Sentences with phrase «teach about democracy»

Schools might teach about democracy, but what messages are students actually receiving?

«Citizenship is a statutory National Curriculum subject that provides essential teaching about democracy, politics, equalities and anti-extremist education as well as developing politically engaged and active citizens.

A Common Cause, a Common Problem Social studies teachers believe that teaching about democracy, politics, and citizenship is important.

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She writes about European Democracy and global Europe, has taught at renowned universities in Europe and the US and has 20 years experience.Her new book «Warum Europa eine Republik werden muss!

The campaign has already taught us important lessons about direct democracy, European integration and political communication.

For instance, Strom points out that teaching about the Holocaust shouldn't solely focus on its end, but also lead to lessons about what was happening in the 1920s and how and why democracy in Germany broke down.

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iCivics is part of the Teaching for Democracy Alliance works to support teachers as they strenghten student learning about elections and voting.

We should be teaching our children about what it means to live in a democracy and the rights it affords to all people regardless of their diverse backgrounds and views.

For example, the chronological teaching of British history can help «foster integration» and history lessons can teach pupils about the evolution of parliamentary democracy and religious tolerance, Agnew says.

School reform is just as much about the three Cs: curriculum (what knowledge and skills students actually learn); counseling (how we prepare young people, professionally and socially, for adult life); and civics (whether we teach students how to participate in American democracy).

We talk about how student voice is the beginning of the process of democratizing schools — and teaching students about democracy.

Something about teaching is so personal and raw that teachers spend a lot of energy avoiding serious help from those who could best give it... Maybe I have to do some rethinking about how to bring the ideals of trust and democracy together to resolve a contradiction that I had underestimated.

In summer 2011, «ALEC Exposed,» a project of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) **, taught those alarmed about the power that corporations wield in the American political sphere an important lesson: when bills with a similar DNA pop up in various statehouses nationwide, it's no coincidence.

The C3 and C4 Social Studies standards are particularly relevant to the Young Voices for the Planet films, helping teachers to teach about how CIVIC ENGAGEMENT is the underpinning of a DEMOCRACY, teaching students about how governance works and how they can play a part even if they are too young to vote.

If the recent brouhaha about data mining, the manipulation of private information on Facebook, Russian Internet bots, Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the success of Cambridge Analytica teaches us anything, it is that this interpretation of democracy is dangerously limited.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

EDDA (Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age): A teacher talks about how EDDA informs her teaching and the emphasis she places on social justice and provides an example around not bullying.