Sentences with phrase «of civic knowledge»

According to the report, students» endorsement of equal opportunities is associated with higher levels of civic knowledge.»

To test different ways of learning (games, VR, AR, role - playing) and different domains of civic knowledge.

However, this is without adjusting the data for background characteristics that may affect students» level of civic knowledge, such as their parents» educational level.

Considering the current state of our democracy (with partisan politics resulting in policy gridlock), it is concerning that the civic mission of public schools is so neglected, particularly given the lack of civic knowledge of our youth (evidenced by their poor performance on the 2010 NAEP in Civics)-- and low civic engagement (for example, just 41.2 percent of youth — voters age 18 - 24 — turned out for the 2012 presidential election).

«Students» scores on a test of civic knowledge significantly improved after playing iCivics for the sample as a whole,» LeCompte said.

When, as ample evidence demonstrates, «most of our high - school and college students... consistently score poorly in virtually every measure of civic knowledge,» this can not occur — our citizens have to know what the truths are before they can consider whether they should hold to them.

This lack of civics knowledge could have dire consequences.

In that first quote, Niose scored major hits with his points about the lack of civics knowledge among US citizens and the anti-science position of «creation science» believers.

Not exact matches

Studies show that we do only slightly better — still earning a failing grade — on «civic knowledge,» dealing with the principles of American government and the basics of American history, for example.

He added, «it aims at cultivating in the youth of Ghana improved civic participation, knowledge and attitudes, and the practice of critical and objective analysis of public issues as well as the effective use of freedom of expression and association to build more peaceful, tolerant and open societies in Ghana especially towards the 2016 elections.»

Hoovey, you see, is no mere civic functionary with a microphone — he's a scientist, a genuine seeker of knowledge.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an advocate for civic education, offers this observation in Guardian of Democracy: «Knowledge about our government is not handed down through the gene pool.

More recently, Judith Torney - Purta's analysis of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's civics assessment (given to 90,000 14 - year - olds in 28 countries) found that civics instruction correlates, controlling for demographic factors, with improved civics knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Usable Knowledge sat down with Haste to talk about new forms of civic participation, a new lens on democracy, and a new brand of civic education.

When we speak of the civic functions of education then, we envision a culture of reason, analysis, and reflection, based on certain shared knowledge.

The job of elementary schools, then, should be to systematically build students» content knowledge in important areas like history, geography, civics, science, art, music, and literature.

According to a 2013 analysis by Kei Kawashima - Ginsberg of Tufts University, teaching the controversies does indeed appear to increase students» civic knowledge; perhaps such discussions allow teachers to raise the energy level in the classroom and thus better capture the attention of students.

Elementary and older students» knowledge of American history has improved in recent years, but while younger students also have made gains in civics, performance in that subject in the upper grades remains flat, test results released today show.

Conservatives have always resisted such gross rationalization of society, however, and insisted that local knowledge channeled by evolved social institutions — from families and civic and fraternal groups to traditional religious establishments, charitable enterprises, private companies, and complex markets — will make for better material outcomes and a better common life.

I also have really high hopes for Citizenship First, the new civics - education initiative being launched by Seth Andrew of Democracy Prep and Robert Pondiscio, formerly of the Core Knowledge Foundation.

We need to recommit to the civic mission of our schools and universities, so they help students gain the knowledge and the dispositions that make democracy work — in the acts of ordinary citizens, in how we relate to one another, in how we collaborate, and in how we take responsibility to improve the communities of which we are a part.

The Council generates, analyzes, and integrates scientific knowledge to educate policymakers, civic leaders, and the general public about the rapidly growing science of early childhood development and its underlying neurobiology.

There are also more specific standards that point to student knowledge of our nation's founding, important in improving the civic learning of students.

Throughout the analysis, except where noted, I adjusted the data to account for a variety of factors that might influence students» civic education and knowledge other than the kind of school they attend.

An earlier study that examined the long - term impact of study abroad by surveying 6,391 participants showed an impact on five dimensions of global engagement which included: civic engagement, knowledge production, philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and voluntary simplicity (Paige, Fry, Stallman, Josi & Jon, 2009).

The culminating project proposal fit nicely with four educational goals outlined by the Washington Legislature in the 1990s: mastery of reading, writing, and communication; knowing and applying the core concepts of math, the social, physical, and life sciences, civics and history, geography, the arts, and health and fitness; thinking analytically and creatively and integrating experience and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and to solve problems; and understanding the importance of work.

Here Paige's political skills and knowledge of the community were crucial; he avoided any conflicts on which civic elites would side with the union.

I'd feared that this collection of educators would be dismissive of concerns as to whether they were doing all they could to develop moral character, civic knowledge, and engaged citizens.

In an essay that is sure to provoke both those who want schools to advance patriotic values and those who preach social change, Murphy argues that public schools should focus on teaching students the knowledge and skills necessary to be intellectually engaged citizens, while remaining neutral on questions of civic values.

Such challenges will require students to engage in the civic and developmental lives of their communities, faculty to continue to expand the domains of intellectual knowledge, and administrative vision and planning in partnership with faculty to lead the university into tomorrow.

How regrettable that none of them realizes that history, literature, science, and civics offer not only knowledge for school but resources to manage the vagaries of adolescence.

And the political discourse and civic experiences of the next generation might reflect a depth that skills alone can not impart, but which knowledge shared and held in common, can begin to foster.

Without imparting on our students a sense of their civic duties, and the knowledge required to carry them out, I worry that all our education reform efforts will be for naught.

When it comes to civics and citizenship education, they found the three aims principals considered to be most important were: promoting students» critical and independent thinking (64 per cent); promoting students» knowledge of citizens» rights and responsibilities (61 per cent); and, developing students» skills and competencies in conflict resolution (44 per cent).

The study investigates students» knowledge and understanding of civics and citizenship, but also their attitudes, perceptions and activities related to the learning area.

Situating science in society to help students learn to use their knowledge of scientific concepts and processes to make decisions, participate in civic and cultural affairs, and contribute to economic productivity

«[The ICCS] report, Becoming Citizens in a Changing World, reveals that students» civic knowledge has increased in about half of the 24 countries that participated in ICCS in both 2009 and 2016,» rd reports.

What are the causes of this decline in civic knowledge?

ICCS 2016 found a strong association between students» increased experiences of physical or verbal abuse and low civic knowledge.»

The Manhattan Institute and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History convened a panel earlier this month to address declines in American students» knowledge of history and civics and to consider these questions:

Civics and Citizenship Education (CCE) promotes student participation in Australia's democracy by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, values and dispositions of active and informed citizenship.

In essence, social studies promotes knowledge of and involvement in civic affairs.

Our citizen - scholars first learn important civic - knowledge to gain an understanding of our system of government.

American eighth graders continue to demonstrate lackluster knowledge and skills when asked basic questions about U.S. history, geography, and civics, with between 18 and 27 percent of students scoring proficient or higher, new data show.

Social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary for fulfilling the duties of citizenship in a participatory democracy.

The Core Knowledge Foundation has partnered with the Civics Renewal Network (CRN), an alliance of more than thirty nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations working to provide free online resources to educators for classroom instruction in cCivics Renewal Network (CRN), an alliance of more than thirty nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations working to provide free online resources to educators for classroom instruction in civicscivics.

Increasingly, courts are defining the constitutional standard for education in terms of the skills and knowledge students need for effective civic engagement.

We might think of schooling as teaching the prior generation's knowledge so that youth are prepared to communicate on an equal footing with those they are about to join in the economic and civic spheres.

The common core of knowledge, so essential to life - long learning and civic engagement, would seem to be threatened rather than enhanced by this degree of specialization so early in a student's intellectual and social development.

Once we see that the conscientious pursuit of knowledge is the inherent moral purpose of schooling, we will not be surprised by the absence of any agreement about which civic virtues ought to be taught in schools.