Author : Helen Mason
Publisher : Citizenship in Action
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778726074
Good citizens take an active role in making their communities better places to live. This motivating book provides several practical examples of ways young readers can demonstrate that they care about their communities. From helping to care for community gardens to participating in community clean-up events, readers will learn the value of becoming active citizens in their communities. Teacher's guide available.
Author : Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108187978
Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and social security. This book investigates the everyday practices through which citizens of the world's largest democracy make claims on the state, asking whether, how, and why they engage public officials in the pursuit of social welfare. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in rural India, Kruks-Wisner demonstrates that claim-making is possible in settings (poor and remote) and among people (the lower classes and castes) where much democratic theory would be unlikely to predict it. Examining the conditions that foster and inhibit citizen action, she finds that greater social and spatial exposure - made possible when individuals traverse boundaries of caste, neighborhood, or village - builds citizens' political knowledge, expectations, and linkages to the state, and is associated with higher levels and broader repertoires of claim-making.
Author : Carol Packham
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1844455750
This book explores the role of the worker in facilitating participation, learning and active engagement within communities. Focusing on recent initiatives to strengthen citizen and community engagement, it provides guidance, frameworks and activities to help in work with community members, either as different types of volunteers or as part of self-help groups. Setting community work as an educational process, the book also highlights dilemmas arising from possible interventions and gives strategies for reflective, effective practice.
Author : Bernard Crick
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 2010-09-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0748686525
Considers the possibilities for active citizenship within areas of broad concern in UK politics: young people and justice; parliaments with the people; women and equality; integrating immigrants; multiculturalism; schools; community; social inclusion and
Author : Cathleen Small
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1534563954
It's never too early to become an informed, active citizen. Citizens of the United States have certain rights and duties. Readers learn about these freedoms and responsibilities as they are presented with useful facts about U.S. citizenship. This accessible main text delves into what it means to be an active citizen, the importance of learning about the government and political leaders, why voting is crucial, how to get involved in causes that are important, and volunteering. Eye-catching full-color photographs, insightful sidebars, and information graphic organizers provide further understanding of this vital social studies and civics curriculum topic.
Author : Karl Henrik Sivesind
Publisher : Springer
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 31,62 MB
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 331955381X
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book analyses the considerable variation in the shares of private provision for core services in education, health and social services, in the Scandinavian countries. The chapters compare countries, service areas, and the for-profit, non-profit and public sectors. Each focuses on different levels of change: the mix of welfare providers, national laws and regulations, governance in municipalities, nursing homes and schools, and finally, the consequences experienced by the users of the services. The authors ask which combinations of governance structures, service sector providers, and user choice give the best results for active citizenship. Promoting Active Citizenship will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including Public Administration and Management, Non-Profit Management, Social Policy, Innovation in Public Service, Social Care and Education and School Research.
Author : Sarah Lynn
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,40 MB
Release : 2011-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780131381667
Don't wait to become a citizen! Future U.S. Citizens combines interactive lessons and practice to help you pass the exam. The program includes: Videos that shape the interview and the 100 questions Digital cards to prepare the government and history test Reading and writing exercises in English With a single payment of $35.99 (plus appropriate sale tax) you get the study book and practice interactive CD-ROM.
Author : Carol Packham
Publisher : Learning Matters
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 30,38 MB
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857253670
This book explores the role of the worker in facilitating participation, learning and active engagement within communities. Focusing on recent initiatives to strengthen citizen and community engagement, it provides guidance, frameworks and activities to help in work with community members, either as different types of volunteers or as part of self-help groups. Setting community work as an educational process, the book also highlights dilemmas arising from possible interventions and gives strategies for reflective, effective practice.
Author : Saúde, Sandra
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 179984403X
The profound changes that we are experiencing at the political, environmental, economic, social, and cultural levels of our “postmodern” society pose immense challenges to education. In order to empower students to analyze, reflect, and take action for a sustainable world, the learning and educational process must be experienced in the context of citizenship; that is, it must be designed, planned, and implemented having global sustainability as a framework, thus developing societal awareness, values, and principles. Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote Sustainable Development and Active Citizenship is an essential research book that provides comprehensive research on education as a fundamental factor in empowering citizens to understand and act on the multiple risks and challenges to the sustainability of our society and world. Highlighting a range of critical learning strategies such as global and critical education, development education, and transformational education, among others, this book is ideal for academicians, education professionals, researchers, policymakers, and students.
Author : John Potter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135726698
Community Service Volunteers is known nationally for its citizenship and community learning schemes, and provides a support and consultancy service for schools, education authorities and government. This book is based on that experience and carries.
