Sentences with phrase «informed citizens who»

[18] Goal 2 of the Declaration commits to ensuring all young Australians become active and informed citizens who act with moral and ethical integrity, appreciate diversity, are committed to national values of democracy, equity and justice, participate in Australia's civic life and are responsible global and local citizens.

An understanding of, and commitment to, these values and the development of the skills to uphold and promote them throughout society provides an opportunity for students in Australia to be active and informed citizens who act with moral and ethical integrity.

We envision an educational system that equips all students with the intellectual, emotional, and social habits and skills to become powerful and informed citizens who contribute actively toward a democratic and equitable society.

As a science teacher, I have to consider how to prepare students to be informed citizens who are critical and independent thinkers.

«By teaching D&T, we are ensuring that all children are not just passive bystanders in our increasingly technology - driven world, but are informed citizens who understand how design impacts on their quality of life and how technology can be used for the benefit of mankind.»

This must be guarded against both by informed citizens who detect the signs and refuse to be duped and by government agencies such as the F.B.I. that are skilled in detecting illicit practices.

Not exact matches

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

As this trend becomes more pronounced, the information which is necessary for citizens to make the kind of informed decisions which could reverse this trend is itself becoming increasingly scarce, so that eventually the mass media will be able to provide only circuses for the masses who embrace it gladly, and no longer can tell what they are missing.

Thus they may call to check on elderly people living alone, become part of a crisis team to refer people to professionals who can help them, or take part in a network that informs citizens of pending legislation.

I began as a woman who advocates to inform citizens through grassroots events.

But the citizen vigilante who has been a critic of the former President said he has no doubt that Mahama's cynical advice to Mr. Odinga was informed by past decisions of the Kenyan Supreme Court.

Civic engagment is about being informed and active citizen who works to shalpe a neighborhood, borough, and city your're proud of» (www.bronxboropres.gov, 2018).

I believe this expense is a barrier for citizens in our community who want to be informed partners and contribute to the process of making our finances work for us.

«Whether you are a volunteer firefighter who wants to see what happens when the calls originate, or just an interested citizen who wants to know more about this vital part of the services County Government provides, we encourage you to attend this open house and come away informed.»

Service for foreign citizens in Hungary who speak English and wish to stay informed about expatriate life in Hungary.

Director Matthew Heineman followed up his Oscar - nominated Cartel Land with City of Ghosts, his paean to citizen journalists in Raqqa, Syria who struggled to inform the world about ISIS atrocities in their city.

The Chinese immigrant girl who photographed her mother at a sewing machine, then translated her stories from the factory floor, will become a stronger and more informed citizen because of that — and perhaps an artist or writer, too.

First, the relationship between actual and perceived quality is modest for citizens as a whole, although it is quite strong for parents, who have the most opportunities to observe schools and arguably have the strongest incentives to be informed.

Merging educational programs like Facing History's with transitional justice efforts can be a powerful approach with the potential to support youth to become active global citizens who make positive, informed decisions.

And more importantly, a farce of a forum undermines the rights of the students, teachers, school administrators, parents and citizens who make up Connecticut's public education community and need elected officials who are better informed about the Common Core and Common Core testing.

Bea Eusebio, who graduated from high school just a week prior, brought a student activist perspective to the panel representing the Mikva Challenge, a Chicago - based group that develops youth to «be informed, empowered, and active citizens and community leaders.»

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.

Our tools have become a valuable resource for educators and community leaders who are committed to empowering students to become informed, engaged, and active citizens in our democracy.

In her text for the exhibition's catalogue, Brito informs us that the concept of cosmopolitanism was in fact introduced by Socrates, who saw himself as «a citizen of the world», and then further refined by the Stoics who saw it as «an aesthetic engagement with cultural differences.»

An Indian citizen who has never lived in India, Vali's position — based between the UAE and the US — informs his work and may catalyze his role as the guest curator for the next Abraaj Capital Art Prize in 2013.

And informed citizens know all about the «birthers», who obsessively think that Obama is actually from Kenya.

(if Reneweconomy is getting 3 million hits there must be a groundswell of well - informed citizens out there who will not countenance coal developments?)

«The legislative purpose, at the time of the Act's enactment, was to allow «ordinary citizens» to «clearly see» who is behind the messages they receive during a campaign period, thus promoting informed voting,» said the ruling.

The EU is arguably a costly institution for the 350 million Europeans who support it, but it also takes seriously its mandate to keep its citizens informed, to make all the rules, regulations, laws, directives and cases freely available to all — and no longer in a rudimentary, even clunky system, but by using technology, web design, and ontologies of the highest order, to provide the depth of quality one has come to expect of the subscription database providers.

But the reports also suggest access to legal information to better inform citizens — who should be the primary focus of all access to justice initiatives — of their rights and obligations can be relatively easily achieved through more online legal information.

The citizens of Detroit who have been struggling to call attention to this issue for years are not freeloaders, but whistleblowers, working valiantly to inform the public of a hidden danger to us all.

But I'll be back, and I suggest you, too, persevere, because, if, as ReadWriteWeb opines, even the U.S. government open access data initiative data.gov has whole lot to learn from the Brits, our government desperately needs to see how those who «get it» are engaging their citizens; and our informed readers need to do what they can to cause it to get it, too.

So considering its risk and technology expertise, it is right for professional investors to do an ICO, not regular citizens who are not informed of its technology and complicity.»

No, it is to get informed citizens involved whereas the 2020 Summit was largely the «in - crowd» who already have a say having a yet more formal structured say.

Informed by grassroots activists and advocates, citizens and Elders in the community who know what recognition means to them — and what it must mean to Australia.