Essays about: "democracy and education"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 95 essays containing the words democracy and education.

1. 16. Adapting to Democracy: Voter Turnout Among Immigrants from Authoritarian Regimes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Andreas Haugen; [2021]
   Keywords : Voter Turnout; Political Participation; Voting; Election; Immigration; Authoritarian regimes; Country Fixed Effects;

   Abstract : Voting in an election is the most basic and fundamental form of political participation in a democracy. Citizens are given the opportunity to elect legislators that take political decisions on their behalf. READ MORE

3. 17. DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION - in context, in theory and in empirical research

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Axel Rödström; [2020-08-28]
   Keywords : deliberative democracy; citizenship education; philosophy of education;

   Abstract : This master's thesis problematizes the deliberative citizenship education model from three different perspectives. It contains three substudies, which all investigate how deliberative democracy has been modelled on deliberative criteria for discussions. READ MORE

4. 18. Exploring the acquisition of media literacy skills through media participation in Rwanda : a case study of Huye Community Radio

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Pacifique Emmanuel Niyitegeka; [2020]
   Keywords : Media and participation; media literacy; radio; community radios; public community radios; youth volunteer journalists; civic engagement; Rwanda; Media literacy promotion; development; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Media literacy has been described as the ability of a citizen to access, critically analyze, and produce media content for specific outcomes. It also involves an awareness of the impact of media in the society and an understanding of media processes. READ MORE

5. 19. Erratic Subject Didactics : a Study of Conditions Antecedent to Secondary Education Reform and Their Effects on Social Science Didactics

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Shaun Christiani; [2020]
   Keywords : Social science didactics; democratic values; globalization; social issues; secondary education; knowledge requirements;

   Abstract : This paper studies how changing political, economic, and social conditions in and related to Sweden affected its secondary education policy and the role that social science didactics plays. By analyzing Swedish secondary school curricula, the related social science syllabus, education act, and corresponding organizational documents, the causes for, and context of education reform become clear. READ MORE

6. 20. Technological Salvation or Orwellian Panopticon? : A Case Study on Social Labelling, Governance, and Social Control in China´s Social Credit System

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Fredrik Ragnell; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Labelling; China; Social Credit System; Governance; Social Control;

   Abstract : The international governance discourse has seen radical changes in both trends and understandings in recent years, from the global dominance of liberal democracy after the Cold War, to the current movement towards authoritarianism. The modern autocracy has progressed its reach by the use of new applications in technology, which has resulted in a digital authoritarianism, also known as E-governance. READ MORE