Sentences with phrase «as global citizens in»

We strengthen the ability of individuals and organizations to act as global citizens in their communities, countries, and across the world.

And it claims to offer students a more active learning experience, one that will move them to participate as global citizens in building a better world.

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In turn, America will become more competitive in global markets, and all our citizens will be able to realize the American dream, just as Howard Schultz has donIn turn, America will become more competitive in global markets, and all our citizens will be able to realize the American dream, just as Howard Schultz has donin global markets, and all our citizens will be able to realize the American dream, just as Howard Schultz has done.

The former global operations CIO at Barclays landed on our 40 Under 40 list last year for his impressive background, quick achievements as CIO of Nike, and his advocacy and influence in the gay community (Watson is out, and was the first non-U.S. citizen to score a seat on the board of GLAAD).

And in this very competitive labor market, leaders need to show that their companies are good global citizens as a means to attract the best talent.

One company, Nano Vision, is already operative on a height that will concede every chairman or «global citizen scientist,» as they say, to attend in creation serve advancements.

Corporate CEOs have primary responsibility to stockholders in their capacity as stockholders, and not in their capacity as global citizens.

As a US citizen, I feel incredibly lucky to live in a society whose history is rooted in democratic ideals — a society that continues to benefit from the types of «elections with integrity» that the 2012 Report of the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy, and Security promotes.

I expressed my views in this regard on WhatsApp last weekend, «Any country in which its elites consider re-electing a president like Buhari just as thousands of citizens are murdered across the country with not a single person arrested; a president who can not make an intelligent conversation on any policy or global issue with other global leaders; a president whose EFCC and DSS engage in open confrontation; a regime which crippled the economy and relies on cyclical movements in oil prices as its sole economic lever; a regime under which 10 million jobs are lost; and key accusations against top officials are treated with levity; just as the regime appears complicit in the invasion of its senate by thugs and seizure of mace... such a country is in serious trouble, that is if it isn't doomed.

While commending the Nigerian Military for doing their best to halt threats to citizens as exemplified by Boko Haram, IPOB, Avengers and other groups complicit in crimes against humanity, Global Amnesty Watch sees Amnesty International as constantly demonizing nations that are battling terrorism and setting the ground for killers to embed themselves among migrant populations to spread to these other peaceful countries.

Living at the mercy of world markets As a result, every time there is a price spike in the global commodities marketplace, Africans suffer disproportionately compared to citizens on other continents.

To improve the current culture, the team argues that increased data sharing will allow more diverse people to actively participate in research, such as early - career scientists and those from underrepresented groups; scientists from smaller or historically less - influential institutions; citizen - scientists; and scientists from the Global South, scientists from Africa, South and Central America, and much of Asia who are often excluded from leading research.

Given the invisible prevalence of citizen science in advancing this one area of global change research, we suspect it also common in many other areas of inquiry such as studies of land - use change, invasive species, and environmental pollutants, to name a few.

«By generating in situ data with the help of citizen scientists, we envision the app serving supplementary data to scientists as they model mosquito population outbreaks,» says Rusty Low of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, «And equally important is the ability of the app to act as an enabling tool for citizen scientists who want to reduce disease risk in their communities.»

As a writer, activist, public speaker and global citizen, 14 - year old Hannah Alper has found power in using her voice to inspire, motivate and empower people of all ages to identify...

As a writer, activist, public speaker and global citizen, 14 - year old Hannah Alper has found power in using her voice to inspire, motivate and empower people of all ages to identify their passion and take action.

A «global citizen» by birth, she is of Belgian origin, born and raised in Bangkok, and has adopted East London as her current home.

USA, Canada, UK, Aus, NZ About Blog Embassy English has 40 years» experience of providing students with quality English language courses and great experiences in amazing locations around the world.Our Mission is to help students create experiences and gather knowledge that will help them live life as a global citizen!

Participating in these kinds of fundraisers and events encourages students to think of themselves as global citizens, program manager Molly Redding points out, as well as sharpening critical - thinking and problem - solving skills.

12] Becoming a global citizen requires in addition to geographical migrations and mingling [albeit they are also important - not merely as refugees or tourists] the following: -

If we consider the skills of focusing on ourselves, tuning in to others, and understanding the larger world as a framework for our thinking, imagine how the conversation about screen time could shift away from the amount of time spent with devices and toward how students might use them to become more productive citizens in a networked and global society.

Vinson, now the mother of 2 - year - old Wilder and baby Laken (born in October), relishes this unique opportunity to raise her children as global citizens.

What can we do as educational and cultural workers, at this crucial moment in history, when corporate revenue expands as the job market shrinks, when there is such a callous disregard for human suffering and human life, when the indomitable human spirit gasps for air in an atmosphere of intellectual paralysis, social amnesia, and political quiescence, when the translucent hues of hope seem ever more ethereal, when thinking about the future seems anachronistic, when the concept of utopia has become irretrievably Disneyfied, when our social roles as citizens have become increasingly corporatized and instrumentalized in a world which hides necessity in the name of consumer desire, when media analyses of military invasions is just another infomercial for the US military industrial complex with its huge global arms industry, and when teachers and students alike wallow in absurdity, waiting for the junkyard of consumer life to vomit up yet another panacea for despair?

They are aware of the special role that Germany as a country and Germans as responsible «Global citizens «should play in the international community, with this given background.

We took the four scenarios and we asked ourselves the question: «If these futures do come true in 2028, then how are we going to, as a school, prepare our young people to be balanced global citizens?»

This is mind The Widening Circle (TWC) was launched as a new organizing initiative with the explicit aim of catalyzing the Global Citizens Movement (GCM), a sustained campaign that will spread across regions and issues in «widening circles.»

The world government would also work as mediator in international conflicts and build consensus among all nation states, to make every national state respects the rights of its citizens, and seek to prevent the spread of global systemic risks.

Commenting on the pack, Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive of the British Council, said: «It is designed to support young people's education about the world and to help them gain an understanding of other countries and cultures in preparation for life as global citizens.

In CFE v. New York, Judge Leland DeGrasse ruled that an adequate education included the «foundational skills that students need to become productive citizens capable of civic engagement and sustaining competitive employment,» the «intellectual tools to evaluate complex issues, such as campaign finance reform, tax policy, and global warming,» the ability to «determine questions of fact concerning DNA evidence, statistical analyses, and convoluted financial fraud.»

If individuals do not understand the global interdependencies that influence public affairs in every country, regarding trade for example, or environmental degradation, they are likely to make poor decisions as individual consumers, producers, or citizens.

However, as Reimers warned in an interview for Usable Knowledge, «If individuals do not understand the global interdependencies that influence public affairs in every country, regarding trade for example, or environmental degradation, they are likely to make poor decisions as individual consumers, producers, or citizens.»

Global Education Magazine aims to disseminate creative, innovative and transversal educational experiences and ideas from the formal ambit, non formal and informal, to break with the existing positivist and technocratic paradigms of the past that reduce our students in passive citizens and a-critical consumers, because we have as educational horizon the freedom and the emancipation of human -LSB-...]

As citizens of the world, students in today's classrooms seek global contexts for learning.

Debate continues about the range of academic, social, and other types of knowledge and skills that young people will need to succeed as workers, citizens, and family and community members in a global world.

Is it not absurd to speak about global citizenship in contexts where people do not perceive themselves as belonging to groups such as school and community, can not locate their communities in the city, and are not aware they have rights and duties as national citizens?

At this point, when I talk to my colleagues working in schools and / or universities, many of them are skeptical about the relevance of education for global citizenship in Brazil when the endeavor of educating all Brazilians to act as citizens in their schools, communities, cities is not completed.

«The divide between «refugees welcome» and «refugees not welcome» seems to be a global phenomenon in which refugees are viewed as outsiders and the public education system is understood as primarily serving national citizens.»

We believe that education is essential to participate fully in American life and as global citizens.

«It's absolutely essential in this global economy that if we want our children to be successful as adults, as businesspeople, as citizens of the world, they need to have a greater understanding and appreciation of other languages, of cultures, history, customs, and religions,» says former Washington governor Gary Locke, who would have sent his own children to Stanford if he lived nearby.

In summary, Global Education Magazine aims to disseminate creative, innovative and transversal educational experiences and ideas from the formal ambit, non formal and informal, to break with the existing positivist and technocratic paradigms of the past that reduce our students in passive citizens and a-critical consumers, because we have as educational horizon the freedom and the emancipation of human beings in any case and corner of the worlIn summary, Global Education Magazine aims to disseminate creative, innovative and transversal educational experiences and ideas from the formal ambit, non formal and informal, to break with the existing positivist and technocratic paradigms of the past that reduce our students in passive citizens and a-critical consumers, because we have as educational horizon the freedom and the emancipation of human beings in any case and corner of the worlin passive citizens and a-critical consumers, because we have as educational horizon the freedom and the emancipation of human beings in any case and corner of the worlin any case and corner of the world.

Consequently, we believe that Global Citizenship Education has the ability to act as seeds of social change (locally and globally), to create a cognitive conflict between the various educational actors and build a significant learning as an entrepreneurial fruits sustained in practice, as for example in the performance and participation of citizens in solving social problems.

Tom has been widely recognized in a variety of publications, including being featured in 2009 by Time magazine as Wendy Kopp's pick for the 100 most influential global citizens.

Today's students require the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to participate as citizens in a global society.

Often, we create these ideas such as «critical thinker» and «ethical global citizen,» perhaps even in the form of a transfer goal, but we have no way of knowing if our students are making progress towards these goals.

The mission of the Park City School district, in partnership with the home and community, is to provide varied educational opportunities in a safe environment that encourages and supports each student to become an active learner and critical thinker who strives to achieve his or her highest potential as an ethical and responsible citizen in a global environment.

Opened in 2010, we serve more than 670 scholars in Kindergarten - Eighth Grade through the pursuit of 21st century learning, project based & service learning, and traditional coursework strategies, students will be prepared to succeed in academically competitive schools as well as become responsible citizens of the global community.

Goal Two - Teaching: Educators will be supported in understanding the skills necessary for students to become global citizens successful in the workplace and society; and in using instructional technology as an accelerator for student learning.

As part of our vision to develop children into global citizens, we employ a family support worker Miss Newton, who shares our vision in developing children and engaging parents...

We will be steadfast in our voice and actions and hope that, on our 20th anniversary, we will celebrate a multitude of students, once left behind, as they march to the podium to pick up their diploma, armed with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed as global citizens.

He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents and educators to ensure that every child in every school receives the best education possible so they can compete in the global economy for good jobs and live rewarding and productive lives as American citizens.