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Showing 1 to 20 of 186 for “"Citizenry"”.
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Deschooling to foster environmental citizenry
… environments that will foster environmental citizenry?” This reflects David Orr's claim: “More of the same kind of education that enabled us to industrialize the earth can only make things worse.” Using autoethnography to explore my decision to deschool my children, I'm placed in the position …
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Chandigarh's modern citizens, India's smart citizenry: (re)constituting subalternity
Während das “smart cities” Paradigma weltweit als Allheilmittel für das Management von städtischen Dienstleistungen angepriesen wird, hat „India’s 100 Smart Cities Transform-nation Mission“ entscheidend die Debatte über digitale Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit hinzu tieferen Fragen über …
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Strategic communication management for governance and sustainability : a participatory communication perspective for inclusive citizenry engagement
… perspective was used to obtain inclusive citizenry engagement, as a working concept in the current study. In achieving this resolve, the study deliberated on the identification of legitimate citizenry needs, interests and expectations, measured among others, to obtain inclusivity in …
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ICT aided citizenry participation: a pragmatic adoption of mobiles phones to support voter education in Africa
The United Nation's Millennium declaration touts democracy as the pre-requisite to economic development. However, very little work has been done in the use of technology to advance democracy in developing countries and especially in Africa. On the other hand, a lot of effort has been put into place …
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Engaging reality: examining how mixed reality mobile apps and games facilitate sense of place development for a more engaged citizenry
Growing concerns regarding declining community and civic engagement as a result of increased access to new technologies calls for research on purposeful design that could have a reverse impact. Location aware mixed reality mobile apps and games may be one such technology that, with purposeful …
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A Social History And Demographic Investigation Of The City Of Waterloo, Iowa, With Recommendations For Improving Interracial Relations Among The Citizenry
The problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the various possible contributing factors which led to the social and racial problems confronting the people of Waterloo, Iowa, and to provide recommendations which may help to solve these problems. Procedure. Historical and social …
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Perceptions of Value and Perceived Strengths of Arts Education During an Age of Accountability: Conditions and Qualities That Shape a Citizenry - Implications for Leadership
… time period, qualities we desire to shape our citizenry remain common. Among the most commonly stated are: diversity of talents, curiosity, imagination, creativity, entrepreneurship, and passion.</p>
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Cosmopolitanism as a measure of political tolerance : an inquiry into the acceptability of homosexuality
The term "cosmopolitanism," or feelings of global citizenry, is often used in contemporary culture but neglected in the social sciences. This study attempts to resurrect cosmopolitanism and evaluate its relationship with tolerance toward a current stigmatized group: homosexuals. This study creates …
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A City of Angels: Philanthropy and the Public Good in the Fragmented Metropolis
… led to the successful active engagement of the citizenry in philanthropy, reducing the fundamental inequities of participation in the exchange of capital, resulting in the increased potential of serving the public good. By expanding beyond the criticisms of the exploitative foundations of …
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What we know, what we do and what we could do: Creating an understanding of the delivery of health education in lower secondary government schools in Western Australia
… the capacity of the HPE LA to promote healthy citizenry in young Western Australians. A mixed methods methodology was selected. Quantitative data was collected from 75 teachers who participated in an online and paper survey, and qualitative data from nine teachers who participated in …
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Using Enviromnetal Science Education to Empower Urban Youth to Overcome Environmental Injustices and Become Engaged Eco-Citizens
… activities while fostering ecological citizenry. When educators adopt innovative pedagogical approaches, students are better positioned to participate and develop a sustained interest in science. Field-based education transforms science learning and improves youth’s sense of place, …
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A survey of the general public's knowledge and attitudes for political participation regarding selected technological issues
… the need to prepare a technologically literate citizenry for the protection and enhancement of our democratic way of life. This study examined the validity of this rationale by investigating the general public's knowledge and attitudes for political participation regarding nuclear power, …
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Strategic Mourning: America's Journey After the Death of George Washington
… government and its relationship with the citizenry. Additionally, they disagreed about how to solve problems facing the new country. The first American political parties had formed in response to these differences, with Federalists promoting a strong central government and Democratic …
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International trade and interstate conflict: The influence of domestic political institutions
… conflict. As a greater percentage of the citizenry are involved in the leadership selection process, economically important trade reduces the likelihood of militarized conflict. Similarly, as the size of the leader's supporting constituency increases, again involving a greater percentage …
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Performing National Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia
… the performances of national identity by its citizenry. Through an examination of work, education and play, this thesis broadly seeks to understand the spatiality of performance and explore the relationship between landscape and the performance of national identity. My research is focused …
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Digital Democracy: A Series of Reflections on Plato, Rousseau and Dewey and the Role that Technology Played in Constraining and Liberating their Imagination
… the cultivation of a reflective and productive citizenry through education. However, by looking at the ways in which the technologies of their time constrained or enabled the imaginations of our most influential philosophers of education (Plato, Rousseau and Dewey), we will better understand how …
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Management Style Dimensions of United States County Administrators.
… basic providers of public services to the citizenry of the United States.
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Civil society and civil discourse: Eloquence and hope in the communications of presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Barack Obama
… eloquent expressions meant to bring a diverse citizenry an ideal, if not reality, of unity. The American presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Barack Obama each combined elements of taste, common sense, sympathy, propriety—and hope to posit an epideictic ideal: eloquent …
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Water Literacy in Drought-Prone Regions: Case Studies from Aurora, Colorado, USA and Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
… water managers must invest in a water literate citizenry. Water literacy is the culmination of water-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The benefits of a water literate citizenry abound, including increased transparency and trustworthiness around water management decisions, an uptake …
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