...Harmonized Curriculum for Civics & Ethics Common Course for Under Graduate Degree Program Ethiopia August 2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Course Title: - Civics and Ethics Course Code: - CvEt 201 Credit Hours: - 3 Learning Outcomes A graduate from Ethiopian higher education institution who has taken this course:will be inquisitive, critical, analytic, integrative and morally balanced person. exhibits higher ethical standards like open-mindedness, rational thinking, evidenceoriented personality and problem solving skills with high professional spirit. tends to be more participatory in socio-economic and political endeavors will be practical, highly concerned, responsible and loyal to his/her nation Course Objectives At the end of this course, students will be • familiar with key concepts like civics, ethics and profession • equipped with basic knowledge, skills and attitude of socio-economic and political issues of their country • familiar with government institutions, policies, strategies and legal provisions of their country • able to analyze the dynamics of socio-economic and political transformations of their country • able to develop the knowledge of work habit; professional, environmental, development and public service ethics, and their repercussions • familiarized with foundations of democracy and good governance and tools of democratization process • able to assess the values of multi-culturalism and tolerance for mutual understandings and co-existence • able to gain an...
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...[pic] |Rona Moreland | | |[pic] |Students will learn what civics is. They will determine the ideals that form the basis| | |of the U.S. government. The roles and responsibilities of citizens will be identified.| |[pic] |9-12 | |[pic] |The lesson will be conducted and evaluated during two and half class session. | |[pic] |Social Studies | |[pic] |How does Civics impact our lives? | |[pic] |Mike, Brad, Jacob, and Joe are visual, auditory, and kinetic learners. Their behavior | | |problems interfere with their learning. When their behavior begins to interfere with | | |learning they are to be redirected and assigned a seat in the cool off area. If the | | |behavior continues they will be given a pass to In-School suspension where they will | | |complete their classroom assignment for a minimum of 30 minutes. There classroom | | |goals are to be able to identify what behaviors are acceptable in a public setting and| ...
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...individual freedoms, and liberties. Government officials that are elected are put in office to support these civic values based on society’s wishes. Most of the time civic values are individually and community based justice or general considerations for other people. America’s values act as a reinforcement of American civic values. There are many things that undermine American civic values. Many large corporations and very wealthy people are often criticized into believing that they influence the government and the decision making process. This is one assumption because their large financial contributions help to elect candidates that support their interest. Also the media is also something in today’s society that undermines American civic values. The media focuses on negative issues such as unemployment and crime which intensifies already apparent problems. These issues broadcast negativity into American culture and as it spreads so does the lack of American civic values. Civic values help make America’s political and civil culture better because it is a guideline for Americans to follow. It allows each person or group of people to have their own decision rather its individual or government mandated. These values are considerate of its members and help keep communities peaceful. There are penalties for failing to adhere to civic values. Some examples are losing jobs, fines, or prison. There are many instances when not adhering to civic values is the issue and the people...
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...The philosophy of Classical Republicanism was created by the Greeks in roughly the first century BC. Classical Republicanism was somewhat a guiding outline for the United States. The founders of the Constitution took the writings from Aristotle and Cicero as examples for a government. In the Classical Republicanism Philosophy, the purposes of the government is to promote the common good with the help of civic virtue. Common good is doing the best interest for a society as a whole. Civic virtue is a person who set aside personal interest to promote the common good. In Constitute, the 15th amendment it states, “right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race,...
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...American Civic Values Terriana Clark-Ishola POS/110 November 26, 2011 D. Ryan Sagers American Civic Values America revolves around morals, individual freedom, and liberties. Today society reinforces America civic values by allowing every individual to have the freedom of choice, to be left alone and to live freely. The government does not have the right to interfere if a community wants to help someone who is in need. However, the government officials are elected in office to help support these civic values because civic values are individually and community based to show generosity to other people. There are several things that undermine American civic values. The media plays a big part on undermine America values because they focus on the negativity that goes on this country. Also today’s global redistribution of jobs and investments has devastated American as a whole with the unemployment rate being high as ever and the American people are not investing like they were several years ago. With these types of situations it makes our communities grow further apart. Civic values can have certain guidelines for people to follow. These guidelines can come from each individual, different group of people, and from the government. These values are created to keep the communities safe, peaceful, and together. If someone breaks the law there can be criminal charges enforced, but if someone is failing to adhere by civic values there would not be any penalties...
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...Colleges of Education for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Eyiuche Ifeoma Olibie, PhD Department of Educational Foundations Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria Lilian-Rita Akudolu, PhD Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Commonwealth Fellow Department of Educational Foundations Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria Abstract This study was carried out to identify basic components of civic awareness, civic knowledge and civic dispositions needed by youths in two Colleges of Education in Anambra State of Nigeria as a basis for a functional Citizenship Education curriculum. Three hundred students were randomly selected from the two Colleges of Education in Anambra State. A 50-item questionnaire survey method was utilized based on five research questions. Findings indicated that in the perceptions of the students, it is ideal to incorporate several civic components, skills and dispositions into the citizenship education curriculum. Recommendations were made for revamping of the citizenship education curriculum in Colleges of Education in line with the identified civic components, skills and dispositions so as to ensure the establishment of education for sustainable development in the country. Keywords: Citizenship education, functional curriculum, sustainable development, teachers. Introduction Since the declaration of the years 2005-2014 as the United Nations (UN) decade of Education for Sustainable development (ESD), UNESCO in particular has organized a number...
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...broke people up into creditor and debtors. The Federalist also states manufacturing and money interests played a role in this divide (Kramnick 6). Locke was against this divide, he quotes “justice gives every Man a Title to the product of his honest Industry” (Kramnick 6). Locke Madison and the Federalist believed in a liberal society where everyone should be treated fairly, and be respective of their “private rights” and “property rights” (Kramnick 6). Kramnick refers to CIvic humanism as the government should provide a place for this equality. The government should represent equal rights. As Hamilton states, “The idea of an actual...
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...language. In this paper, I will provide reasons and examples to prove why this should be the best plan for Malang Da. A national language is a language that has some connection with the people and their country. A national language instance represent the national identity of a country. National language also has some goals. First of all, it has the unifying function. It offers equal opportunities for civics in the same country. Secondly, national language has separatist function. This function affords the country its own identity, so that others know it is an independent country. Thirdly, it has the prestige function. By speaking the national language, civics feel provide and prestigious about their country and culture. Last but not least, national language has the function as a standard. It set rules for the written form, grammar, dictionary and other related matters to make the national language as a standard language. An official language has pragmatic or utilitarian role. It designed for use in certain areas of life. Official language domain restriction education, law, government and business. Malang Da should adopt Dazakh as its national language. The way I analysis this problem is that I use method of exclusion. Instead of proving which one is the best choice for the national language, I will explain why some languages are not qualified as the...
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...of apathy towards civic participation on one hand and on the other hand, witness campaigns and protests against an existing system. Much of transformation has been brought about in the society recently in various spheres; right of women to enter certain religious places, voices against corruption to name a few where there was large scale public participation. Public engagement and participation is manifestation of civic literacy- a 21st century skill, which is a pre-requisite for transparent, democratic governance. The ubiquitous social networking today, integrated with every sphere of one's daily life including education, holds potential of being used in different ways to make civic education more engaging and meaningful. Most of the youth today, is active on one or more social media with high participation. Large scale participation on social media campaigns for 'causes' like the Ice bucket challenge has shown that social media can have a wider impact...
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...Civic-based approaches to education grant students the chance to take away persuasive, informative, and debate communication skills and apply them to the challenges facing civic life. When elected officials make a speech or comment about our current state of education, they do not encourage students to read Plato, Descartes, or even the Federalist Papers, instead our government is encouraging students to become increasingly experienced in math and computers and other STEM programs, or else foreign countries will steal all of our jobs and advance in front of America when it comes to education. Yet in reality, these foreign countries will steal nothing from the United States if they do not entertain lively and democratic institutions, like American’s...
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...NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM What is the National Service Training Program (NSTP) law? NSTP law or otherwise known as Republic Act 9163, is a program aimed at: Enhancing civic consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth Developing the ethics of service and patriotism while undergoing training in any of its three (3) program components Enhancing the youth’s active contribution to the general welfare. What are the program components of NSTP? Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Literacy Training Service (LTS) Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Designed to provide military training to tertiary level students in order to motivate, train, organize and mobilize them for national defense preparedness. Literacy Training Service (LTS) Designed to train the students to teach literacy and numeracy skills to children, out-of-school youth and other segments of society in need of their services. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) Refers to activities contributory to the general welfare and the betterment of life for the members of the community, or the enhancement of its facilities specially those devoted to improving health, education, environment, entrepreneurship, safety, recreation and moral of the citizenry and other social welfare services. Who shall take the NSTP? All incoming freshmen students, male and female, enrolled in any baccalaureate courses (and in at least two (2)-year technical-vocational or associate...
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...We Indians are personally very clean people. We brush our teeth and take a bath everyday and wash our hands before eating. We keep our houses speck clean. But when it comes to public places, as people we are simply unable to keep our streets, our railway stations, hospitals, or places of worship clean. This is the state of affairs everywhere in India including hundreds and thousands of villages, towns, mega-cities as well as in the streets of the national capital New Delhi. We simply have very poor civic sense or social ethics. What is Civic Sense? Civic Sense encompasses unspoken norms of society that help it run smoothly without someone tripping on somebody else’s toes. Civic Sense is all about having consideration for a fellow human being. It means being polite, showing consideration to elderly, women, children and disabled people, driving in one’s lane without honking, throwing one’s garbage in dustbins, smoking only at designated places. The list can go on. Why is Civic Sense needed? The WHO report shows that India leads the world in number of deaths resulting from road traffic accidents. 126 thousand...
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...Care/HCS440 October 29, 2012 Professor John Branner Health Care History Timeline Using Economic Terms The health care sector is just as synonymous to economics as the business and financial sector of the economy. Early 1900s mark the beginning of organized medicine. The American Medical Association (AMA) gains influence and power as the nation’s organization of state and local associations (The Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics, n.d.). This paper aims to convey a historic look at the evolution of health care and health care funding in the United States as well as historic events that shape the current health care economy. Promotion of the concept of health insurance dates as early as 1912. Social insurance, including health insurance receives public notice when Teddy Roosevelt and his Progressive Party promote the economic issue during his campaign. A draft bill published and promoted by the American Association for Labor Legislation comes against derailed efforts as World War I begins (The Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics, n.d.). It is not until 1929 that a model for health insurance is surfaces. Baylor Hospital, located in Dallas, Texas, offers a local teachers union a prepaid hospital insurance program creating what becomes the nation’s first illustration of contemporary health insurance. Economics defines as the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of mankind (Apollo...
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...Lesson 2 Civics Civics A. Define, Describe, or Identify: 1. Civics— study of the rights and duties of citizens Pg. 277 2. Citizens— community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it Pg. 277 3. Government— the ruling authority for a community Pg. 278 4. Public policy— a course of government action to achieve community goals Pg. 280 5. Budget— a plan for collecting and spending money Pg. 280 6. Dictatorship— a government controlled by one person or a small group of people Pg. 281 7. Democracy— a government in which the people rule Pg. 281 8. Direct democracy— a government in which all the citizens meet to debate government matters and vote firsthand Pg. 281 9. Representative democracy — a government in which the citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf, but the people remain the source of the government’s authority Pg. 281 10. Explain the functions of government. There are four basic functions of government: keeping order, providing security, providing public services and guiding the community by developing public policy. Keeping order allows our system to run as smoothly as possible. It involves passing and enforcing laws, and establishing courts. Security provides the community and other public or private areas feel safe. Also, our military, policemen, firemen, and all kinds...
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...UNIVERSIDAD DE ZAMBOANGA School of Education, Arts and Sciences Zamboanga City SYLLABUS in NSTP (CWTS) Course Title: NSTP 1 (CWTS) Course Credit: 3 units Descriptive Title: National Service Training Program (Civic Welfare Training Service) Semester: First Semester, SY: 2014-2015 Curricular Year: First Year Degree: All 2-year courses and 4-year degrees Course Description: The Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) 1 as a component of the National Service Training Program (NSTP) is a course for the first year student both male and female designed to help them understand, appreciate and eventually live the basic concepts of Students Transformation and Enrichment for Truth (STET) with the end in view of empowering them of becoming an important resources in the nation building. Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) 1 is designed to encourage the youth to contribute to the improvement of the general welfare and the quality of life of the Filipino. CWTS requires students to carry out projects and activities in their assigned barangays or Government Organization (GO’s) and Non Government Organization (NGO). Particularly activities contributory to the general welfare and the betterment of life for the members of the community or the enhancement of its facilities especially those devoted to improving health, education, environment, safety, livelihood, entrepreneurships and morals of citizenry and other social welfare services. Course Requirement: ...
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