 325-345. [More Information]
  • Print, M. (2007). Learning political engagement in schools. In Saha L, Print M and Edwards K (Eds.), Youth and Political Participation, (pp. 95-112). Rotterdam Taipai: Sense Publishers.
  • Print, M., Ikeno, N., Sim, J., Yan Wing, L., Ishimine, K. (2007). Political education in Asia. In D. Lange;V. Reinhardt (Eds.), Strategien der Politischen Bildung (Handbook of Political Education), (pp. 189-202). Baltmannsweiler, Germany: Schneider-Verlag Hohengehren.

2005

  • Sim, J., Print, M. (2005). Citizenship education and social studies in Singapore: A national agenda. International Journal of Citizenship and Teacher Education, 1(1), 58-73.

2003

  • Naval, C., Print, M., Iriarte, C. (2003). Civic education in Spain: A critical review of policy. Journal of Social Science Education, 2003, 1-11.
  • Print, M. (2003). Estrategias de ensenanza para la educacion civica y ciudadana en el siglo XXI. Estudios Sobre Educacion, 7(4), 7-22.
  • Print, M., Coleman, D. (2003). Towards Understanding of Social Capital and Citizenship Education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 33(1), 123-149.

2002

  • Cogan, J., Morris, P., Print, M. (2002). Civic education in the Asia-Pacific region: An Introduction. In Cogan, John J., Morris, P. & Print, M. (Eds.), Civic Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, (pp. 1-22). London UK: RoutledgeFalmer imprint of Taylor & Francis.
  • Naval, C., Print, M., Veldhuis, R. (2002). Education for democratic citizenship in the new Europe: context and reform. European Journal of Education: research, development and policies, 37(2), 107-128.
  • Print, M., Ornstrom, S., Neilsen,, H. (2002). Education for democratic processes in schools and classrooms. European Journal of Education: research, development and policies, 37(2), 193-210.

2001

  • Print, M. (2001). Civics and citizenship education: The national situation in 1998. In M.Print, W.Moroz & P.Reynolds (Eds.), Discovering Democracy in Civics and Citizenship Education, (pp. 8-20). Katoomba, N.S.W.: Social Science Press.
  • Print, M. (2001). Education for citizenship in a democracy through teacher education: Examples from Australia. In John J. Patrick & Robert S. Leming (Eds.), Principles and Practices of Democracy in the Education of Social Studies Teachers, (pp. 205-225). Bloomington, USA: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies.
  • Print, M. (2001). From 'survival' to 'leadership': The practice of civic education in Australia. International Journal of Educational Research, 35, 77-91.

Selected Grants

2019

  • The mediation of civic learning by digital social media: An Australian - Singapore comparison., Print M, Zhang W, Chia Y, Neoh J, Yoo R, Chen Z, Xi Y, wang Z, Office of Global Engagement/Partnership Collaboration Awards
  • Inclusive Citizenship Education to address increasing societal disparity: A cross-country investigation between Germany and Australia, Print M, Universities Australia/Germany Joint Research Co-operation scheme

2012

  • National educational goals, schools and building democratic citizens for the future., Print M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)