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IS THE OTTAWA CHARTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION (1986) STILL RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY? INTRODUCTION In 1986 Canada held the first International Conference on Heath Promotion in Ottawa, aiming to attain World Health Organisation (WHO) objective of advocating health for all (WHO 1986). The charter defined Health promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health” (WHO 1986). The Ottawa Charter advocated for five principles of promoting health…

later Rogers and Blythe took out a loan from Charter Bank of Gainesville. In order for Rogers and Blythe to secure the loan they took out from Charter Bank they had to transfer the promissory note they had created with Holly Hill. Sometime later Rogers and Blythe defaulted on the loan. Charter Bank sued in order to recover on the Holly Hill’s promissory note. From that information the mortgage in the note is nonnegotiable. Some of the reasons why Charter Bank doesn’t have a negotiable…

significant indicator of the charter movements successes. “Parents want choice in education, and the overwhelming majority of parents who choose charter schools are happy with that choice.” (Richwine, 3) Even though these schools generally have the smaller class sizes and other things that families believe is important to them, Richwine found that the reading and math test scores did not rise as a result of attending these schools. This means, that most charter schools, in addition to public…

What are the aims of “Charter 08” and reasons for its chosen name? “Charter 08” was published in December, 9th, 2008 which can be contributed to its num-ber being “08”. Notably, the charter was published also around the same time as the 60th anni-versary of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, which appropriately suits the material and content of the document. It can be noted that “Charter 08” also shares similarities with “Charter 77” pertaining to the name the authors of the document…

“The Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges,” was established in the year 1701 to declare this thoughts on how he can create a colony in Pennsylvania with his own principles. The act was drafted in spite of the religious freedom events taken place in the earlier parts of the eighteenth century in North America, where control of government evolved from total monarchy to localized form of control. William Penn helped establish the first modern American democracy, even stating, “FOR the well governing…

I wanted to take American Studies at Penn Charter even before my time here started. I looked at Penn Charter in 8th grade looking to come here for high school and while looking through the course offerings, I was immediately drawn to American Studies. History and English have always been my two favorite subjects so I thought this class would be the perfect opportunity to merge both of my interests into one. American Studies is a course that none of the other high schools that I was looking at…

way of enabling people to reach a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is the name of an international agreement organized by the World Health Organization. The agreement focuses on targeting communities, governments, and companies in order to achieve ‘Health for all’ and an overall better lifestyle for everyone. The Ottawa Charter provides people with guidlines on addresing mental health. This is done by providing several action…

going debate of the Charter School Movement and counter-movement. The why is clear, in that both movements’ goals are to provide opportunities for a quality education. The how question however, is a lot less clear. But through careful examination, I will argue that both the pro-charter school movement and the anti-charter school movement employ rights language advance their own interests. To illustrate this, I will apply the ideas from scholars Hunt and Gramsci, who…

Describe your knowledge and experience with the California content standards applicable to your content area. As an accredited teacher it is my responsibility to be up-to-date with all of the standards applicable to all areas of teaching. Fenton Charter emphasis primarily on subjects such as science and technology, therefore I am committed to encouraging all of my students to succeed in all standards, however, I put extra emphasis on math and the sciences. In my classroom, I follow the guidance…

Charter schools are run by private organizations or corporations and they are run by the government so they do not have to follow NCLB. The quote goes, “Cyber-charters, which offered online instructions to students at home, were receiving full payment for each student and amassing multimillion-dollar reserves” (Ravitch 134); Charter schools is an investment, a way for big corporations to make money; they get millions…