Sentences with phrase «issues of civic engagement»

Curated by Nigerian - American Okwui Enwezor, the festival included an exhibition of 16 artists and an events program of 15 performances, readings and talks that dealt with issues of civic engagement and imagination.

Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders will present this project for the first time in the US, providing a forum to reflect on issues of civic engagement.

After receiving her master's in Teaching and Curriculum from the Ed School in 1999, she returned to California to teach high school and, hopefully, to tackle these issues of civic engagement in the classroom.

Not exact matches

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is kicking off the New Year by tackling an issue of tremendous importance in New York City — the need for greater civic engagement among New Yorkers.

Just four days before the election, in an article posted on the Slate magazine Web site, Spitzer professed the importance of civic engagement and spoke of the crucial issues at stake in the presidential contest.

Our mission, as members of the KDD, is to educate ourselves about how government works, what issues are going on in our own communities, mentor young people in civic engagement, and to get more women elected.

``... He has convened a charter commission, and I would urge all of the commissioners of that charter revision commission to look at this particular issue since they are looking at civic engagement and it's really critically important but most importantly it goes really to the heart of our democracy,» James told Observer.

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.

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.»

While engaging my students from all over Europe on issues of social justice and civic engagement, an idea occurred to me: What if students from the Global South could convene in a similar manner and work together to come up with innovative solutions to the seemingly intractable problems that plague their nations?

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.

In addition to assessing student achievement, the NAP - CC sample test cycle includes a survey, conducted for ACARA by staff from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), measuring students» perceptions of citizenship, attitudes towards civic - related issues, and their civic engagement.

This webinar will explore how some educators are using those levers to create interdisciplinary units that integrate a variety of texts and learning methods to help students delve into social issues, including identity, cultural history, diversity, and civic engagement.

James S. Rickards High School (Tallahasse, Fl) uses PeaceJam to instill civic engagement, peacemaking skills, and the understanding of social justice issues in its students.

Youth voice and civic engagement happen when students learn to identify a community to be served, assess community needs and opportunities with the assistance of community partners, and relate community needs to underlying societal issues.

Through Art in the Parks, the National Park Service and its partners are fostering wider civic engagement and dialogue around some of today's most important societal issues — from environmental preservation and conservation, to freedom of speech and expression.

As part of its mission to create a forum for civic engagement through the arts, 18th Street Arts Center proudly presents «The Future of Nations,» their 2008 season of exhibitions dedicated to examining the issues related to the 2008 presidential campaign.

Santa Monica, CA — As part of its mission to create a forum for civic engagement through the arts, 18th Street Arts Center proudly presents «The Future of Nations,» their 2008 season of exhibitions dedicated to examining the issues related to the 2008 presidential campaign.

The Tansaekhwa artists» meditative and monastic outlook on artistic creation reflects tenets of Taoism, Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism, as they contemplate issues surrounding civic disorder and political turbulence through a deliberate engagement with philosophical and spiritual ideologies.

And part of the issue, as pointed out in the documentary, is that we still don't have a truly functioning democracy in modern governments, even in the U.S., where we loudly trumpet the fact that we are a model for the world in terms of governance and civic engagement.

Given the often invoked rationale underlying the use of the living tree metaphor, it is ironic indeed that in constitutionalizing these political and social issues, the courts have «frozen» those issues in time, and thereby immunized those issues from future and evolving civic engagement, discussion and debate.

(5) With the «constitutionalizing» of more and more political and social issues into fundamental rights, the Canadian judiciary has all but removed those issues, in a fairly permanent way, from the realm of future civic engagement and future political debate.

Maria Teresa Kumar is CEO and President of Voto Latino, an organization that empowers Latinos through voter registration, civic engagement, issue advocacy and leadership development.