Sentences with phrase «facilitating civic engagement»

Strong evidence has accumulated that nonpublic, particularly Catholic, schools are a private means to the very public end of facilitating civic engagement.

In short, it seems that strong evidence has accumulated that private - particularly Catholic - schools are a private means to the very public end of facilitating civic engagement.

Research is beginning to explore how activist groups in the U.S. [1] and Canada [2] are using social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action.»

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Toby writes, speaks, and facilitates the formation of faith leaders around civic engagement over ever - present matters of injustice and inequality in our society.

This Kidbridge project was facilitated by REF, with support from a $ 20,000 civic engagement grant given by the Rochester Area Community Foundation.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Using the Framework as a guide, teachers of social studies can begin the conversation with colleagues and administrators about how to ensure that the content facilitated by the teacher is rigorous and fosters civic engagement.

The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforeseeable Technological Mistake Does the Internet undermine social capital or facilitate inter-personal and civic engagement in