Global Citizenship Begins at Home [Thanks‚ ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate this opportunity of standing here and delivering my speech. ] I have read a small piece of writing on BBS‚ which impressed me a lot. It says: “Someone think that Holland is so small that even a child can cover it with his own hand on the map. But what they don’t understand is that the Atlantic Ocean is like the front yard of our country‚ while all of the Europe is our backyard.” Living in an increasingly interdependent
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about the idea of state and citizenship is thousands of year old and even today there is no absolute agreement on exactly what it means. However‚ the concept of state and citizenship has suddenly emerged as a central theme in social science literature both as a normative concept and a social phenomenon. The idea of the state and citizenship has undergone numerous changes‚ some positive and some negative also‚ since its conception. The concept of state and citizenship has emerged in the 7th and 8th
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Refreshing the Values In 2003‚ CEO Sam Palmisano authorized a bold effort to refresh the values via an IBM “values jam‚” two 72-hour Web chat sessions about what IBM stands for‚ open to every IBMer in the world. When he presented the plan to the IBM board‚ one of the directors‚ a former CEO‚ questioned him about whether this was “socialism.” Palmisano explained that this was the only way to build an enduring institution in which IBMers embraced and owned the values. “It wouldn’t do to create
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EU CITIZENSHIP 1. THE SCOPE OF THE RIGHTS TO FREE MOVEMENT (a) EU CITIZENSHIP: “EU Citizenship rights once given‚ cannot be denied or claimed to be abused” The free movement of persons is said to be one of the four fundamental freedoms of European Union law‚ along with the free movement of goods‚ services‚ and capital‚ and one of the essential components of the internal market. i) The primary legislation: Treaty on European Union (Lisbon consolidated): Art 3 (2): “The Union
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EU citizenship Lecture 1 * Art 26 TFEU contains the free movement of goods‚ services and persons. * Residence directive moved it away from just an economic union * Used to just be people who were economically active people but not non-economical active people can reside such as students‚ retired people and people who can support themselves. Although you could not be a burden on the state. These directives have been repealed but the legacy lives on. * Article 20 TFEU‚ talks about
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Education for Global Citizenship: The Needs of Teachers and Learners 1. Introduction In today’s global environment‚ social studies educators have the opportunity to expand their students’ vision of the role of citizenship in developing a democratic understanding by adopting multiple perspectives on citizenship. Global citizenship education is becoming an important component in citizenship education in many countries. While global education or world studies has been advocated and practiced in
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Assignment 2 ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP - A means of exclusion? It has been claimed that schools should be society ’s chosen agency for training for citizenship ’. Discuss the link between citizenship and education and ways in which this relationship has changed over the 20th century. Illustrate your discussion with reference to aspects of Australia education and students with disabilities. ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP - A means of exclusion? Although institutions such as the family and church play
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Globalization and national identity | Citizenship Education in China With a Global Perspective | On the way of seeking common good | | Jin Xiao | 2012/10/24 | For a better understanding of the realization of global citizenship in China | Introduction i. Growing awareness of Chinese citizens’ performance Chinese people have attracted attentions from all over the world for the past decades. The continued growth of the Chinese economy and the need for corresponding international
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Good Corporate Citizenship & Political Competence-Interrelated/Interconnected Introduction Good corporate citizenship and political competence are interconnected. A definition of both terms will be provided. How both terms are interconnected will be discussed. Also‚ a mission statement from a healthcare organization (HCO)‚ more specifically a hospital will be evaluated and interpreted to view the connection between good corporate citizenship and political competence. Interconnection In order
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As Eleanor Roosevelt argues in “Good Citizenship: The Purpose of Education‚” we need to become the correct citizens for our society‚ citizens that will think critically on political and economic situations. Many will say that President Obama runs our country but we are actually the ones who run
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