Sentences with phrase «about human achievement»

Find sources that help students learn about human achievement and accomplishments.

Coors Light recently decided to talk more about its beer and less about human achievement as it seeks to reverse a sales slump.

When it comes to beliefs about human achievement, a fixed mindset is the belief that intelligence, for example, is almost entirely innate.

Niebuhr's optimism is not optimism about human achievements but about divine achievements that can transform the destructive character of our human achievements.

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The hierarchy argues that we must have our basic human needs (like sustenance and safety) met before even thinking about needs like belonging, achievement or meaning.

Our predicament is a commentary, not on instruments and instrument makers, but on the human inability to employ both scientific knowledge and technical achievement to bring about the good life and the good society.

Which got me thinking about another great human achievement, the Pyramids of Egypt, which, although arguable, were built from slave labour.

The achievements of amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius represents a deep shift in our ideas about what it means to be disabled — or human

Dawkins is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, 1994 Nakayama prize, 1997 International Cosmos Prize for Achievement in Human Science, 2001 Kistler Prize, 2005 Shakespeare Prize, 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science, and was named Author of the Year at the 2007 Galaxy British Book Awards.

«In addition to gains in achievement test scores we also saw improvements in engagement with school, such as an increase in attendance of about 2.5 weeks per year» said Jonathan Guryan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and Co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab.

Upset about how the rivalry might detract from the scientific achievement, Patrinos invited Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute, and J. Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics of Rockville, Maryland, to a «secret meeting» at his house near Washington, D.C. «I've known both of these guys for a long time — as scientists and as friends,» Patrinos says.

The LifeTime consortium will build on the achievements of the Human Cell Atlas (HCA), an international project launched about a year ago.

What is important about this film is not that it serves as a history lesson (although it does) but that, at a time when the threat of nuclear holocaust hangs ominously in the air, it reminds us that we are, after all, human, and thus capable of the most extraordinary and wonderful achievements, simply through the use of our imagination, our will, and our sense of right.

Evidence of student growth that goes beyond academic achievement drives home what so many of the Match leaders and corps members underscored as central to understanding Match Corps: tutoring Match - style is about human capital, relationship building, and providing students with the confidence to succeed, not only in school but in life.

Ideas should also lead to enjoyment and satisfaction in being able to answer or find answers to the kinds of questions that people ask about themselves and the natural world, and have cultural significance reflecting achievements in the history of science, inspiration from the study of nature and the impacts of human activity on the environment.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

This bundle includes reference cards on culture / ethnicity and on religion / belief, Frequently Asked Questions about ethnicity equality in education and about raising the achievement of all pupils, and reference cards on: the law on equality in education; and learning about equality, diversity and human rights.

This bundle focuses on disability equality in education and includes a reference card on disability (including learning difficulties), Frequently Asked Questions about disability equality in education and about raising the achievement of all pupils, and reference cards on: achievement; the law on equality in education; and learning about equality, diversity and human rights.

Deep learning is behind the much talked about achievements of self - driving cars, image recognition technology that performs better than humans, impressive language translation, and voice recognition.

On these grounds, the most introspective, serious and moving of all these posters has to be Fiona Banner's design for the Paralympics, a painted prose poem about the wonder of human, or superhuman, achievement.

Ode to Santos - Dumont offers a palpable and emotional expression of the density of air, gravity, and energy required to move about the Earth, as well as the human achievement that sets it in motion.

They dress their feelings up as love for the planet — but what it's really about is hatred for technology, hatred of creature comforts, hatred of human achievement.

As has been the case for recent COPs, commentators about achievements at COP - 17 are split on whether these negotiations accomplished some important positive steps toward an eventual meaningful global solution to climate change or whether Durban must be understood as another tragic international failure to come up with an adequate solution to the immense threat of human - induced warming.

In rough or approximate terms, achievement of this alternative scenario requires that fossil fuel CO2 emissions in the next 50 years average about what they are today and the net growth of other human - made forcing agents must be halted.

About... Wichita, Kansas, is a popular target city for industries and professionals searching for a clean, safe, expanding environment with diverse human resources and a reputation for social and cultural achievements.

Engaging State Legislators in the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews: An Information - Sharing Tool for Child Welfare Agency Administrators (PDF - 244 KB) Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2006) Provides a tool for States to keep legislators informed about a State's performance on its latest CFSR, PIP goals and achievements, PIP partners, and areas requiring legislative support.

We test our hypothesis about the effects of human and social capital on student achievement using social network analysis and hierarchical linear modeling.

When talking about past events, focus on more positive events (eg, exams passed, good stories re child / friends, achievements, human qualities)