You can also introduce your students to powerful frameworks for thinking
about civic participation and social change.
We're seeing an explosion of different ways of thinking
about civic participation amongst everybody, but particularly amongst the young.
We're seeing an explosion of different ways of thinking
about civic participation amongst...
Not exact matches
In addition, Sen points out that political and
civic participation can help citizens to deliberate together
about «what they really need» and what individual and societal ends are trnly worth valuing.
Because of the kinds of things you talked
about under the name of Fabianism, instead of democratic practices and accountability like popular
participation and protests and other forms of
civic or popular review, we've gone the route of professionalisation in the civil service and accountability via targets and standardisations and numbers, which enable what is often merely an appearance of accountability, and actually operate in a very different way from other more politicised forms of accountability.
Writer Mooney and marine scientist Kirshenbaum argue persuasively for scientists to step up engagement with the public, in order to dispel misinformation and foster meaningful
civic participation in decisions
about issues such as nuclear power, climate change, and public health.
Usable Knowledge sat down with Haste to talk
about new forms of
civic participation, a new lens on democracy, and a new brand of
civic education.
Hand - wringing
about young people's
participation in politics and
civic life is common, particularly in an election season.
In a typical high school
civics class, students learn
about local and federal government and media literacy, as well as citizenship and
participation.
However, there is much more work that can be done, and many states have the necessary data to answer important research questions
about CTE (including questions
about equity and access, effect of
participation on high school graduation rates, college enrollment and attainment, and
civic and employment outcomes).
Impressively, attending the school with the strongest
civic climate (where 85 percent of students listed voting as a component of good citizenship) rather than the school with the weakest
civic climate (where 46 percent chose voting) increased anticipated
participation by a quarter of a standard deviation, or by
about twice the effect of the individual student's having listed voting as a component of good citizenship.
«We care
about these findings in part because we fundamentally believe that social media platforms afford exciting opportunities for
civic voice and
participation,» says Weinstein, the study's lead author.
As we prepare to spend tomorrow thinking
about ways to nurture
civic participation in young people, we wanted to republish a great story
about two Facing History students whose study of history and the choices people make inspired them to petition the Oxford English Dictionary to add the word upstander to its pages.
Bring the conversation
about religious freedom and
civic participation to your classroom with free lesson plans and activities.
The articles that follow provide concrete, detailed lessons from research and best practice
about how to make afterschool and summer programming more effective in a number of key areas that help young people to be more successful in school and to graduate from high school — the first rung in the ladder leading to full
participation in 21st century economic and
civic life.
About Facing History and Ourselves Cleveland Since the Cleveland office was established in 1999, Facing History has provided more than 2,266 educators with programs and resources that connect the study of history to lessons about tolerance, respect, and civic participation t
About Facing History and Ourselves Cleveland Since the Cleveland office was established in 1999, Facing History has provided more than 2,266 educators with programs and resources that connect the study of history to lessons
about tolerance, respect, and civic participation t
about tolerance, respect, and
civic participation today.
We invite students to write an essay
about a person, story, or book that has influenced their own thinking
about ethical decision - making and
civic participation.
68 % of respondents want to learn more
about how to work with low - income communities and communities of color to increase
civic participation,
civic engagement, and to redress long - time neglect.
And since the health of a democracy depends on the involvement of its citizens — we must learn how to use our freedom, as Tocqueville put it — it seems clear that attempts to improve political
participation should begin as early as possible, and not just with lectures
about civics.