Sentences with phrase «civic education as»

To facilitate this consideration of how findings from this study meet the goals of civic education as elucidated by the Civic Mission of Schools, the Framework for 21st Century Learning, and ISTE NETS - S (2007), I organized the work of these organizations around five aspects of digital citizenship.

The Civic Mission of Schools (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement [CIRCLE], 2003) described goals for civic education as preparing competent and responsible citizens who are informed and thoughtful.

Thank you so much, Jeff, for the introduction, and thank you to the Press Club for inviting me here to speak with you today about a topic about which I am passionate, both as a former social studies teacher and as an American: the importance of civic education as part of a well - rounded education.

The accompanying risk is balkanization: discordant approaches to civic education as one school emphasizes Athenian values while another stresses those of Sparta.

At an EWA webinar last summer, I was asked to name the best thing that could happen to restore civic education as a priority for U.S. schools.

In addition, many states are already requiring Civics education as part of the social studies curriculum, whether integrated in a general social studies course, or as a stand alone.

Fully aware of the current state of civics education as well as the ramifications of civic education done poorly, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has put considerable intellect and energy into raising awareness and changing our course.

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He also serves as Massachusetts Board Chair of Generation Citizen, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to training students in civic education.

April 1999), which shows that home schooling families are at least as involved in civic activities and the building of «social capital» as those who send their kids out for education, and she ends with this thought: «I don't think we need worry much about their socialization in the narrow sense, either.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

Codes 53A - 1a - 107 (2003) and 53A -13-109 (2004) allow local school boards and administrators to provide training as needed in the imparting of civic and character education.

Under this arrangement, both parents remain involved in the decision making responsibilities regarding the children, with each parent having «tie breaking» authority regarding certain issues, such as education, health and dental care, religion, civic and cultural activities, and athletic involvement.

Both the Major and Blair governments promoted «active citizenship» and rolled out polices such as Citizenship Ceremonies for the naturalised and citizenship education in schools — with the civic republican philosopher Bernard Crick a significant influence over many of these reforms.

His recent memoir described his «earliest civic education» as watching his father represent homeowners against «a government that at times showed itself to be wrongheaded and heavy - handed.»

King said serving as education commissioner gave him a close - up look at the political process, «which is different from maybe how I taught it in my high school civics class.»

Norman Seabrook, the president of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association and a nationally recognized labor official, civic leader and reformer, said to Feerick: «As a community district leader for many years, you have demonstrated a strong commitment to fighting for affordable housing, to creating a better education system, quality health care, and achieving economic stability.

These could be easily addressed with other measures, such as voter registration reform and civic education.

Despite a recent uproar over the validity of civic - minded groups such as co-op and condominium organizations being allowed to meet in public schools, the city Department of Education assured them that the doors would remain open.

Both eventually led, Reilly said, to the establishment of the center's Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities program, which provides teaching resources to encourage faculty to frame courses around civic challenges such as public health disparities, inequality and environmental issues.

Blevins and LeCompte found that teachers serve as important gatekeepers in determining how civics education is taught in their classrooms, including moving towards an environment that «embraces the skills of today's digital natives.»

Indeed, given the heterogeneity of American higher education, its civic purposes must be understood as requiring different responses from differently situated institutions.

Research has since confirmed the fundamental role of science education as a key determinant of civic science literacy (Miller, 1998).

Banfield sounded an alarm that should resonate for teachers, administrators, and curriculum committees today as they consider their civic education duties.

Moreover, even if the principles and methods of civic and intercultural education are used for international as well as local development, very seldom their impact is measured through the means of scientific research.

The growth of digital media is also shaping today's civics education, as more schools try to address emerging issues like fake news and the influence of social media on politics.

At the same time, a group of civic and education organizations formed the Character Education Partnership, which now functions as the movement's clearinghouse and professional organization (and promotes its own «Eleven Principles» of cheducation organizations formed the Character Education Partnership, which now functions as the movement's clearinghouse and professional organization (and promotes its own «Eleven Principles» of chEducation Partnership, which now functions as the movement's clearinghouse and professional organization (and promotes its own «Eleven Principles» of character).

I think that we need to build into our civic education ways to use the media effectively so that people do feel they are using it in ways that can achieve their goals, as well as recognizing the limitations of it.

They should first keep in mind, as Levinson has written in Making Civics Count: Citizen Education for a New Generation, that schools are duty and legally bound to embrace all students, regardless of their legal status.

(USA Today) Meira Levinson is quoted as expert on youth empowerment and civic education.

Levinson introduces the new (for me) and unwieldy term «Guided Experiental Civic Education» to describe the education for civic struggle she favors, and she goes far beyond education talk in showing how it has been worked into her own experience as a teacher, and how she hopes it will work in thEducation» to describe the education for civic struggle she favors, and she goes far beyond education talk in showing how it has been worked into her own experience as a teacher, and how she hopes it will work in theducation for civic struggle she favors, and she goes far beyond education talk in showing how it has been worked into her own experience as a teacher, and how she hopes it will work in theducation talk in showing how it has been worked into her own experience as a teacher, and how she hopes it will work in the future.

I think this commitment is represented well by HGSE faculty members, including some hired during my deanship, for example: Nancy Hill with her work on parenting and family socialization practices across ethnic, socio - economic, and neighborhood contexts; Meira Levinson with her work on civic and multicultural education; Natasha Warikoo with her work on race, immigration, inequality, and culture as they relate to education; and Hiro Yoshikawa with his work on the development of young children in immigrant families.

Given the Constitution's protection of the right to vote, the equal protection clause also would support a federal right to an education that prepares students to be competent voters and civic participants — enabling them, for instance, to comprehend complex ballot initiatives and serve competently on a jury, as education law scholar and litigator Michael Rebell has contended.

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.»

On the other hand, he defies proponents of charters, vouchers, and other forms of school choice as wishful thinkers disposed to let marketplace theories trump evidence of student achievement while also undervaluing education's civic and cultural roles.

Several studies, including a recent paper by the University of Virginia's Daphna Bassok and colleagues, as well as widespread reports from educators, show that schools have shortchanged history, science, physical education, art, music, and civics.

A normative political philosopher who researches civic education, multiculturalism, youth empowerment, and educational ethics, Levinson draws upon scholarship from multiple disciplines as well as her eight years of experience teaching in the Atlanta and Boston Public Schools.

Drawing on her experiences as a political theorist, an urban middle school teacher, and an education scholar, Levinson investigates the widening civic empowerment gap and offers ideas on how to close it.

Reimers, who will be presenting a study on the civic education gap of immigrants and Latinos in the United States, notes that the conference should be seen as the beginning of a process, not the conclusion.

This education was nevertheless in the liberal spirit, as Mirel notes in making an important distinction: the education of immigrant children was in «civic nationalism,» not «ethnic nationalism.»

Meanwhile, Bruno della Chiesa continues to work in the neuroscientific field as a guest editor for the Mind, Brain, and Education journal, and has embarked on new endeavors which deal, among other things, with future international perspectives in math and science education as related to civics (in his capacity as Head of International Studies, ZNL Ulm University, Education journal, and has embarked on new endeavors which deal, among other things, with future international perspectives in math and science education as related to civics (in his capacity as Head of International Studies, ZNL Ulm University, education as related to civics (in his capacity as Head of International Studies, ZNL Ulm University, Germany).

HDP courses cover subjects as varied as language and literacy development, educational neuroscience, prevention science and practice, early childhood education policy, assessment, gender and relationships, moral and civic development, and development across cultures.

The recent riots raised questions about the role that schools play in ensuring that students not only get a good academic education, but are also taught about civic responsibility and their role in society as a whole.

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The civics and history lessons required to understand the federal government's role in education are of course deeply intertwined and begin, as with so many things American, with the Constitution.

After decades of decline, civics education may be staging a comeback as teachers help their students make sense of a heated political climate.

Haidt's essay and Stenner's eye - opening work offer a compelling rationale for a civic education renaissance as a means to cultivate in our children a sense of attachment to the nation and its civic ideals.

Though Bersin's undergraduate degree at Harvard was in government, and he spent years as a corporate lawyer and federal prosecutor, he made a career shift to education in 1998 when a group of San Diego civic leaders asked him to consider becoming the school superintendent in that city.

In reviewing LTLT competencies reflected in national curricula, it is also important to note that while some countries have specific subjects dedicated to LTLT competencies such as peace and education, civics, human rights or moral education, others may rely upon «carrier» subjects such as social science and history for the less explicit transferal of LTLT illustrative competencies.

At the same time, the greater inclusion of specific subjects on values, civics and citizenship education, as well as moral, ethics and religious education is acknowledged.

As an American abroad and working in the field of political - education reform in Central and Eastern Europe, I have been following the conversations about U.S. civics education — or, more precisely, education for democracy — with great interest over the past year.