Does good citizenship necessitate following the laws despite some kind of injustice within them? Are good citizens obliged to blindly follow the government policies? It follows then‚ what is good citizenship? Henry David Thoreau provides an adequate definition of good citizenship within his essay‚ Civil Disobedience; Thoreau discusses certain characteristics of a good citizen. Examples of Thoreau’s definition exist in both the ancient and contemporary culture. Sophocles describes Antigone as a good
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weight.” Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship‚ in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them. Roger Soder writes that in a democracy‚ where the demands of good citizenship are placed upon all‚ "only the common schools can provide to all the education that all need." Science literacy is also frequently touted as a key to good citizenship. Good citizenship is sometimes viewed as requiring both intellectual skills (such ascritical
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To what extent was the acquisition of US citizenship in 1924 the most important turning point in the development of Native American civil rights 1865-1992? Whilst it can be argued that there were only very few turning points in Native American history‚ and most of them would be said to have been in the final third of the period 1865-1992‚ it can also be stated that there were lots of important turning points for the Natives whether they be good or bad. All through the period different events can
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answers on this document using the space below. Be sure to answer each question completely‚ and submit the assignment through the Turnitin link provided on Blackboard. Table 3.2 Correlations between survey data and performance indicators Citizenship Absence Performance Turnover Work satisfaction Correlation 0.15 -0.17 0.28 -0.13 p-value 0.06 0.2 <0.01 0.11 Supervisor satisfaction Correlation 0.22 0.09 0.16 -0.19 p-value <0.01 0.27 0.05 0.02 Pay satisfaction
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1_4 What is Citizenship? Directions: Identify a person to interview. Ask your Learning Coach to help you locate someone who completed the naturalization process. As an alternative‚ you could write a Fictional Interview with a naturalized citizen A. Ask the questions below. Take notes or record the interview. Student Name: ___Jessica Torres_________________ Interviewee Name: _________Valdas Adamkus___________ How do you know the interviewee? ___I know the interviewee when me and him went
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In Martha C. Nussbaum’s “Capabilities and Human Rights‚” she quickly mentions global responsibility and global citizenship. Nussbaum’s thoughts fully capture the idea of global citizenship and its purpose. She proposes that in some places‚ especially the U.S.‚ people have the tendency to remain only within the comfort zones of their own society without exploring the people or cultures around them. This is one reality‚ of the world‚ in which we live‚ however; in a world that now yearns for interconnectedness
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Citizenship A good citizen is one who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Theodore Roosevelt said‚ "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight." Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship‚ in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them. Human beings are used to living under laws
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As a trainee teacher‚ I need to ask myself several questions in relations to Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) syllabus before I begin my teaching journey. What is CCE? Why CCE now? What is the purpose of CCE? How does CCE related to me as a teacher? Are teachers the only one responsible? What are the possible challenges I might face in promoting CCE? I shall discuss these questions in the following. During my early education years‚ my teachers taught me what it means being a Singaporean
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vehicle to implement citizenship education in Singapore‚ and a crucial pillar of the government’s tripartite plan of National Education (NE) in schools. Broadly‚ the plan uses simplified slogans to categorize and underline the aims and intended outcomes expected of each level of education – “Love Singapore” is the focus of NE in primary schools‚ “Know Singapore” for secondary schools‚ and “Lead Singapore” in junior colleges‚ or pre-universities (Adler & Sim‚ 2008). Citizenship education was perceived
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cognition and knowledge of the world section civics‚ citizenship and government. I do believe this activity is process-oriented because the child was given the opportunity to draw and write about what they think responsibility meant to them. The only form of adaptation I saw within the classroom was when the teacher needed to break down the directions for a few children that had problems understand what she was asking from the class with their citizenship book. Adjacent to the social adaptation that was
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