Sentences with phrase «of civic awareness»

Even if recent events like the earthquake in Sichuan and the Beijing Olympic Games raised a sense of civic awareness and public participation among China's youth, NGOs do not hold nearly the same appeal to many of China's brightest that they do in the West.

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A civic engagement «app queen,» the founder of a dance troupe that raises awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and a teenage mental - health advocate who just met with the prime...

This series of public engagement, made possible with the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to create awareness of this phenomenon, and thereby contribute to civic and voter education on it.

While the core academic subjects are still very important, themes of global awareness, economic and civic literacy, and life skills need to be incorporated into curricula.

The growing lack of civic and moral education and awareness can be explained by several things, including schools» increasing wariness of controversy, apparent partisanship, and ideological (including religious) diversity.

Pollution, recycling, climate change, health, technology, and energy are just a few examples of scientific topics that can promote civic awareness while fostering a deeper understanding of science and its applications.

In 2000, we simply highlighted how the Internet could be used by teachers to access information and people to support the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan, Grossman, & Lei., 2000, p. 50).

This begins with demonstrating the power of technology to support specific social studies activities and projects that together center on the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan et al., 2000, p. 50).

It was the product of IEL's School Leadership for the 21st Century initiative, which raised public awareness about the critical problems facing education leadership by engaging partners from education, government, business, civic groups, and other organizations.

The Civics Education Initiative is a program of the Civics Proficiency Institute a 501 (c)(4) organization affiliated with the Joe Foss Institute, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to creating informed, engaged citizens through civics education and awarCivics Education Initiative is a program of the Civics Proficiency Institute a 501 (c)(4) organization affiliated with the Joe Foss Institute, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to creating informed, engaged citizens through civics education and awarCivics Proficiency Institute a 501 (c)(4) organization affiliated with the Joe Foss Institute, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to creating informed, engaged citizens through civics education and awarcivics education and awareness.

Fully aware of the current state of civics education as well as the ramifications of civic education done poorly, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has put considerable intellect and energy into raising awareness and changing our course.

Global education, given its relatively brief heritage as experiential curriculum that aims to develop student awareness of social problems, inquiry skills, and capacity and attitude for civic action (Gaudelli, 2003), would seem to be an ideal platform for the introduction of serious video games, since their educational aims are essentially the same.

Comments: Dwight offers an unusual amalgam of internationalism and civic awareness.

The collaborative effort of the Coalition fosters community awareness of civic education and the need for engaged citizenship.

Since retiring from the bench in 2006, Justice O'Connor has become a tireless advocate of civics education, working to increase awareness and understanding of how our government works.

Centers must focus on one of the following themes: science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM); civic engagement; career awareness and exploration; or visual and performing arts.

The Stockyard Institute was influenced by an awareness of neighborhood histories and an under recognized group of community artists, architects, radical teachers, and local activists where a deep consideration of the social and civic forms of engagement were as critical to their practice as to their lives.

This year's International deviates from previous ones by offering a refreshing dose of self - awareness and reflection on the museum as a locus for civic engagement.

Linda Mai Green, writing for A.i.A., described the show as «offering a refreshing dose of self - awareness and reflection on the museum as a locus for civic engagement.»

Filtering civic responsibility through the combined awareness of histories and disciplines, we hope these essays will ask how citizenship and resistance intersect within the pledge of democratic ideals.

International Museum Day was established by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in 1977 to increase awareness of the civic value of museums.

Our Impact Evaluation survey completed by participants each quarter tells us the NWEI process drives awareness, a sense of personal responsibility and new and strengthened actions from eating habits, to curbing consumption, energy use and civic action.

Too many of us have bought into the notion that teenagers are passive, addicted to their phones and lacking civic awareness.

Latest KIDS COUNT data gives state a mixed progress report Leaders from more than a dozen organizations have launched a statewide civic engagement campaign aimed at raising awareness about the growing unmet needs of children.

ELDERSHINE is a psycho - educational program designed to foster awareness of internal states; promote positive mental and physical health through mindfulness; and build individual and neighborhood capacity through civic engagement and the creation of a caring community.