It's also enabled us to communicate much more extensively with people whom we want to influence or whom we want to bring
into civic action.
Not exact matches
In 2017 we got a crash course is
civics, elections, and Democratic party rules by running for District Leader and the Democratic County Committee, then immediately being thrust
into the inside
action to elect a new State Senator.
It is billed as «a candid conversation about what the shifting demographic landscape means for grassroots movements, political
action, and
civic engagement; how can we shape our democracy
into one that is truly representative of the people being governed?»
This leads her
into a full and sophisticated analysis of the effect of the movement for standards, assessment, and accountability on this kind of
civic action teaching, and it is clear there is a bad mismatch.
The ideas that activate it are effectively presented, the detail of real school life (like how to fit
action civics into a school structure of 45 - minute classes —
action civics demands much more) vividly brought to life.
Through
civic engagement and service - learning we can deepen students» sense of responsibility, building on their knowledge, and eventually developing
into habits of caring and
action.