Sentences with phrase «participation in a democratic society»

«Education and the Civic Purposes of Schools» will bring together an international array of academics and policymakers to evaluate theoretical approaches and to compare specific experiences in strengthening the values and skills that enable participation in democratic societies.

Such choices enhance children's access to better schools, thereby increasing the likelihood that they will be able to gain the skills necessary for full participation in a democratic society.

NALC provides the necessary vision, communication, and coordination to advance literacy for all adolescents, empowering them to full participation in a democratic society.

New systems for understanding the benefits and barriers of assistive technology integration and for developing communities of practice, experiencing integration, fostering effective implementation, and managing technology environments are critical to providing all students with the knowledge and skills necessary for active participation in a democratic society.

Without exposure to diverse points of view and training in the dispositions required for successful civic participation in a democratic society, students will be unable to effectively use the content knowledge they learn to its fullest potential.

Since a major emphasis of the social studies is to help students develop the skills, values, and knowledge needed for active participation in a democratic society, the PK - 6 social studies classroom is a natural setting within which students with mild disabilities can learn and rehearse necessary social skills.

Influenced by the utopian ideals of the progressive education movement, it placed the arts at the center of liberal arts education and believed that in doing so it could better educate citizens for participation in a democratic society.

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They are communitarians, that is, «if philosophical liberals are those who believe that all our problems can be solved by autonomous individuals, a market economy, and a procedural state, whereas communitarians believe that more substantive ethical identities and a more active participation in a democratic polity are necessary for the functioning of any decent society.»

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.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

A lengthy quotation from Ms Furedi begins: «For those of us who emerged from a progressive humanist tradition, «rights» designates the requirements for participation in bourgeois, democratic society.»

The Democratic Party, at all levels, is inclusive, striving for the greatest possible public participation in our society.

However, to be democratic, it would be necessary, however, that the governance of these systems count on the active participation of the population and civil society organizations in formulating goals (performance standard) to be pursued, as well as in policy or decision rules seeking to correct deviations between what was planned and carried out.

Foster the development of the skills, knowledge, and participation as good citizens in a democratic society.

After all, this is one of the responsibilities of social studies educators, and preservice educators should «foster the development of the skills, knowledge, and participation as good citizens in a democratic society» (Mason et al., 2000, p. 2).

Democratic participation and financial capability feature heavily within the mandatory requirements at both Key Stage 3 and 4, with the Government taking a pragmatic approach towards equipping young people with the tools they require to become active participants in society.

We play different roles in society, but our work impacts one another in that we both encourage education and the active participation — especially of young people — in democratic decision - making and governance.

Our lawyers maintain regular contact with state attorneys general and their key staff through participation in organizations such as the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA), the Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG) and the Society of Attorneys General Emeritus (SAGE).