Sentences with phrase «about global issues»

They are less concerned about global issues like the environment.

Students will be stretched to think about these global issues throughout.

Additionally, 67 per cent of respondents thought that technology enables pupils to become more socially aware and informed about global issues.

This refers to the ability to combine knowledge about the world with critical reasoning whenever people form their own opinions about a global issue.

I'm passionate about global issues and entrepreneurship and hope to become more resourceful.

One of those directions involved a virtual summer camp on a private island in TSL, where fifteen teens from three countries participated in an interactive, experiential workshop learning about global issues such as economic inequality and the genocide in Darfur.

April is Earth Month and that gives us the opportunity to bring awareness about global issues affecting the environment.

The cognitive assessment, according to OECD PISA's paper, «Preparing our youth for an inclusive and sustainable world,» will measure students» abilities to engage with news articles about global issues, recognize outside influences on world views, understand how to communicate with others in an intercultural fashion, and identify and compare different courses of action to address global issues.

Directly and indirectly, the works reflect concerns about global issues such as the wide scale spread of the virus across Africa and Asia, policies of medical research, developments in genetic engineering, inequalities in the global distribution of wealth and technology, the availability of medication world - wide and differing cultural perspectives on dying.

By Sally Miller April is Earth Month and that gives us the opportunity to bring awareness about global issues affecting the environment.

Serious video games, or those that simulate the real world, motivate players, require decision - making, and encourage student learning about an issue, have the potential to educate students about global issues.

He has also written extensively about global issues and the implications on client portfolios, appearing in Bloomberg Business, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Money, and on CNBC.

«I get that there's a rub that it takes hip, young white people to get other young white people to care about global issues.

«What the World Thinks about Climate Change in 7 Charts» is a good place to get some key facts about the global issues.

The campaign has been launched by the Fairtrade Foundation, and aims to help children learn about global issues whilst raising money to increase the impact of Fairtrade.

Throughout his career, Robert Rauschenberg used his platform as an artist to increase knowledge about global issues and to raise money for many causes and organizations.

Program activities are designed for a deep experience that helps individuals understand more about their own culture, values, and underlying assumptions about global issues while learning about energy access solutions.

Check out these informative videos that 2009 Goldman Prize recipient Yuyun Ismawati shared with us to find out more about the global issue of mercury pollution.

The cognitive assessment elicits students» capacities to critically examine news articles about global issues; recognise outside influences on perspectives and world views; understand how to communicate with others in intercultural contexts; and identify and compare different courses of action to address global and intercultural issues.

Claims about local environmental impacts promote innumerate thinking about global issues and do not seem sufficient (as confirmed by the Royal Society) to win the day.

Teachers endorsed elements of each video game that could raise student awareness about global issues, though they were cautious in presuming that awareness alone would teach students sufficiently about the conflicts in the Middle East or the exploitation of indigenous people near oil reserves.

The level of public concern about this global issue is mostly influenced by the mobilization efforts of political leaders and advocacy groups, new research shows.

Rafi.ki Kidogo provides lesson plans and interactive student resources, as well as protected and moderated chat, messaging and collaboration tools, which allow schools to connect to learn about global issues.

With 195 nation states represented, this is a great opportunity to meet an extraordinary range of people, laugh a lot, and learn about global issues and alternative conflict - resolution and social change techniques.