Sentences with phrase «life in a democratic society»

(p. 222) It does not seem unfair to expect the authors to provide evidence, other than the fact of differentiation, to support these assertions, or to say what is being done in traditional public schools that better prepares students for life in a democratic society.

A sustainable, positive school climate fosters youth development and the learning necessary for a productive and satisfying life in a democratic society.

Sustainable, positive school climate (to foster youth development and learning necessary for a productive, contributing, and satisfying life in a democratic society), according to NCSS, includes the following:

We live in a democratic society and as such you can't play the judge and jury role.

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«Religion is an important part of our society, its voice should be heard, but I wouldn't want to live in even a democratic theocracy,» the former prime minister said at the office of his Tony Blair Faith Foundation, which works to promote multifaith understanding.

We live in a democratic capitalist society.

Partly under the impact of constant conditioning in consumerism, people in western democratic societies increasingly are putting together their own religious belief and life - style packages in order to meet individual needs.

We live in a society that thrives on democratic capitalism.

Well, they are ««democratic dispositions» necessary for productive and mutually respectful living in a diverse, robust, secular pluralist society.»

The resulting confusion is similar to the one that appears in political life when a particular democratic society is made the object of a devotion that genuine democracy extends only to humanity, created free and endowed with natural rights prior to any recognition of these facts.

In other ways also the churches in the New World seem to be «American» or «democratic» and to participate primarily in the common life of the «free society.&raquIn other ways also the churches in the New World seem to be «American» or «democratic» and to participate primarily in the common life of the «free society.&raquin the New World seem to be «American» or «democratic» and to participate primarily in the common life of the «free society.&raquin the common life of the «free society.»

2) In a democratic society, we live under several and sometimes conflicting sovereignties.

While Calvin seems to see more clearly than Luther the need for reforming the orders of the world guided by love and justice, both Reformers see the organization of society in terms which we know are far too simple in the light of the later history of democratic forms of political life.

We live in a democracy people, and disagreement or discussion is apart of any healthy democratic society.

By a plural society is meant one «comprising two or more elements or social orders which live side by side, yet without mingling, in one political unit» (Politics in Plural Societies: A Theory of Democratic Instability, by Alvin Rabushka and Kenneth A. Shepsle [Merrill, 1972].

Beyond the concern to realize equal voting rights in democratic societies, for example, the need to create equal participation in cultural life, should receive similar emphasis.

The only path available today is, either the domination of the majority religion or secular ideology as the established framework of the State suppressing the rights of others using State coercion or open democratic secularism in which a consensus is sought regarding the values and directions of the common life of society and the State policy related to that common life, through peaceful but active dialogue among religions and ideologies.

As a US citizen, I feel incredibly lucky to live in a society whose history is rooted in democratic ideals — a society that continues to benefit from the types of «elections with integrity» that the 2012 Report of the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy, and Security promotes.

This is a democratic society we live in,» he said.

As to the «protection of the rights and freedoms of others», the Government referred to the need to ensure «respect for the minimum set of values of an open democratic society», listing three values in that connection: respect for gender equality, respect for human dignity and respect for the minimum requirements of life in society (or of «living together»).

We probably would not say these are the most democratic or open societies in Africa, and yet they are growing and moving faster than several other countries that have strong democratic governance and creating a better life for their people.

Almost 100 years later we still live in a world increasingly affected by war, unemployment and poverty, a reality that nonetheless remains discreetly hidden under the carpet by the illusion of a global democratic society, where most people have access to the internet, and where an overestimated middle class is entertained by lavish sports competitions.

The challenge for our diverse, pluralistic and democratic society — a challenge that, as ever, falls most heavily on schools, the civic institutions with the broadest reach in American life — is to blunt the sense that we are, in fact, coming apart.

Outcomes include educational achievement (with a special emphasis on mathematics and science outcomes), educational attainment, interracial friendships, intergroup relations, and adult life - course trajectories such as occupational attainment, the intergenerational perpetuation of racial stereotypes and fears, and social cohesion in democratic, ethnically and racially plural societies.

The debates about the role of schooling in a democratic society, the lives of children and families, and the relationship between schools and society were relegated to the margins as no longer relevant to the business plan to reinvent American education.

In a diverse, democratic society, it is important that families and children learn to live together, which depends upon common experiences.

Founded in 1901 on the tenets of progressive education, the school currently enrolls 940 students and employs 200 dedicated faculty and staff members who, in addition to assistant teachers, substitute teachers and coaches, work together to ensure that the School lives up to its Mission to «educate students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a democratic society and global community.»

Based on these four understandings from research and theory, we wanted Book Club Plus to promote all students» learning, and to incorporate the skills and strategies associated with reading acquisition and the critical thinking required for living in and contributing to a democratic society.

Our second - level schools aim to provide an education that will enable all students to contribute meaningfully to their communities, embrace the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in a democratic society and develop the knowledge and skills necessary to live their lives and to build their careers in the 21st century.»

The connections between graduation and life after high school, e.g. college, work, and income levels, should be made clear, as well as the relationship between public schools, basic education and the democratic society we live in.

The public needs to decide what kind of risk it wishes to take regarding climate change, based on what sort of society we wish to live in, using democratic decision - making.

Our citizens came from every corner of the world and live in a pluralist, modernist, capitalist and democratic society.

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

I would venture a no based on the above, but still see a lot of ascertain that access to legal services such as the Courts are essential, to our way of life in a free and democratic society.

Each person in a society may have a different view of the right way to live, but the fact that laws are enacted through a reasonably democratic process, and applied through a reasonably fair system of adjudication, gives that person a reason to subject his own conception of the good to that which the law contains.

Also, Auld LJ pointed out that the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights «indicated a plain acceptance in principle that interference with family life in this context», to preserve the interests of safety and welfare of children when parents were suspected of abusing them, «may be regarded, as being in pursuance of a legitimate aim, proportionate and necessary in a democratic society», as per Art 8 (2) of the Convention.

For present purposes, Art 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) provides that people should not be deprived of their possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions provided for by law and by Art 8 of the Convention that there should be no interference with the right to enjoy a private family life and home except as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of the economic wellbeing of the country.

Our lawsuit claims that the new law violates sections 6 (mobility rights), 7 (protection of life, liberty and security of the person), 11 (h) and (i)(procedural protections for individuals who have been charged with an offence), 12 (protection from cruel and unusual treatment or punishment) and 15 (equality rights) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and are not justifiable in a free and democratic society.

Have regard for the principles and requirements of a democratic society and promote respect for the diversity of values, beliefs, traditions, languages and ways of life in our society

Teach teens the complementary life skills for surviving and thriving in a modern democratic society