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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Active citizenship"”.
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Active citizenship in the administrative state
… develop an answer to the practical question of active citizenship in the administrative state. In political philosophy, the literature of direct democracy suggests that active citizens are people capable of learning to make decisive judgments in the public interest. But critics have held that …
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Exploring active citizenship through spoken word poetry
… with developing the South African youth's active participation in formal politics. Spoken word poetry as an applied drama and theatre medium is of particular interest to this study and it argues that the art form can be used as a means of youth development in the area of formal politics. To …
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Improving active citizenship amongst the youth in Gweru using action research
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Public Administration specialising in Peace Studies in the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2023.
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The grade 11 life orientation curriculum: towards preparation for active citizenship in a democratic South Africa
… the Grade 11 LO curriculum prepares learners for active citizenship in a democratic South Africa. The main research question that the study addresses is: To what extent does the Grade 11 LO curriculum prepare learners for active citizenship in a democratic South Africa? The main objective of the …
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Investigating ‘active citizenship’: a journey toward the political heart of education in the company of Hannah Arendt.
The formation of ‘active citizens’ has become a desirable educational outcome in mainstream secondary and adult education in the UK. However, there is a wide range of interpretations regarding what being ‘active’ as a citizen actually involves and a lack of consensus on the role of education in …
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Planning strategies in an age of active citizenship: a post-structuralist agenda for self-organization in spatial planning
… initiatives, meeting the complexity of an age of active citizenship, have so far been seriously underdeveloped. Based on empirical studies of 14 civic initiatives in Denmark, the Netherlands and England, and a theoretical hybrid of complexity theory (self-organization), actor-network theory …
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Citizenship education in the global era : a comparative case study of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
This thesis explores how citizenship education is preparing children for life in the global, multicultural era. Globalisation is impacting upon the understanding and practice of citizenship, and multiculturalism that the education systems are increasingly accommodating. This thesis uses a variety …
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Participação política e construção da cidadania ativa: estudo exploratório do orçamento participativo em João Pessoa-PB
… spaces , thus contributing to the exercise of active citizenship, that is , that in which the citizen , as well as being included in the decision making process on issues that relate to their needs , also uses participation as an instrument of creation and transformation of reality in which he …
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Citizenship education: the search for meaningful delivery within an English high school
… one English high school in the birthing pangs of citizenship education, a mandatory entitlement introduced into English schools in September 2002. The project traces a series of developments over a period of four years and documents my search, as a practitioner-researcher, for a meaningful way to …
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Where are the active citizens of tomorrow? We need them now...
… as community engagement, capacity building, active citizenship or public/citizen participation. This thesis has identified a methodology for finding people who are motivated to act in the public interest in one local government in Western Australia. It has also identified how they can best be …
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Exploring the potential of a school council to facilitate pupil voice and school improvement in an English primary school
… voice, participation, power relations and active. citizenship. Two formal mechanisms of facilitating children's voice are explored using an action research approach. Firstly, a pilot study explores the possibilities offered by a 'children-asresearchers' initiative (Kellett, 2005a). Findings …
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Culturally relevant Education and Skill-Based Education for Sustainability: Moving Towards an Integrated Theoretical and Methodological Framework
… students from all cultural backgrounds for an active role in creating a sustainable global future. These skills include systems thinking skills, collaborative skills, creative and critical thinking skills, self-directed inquiry skills, and skills for active citizenship. Through review of …
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The Workers' Educational Association and the Pursuit of Oxford Idealism, 1909-1949
… to Idealist philosophy, enlightened and active citizenship was the cornerstone of a participatory democracy. This thesis thus explores how Oxford Idealists used the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) to pursue the aim of cultivating good citizenship and forming a common purpose for …
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STANDARDS-BASED GRADING MODEL: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FEEDBACK IN DEVELOPING 21ST-CENTURY LEARNER ATTRIBUTES
… to prepare students for “lifelong learning and active citizenship” (Wagner, 2014, p. 14). There is an increasing need to provide objective, consistent, and meaningful feedback and a grading policy that focuses on student learning. This dissertation examines which feedback strategies in a …
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DIDATTICA DELLA FISICA NUCLEARE NELLA SCUOLA SECONDARIA DI SECONDO GRADO: PROGETTAZIONE, ESPERIENZE SUL CAMPO, CONTENUTI TRANSDISCIPLINARI E RECEPIMENTO NORMATIVO.
… a view to promoting a culture of disarmament and active citizenship. Based on the results obtained in all these nuclear physics teaching activities in high schools, collaborations were established with organisations and institutions, in particular with the ministry of the environment's National …
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'They can because they think they can?' : the education of pupils at two secondary schools for the blind, 1920-58
… opportunities which could lead students towards active Citizenship and fulfilling employment. The study triangulates sources written from above by Government, charities and the governing bodies with school records as well as interviews and written accounts to give a voice to the former students. …
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Participation by place-based community organisations in local development: case studies from East Cork
… community-based organisations. Concepts such as active citizenship, social capital, partnership and sustainability have underpinned this political philosophy, which reflects a movement in development theory and political science away from notions of state-led development and unfettered …
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The Revaluation of the National Language in a Post-National Era: Language Policy and the Governance of Migration and Citizenship
… immigration, integration, naturalization, and citizenship policy in Canada and the United Kingdom. Employing an interdiscursive language policy analysis (da Silva & Heller, 2009), the dissertation combines textual analysis of policy documents, informed by the principles of Critical Discourse …
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Challenging prejudice through participation: a case study of an anti-xenophobic community based organisation in Khayelitsha site c in the Western Cape, South Africa
… will also show how SACAX also encourage a more active citizenship and also built network between civil society including national and international NGOs and local state. These efforts created a new set of relations and saw the construction of new sets of relations in terms of capacity building …
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