Sentences with phrase «academic culture studies»

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There are whole disciplines of academic study on Greek, Asian, African, Mesoamerican, and Egyptian culture and mythology, and her work consistently ignores key aspects of each and every realm of study her work tries to touch.

Underlying Marsden's analysis is the conviction that culture, including academic study, is fallen or perverted but capable of transformation through Christian approaches to knowing.

One study of Catholic values on Catholic campuses disclosed that when administrators, faculty, students, and alumni were asked to identify core Catholic values in the culture of their institutions, «high academic standards,» «academic freedom,» and «respect for the individual» regularly ranked at or near the top, while «community of faith» trailed far behind.

He was a Belgian trained in law who lived in Taiwan, where he studied Chinese language, culture, and literature, and then made an academic career in Australia.

The committee included an international group of academics with expertise in various aspects of food culture and gastronomy such as Joxe Mari Aizega, General Manager of Basque Culinary Center; Jorge Ruiz Carrascal, Professor of the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen; Marta Miguel Castro, a Research Associate at the CIAL Institute of Research in Food Science, who studies how food components could prevent disorders such as diabetes and obesity; Melina Shannon Dipietro, executive director of Rene Redzepi's MAD project; and Dr F. Xavier Medina, author, social anthropologist and leading scholar of Food and Culture at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barculture and gastronomy such as Joxe Mari Aizega, General Manager of Basque Culinary Center; Jorge Ruiz Carrascal, Professor of the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen; Marta Miguel Castro, a Research Associate at the CIAL Institute of Research in Food Science, who studies how food components could prevent disorders such as diabetes and obesity; Melina Shannon Dipietro, executive director of Rene Redzepi's MAD project; and Dr F. Xavier Medina, author, social anthropologist and leading scholar of Food and Culture at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in BarCulture at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona.

Hausman, Bernice MOTHER»S MILK: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture Routledge, 2003 An academic study, Mother's Milk explores the negative portrayal of breastfeeding in the US and the way that breastfeeding is promoted.

Fang is among a small yet tenacious group of scientists who study the culture of academic science alongside their other lines of research.

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Despite dramatic growth in enrollment in online charter schools in Ohio, students are not achieving the same academic success as those in brick - and - mortar charter and public schools, finds a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and RAND Corporation.

Afterschool programs with positive, responsive, and organized environments can have academic benefits for students, finds a new study by NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

A program aimed at reducing behavior problems in order to boost academic achievement has improved performance in math and reading among low - income kindergartners and first graders, according to a study by researchers at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

The results of the current study highlight the importance of academic culture.

Led by researchers at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, the study builds upon recent findings that the same program generally improves the behavior and academic skills of children and helps shy students be more engaged in their classwork.

This includes a sketch of the history and culture of deaf people and establishes beyond any doubt, through a careful description of its morphology and syntax, the credentials of BSL as a natural language worthy of detailed academic study — a theme which continues into the heart of the work, the dictionary.

Such disparities may be due in part to different academic cultures, Ginsparg and Citron say in their PNAS study.

He had just spent two years studying the «climate of values» at several midwestern high schools, interviewing students about their academic lives, their social lives, school culture, and their rapidly evolving teen culture.

College Culture Drives Professors» Job Satisfaction, Study Finds (The Chronicle of Higher Education) New Data on Faculty Job Satisfaction (Inside Higher Ed) Coverage of new work from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education on the factors that affect job satisfaction among faculty.

Writing in the Telegraph, Schools Minister Nick Gibb has criticised the culture of overturning new commitments that discourage pupils from studying core academic subjects.

Study authors Ben Backes of American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Michael Hansen of the Brookings Institution found that students in classrooms of team teachers led by Opportunity Culture «multi-classroom leaders» showed sizeable, statistically significant academic gains.

An analysis of student status systems at several Illinois high schools, the study found that adolescent culture greatly influenced the degree to which students devoted themselves to sports or academics.

A study of six Texas community colleges where higher - than - expected numbers of poor and first - generation students progress to four - year schools finds that a structured academic pathway, student - centered culture, and culturally sensitive leadership are common threads among them.

As Elizabeth wrote in her dissertation proposal, «A trend in our culture is to translate novels into motion pictures, yet no studies have been conducted to investigate how the teaching of a novel and its movie adaptation may affect students» academic and social competencies.»

There have been plenty of studies showing the connections between school culture and academic outcomes, staff recruitment and retention, parental engagement and community support; we all learn best when we are feeling safe, contained and able to thrive.

He concluded: «We are committed to overturning a culture of low expectations that for too long discouraged capable pupils, predominantly from disadvantaged backgrounds, from studying the core academic subjects that open doors to their future.»

A new study by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), a research project based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has revealed that climate, culture, and collegiality are more important to the satisfaction of early career faculty than compensation, tenure clarity, workload, and policy effectiveness.

And education studies have shown Black and Latino students taught by teachers who share their racial background have improved academic results, benefit from a culture of higher expectations and fewer discipline referrals.

Academic Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?

We are committed to overturning a culture of low expectations that for too long discouraged capable pupils, predominantly from disadvantaged backgrounds, from studying the core academic subjects that open doors to their future.

● Oversee the implementation of the educational vision across all campuses, and ensure schools are producing amazing outcomes for students ● Ensure all schools meet their academic and cultural goals ● Build a strong, collaborative team of principals ● Ensure schools are operationally strong, aesthetically beautiful and clean, within budget, and well - organized ● Oversee performance management systems and the hiring process across the schools ● Manage the college teams in supporting students as they prepare for college ● Provide individual development and management to school principals through one - on - one meetings, coaching, modeling, planning, and feedback ● Lead regular professional learning for school leaders (topics such as instructional leadership, personnel management, school operations, data analysis, school culture, and family investment) ● Study and analyze data on an ongoing basis ● Work with school principals to develop and implement action plans based on academic results

There are many case studies on principals and educational leaders who have transformed academic cultures by putting this practice to work.

The study generated an evaluation tool that other schools can use to assess how well they are creating and maintaining a college - going culture, aligning the core academic program with college readiness standards, teaching self - management skills, and helping students understand the complexity of college application and the differences between high school and college.

Wilson and Carlsen (2016) study charter school websites as tools for signaling fit, and they find that these websites use implicit discourses involving race, culture, diversity, and academic achievement.

Academic libraries, on the other hand have been a bit more relaxed on this stance especially if the book is in a subject that is trending in pop culture or represents the scholarship being studied on its campus.

Through our academic publishing program, we seek to meet the publication needs of the religious studies academic community worldwide with works on the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew language, ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology, New Testament and Greek language, biblical theology, Judaism, patristics, church history, historical theology, practical theology, and religion and culture.

In general definition, Humanities is that academic discipline which is used to study the aspects of human culture.

Academic libraries, on the other hand have been a bit more relaxed on this stance, especially if the book is on a subject that is trending in pop culture or represents the scholarship being studied on its campus.

According to a study conducted by Vija G. Mendelson, a program manager at Academic Programs International (API), many students studying abroad in Spain expressed their hopes of seeing the local culture from a different point of view.

«[R] eadable and informative... Shigeru Miyamoto is a dedicated exploration of an undeniably important contributor to videogame history and culture... deWinter presents an accessible but always academic study that could provide design students with fresh inspiration just as quickly as it could provide an academic a fresh perspective from which to approach digital games.»

Dennis: Since childhood I've always been interested in videogames and the culture that surrounds them, so media science and Japanese studies seemed to fit pretty well as academic subjects.

She has also written and contributed academic research on the intersections of race, gender, and the arts in the fields of women's and gender studies, visual culture studies, and multicultural studies.

In 2010 she was the recipient of an Academic Excellence Scholarship, followed by a 2011 - 2015 FPU Fellowship (Training program for Academic Staff) from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, allowing her to pursue her doctoral studies.

He holds an MA in Cultural Studies at the University of Leuven and was affiliated with the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at UMBC in Baltimore, where he translated academic research into accessible and often confrontational exhibitions.

In 2010 she was the recipient of an Academic Excellence Scholarship, followed by a 2011 - 2015 FPU Fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, allowing her to pursue her doctoral studies.

ABOUT THE DORSKY MUSEUM Through its collections, exhibitions, and public programs, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, located at SUNY New Paltz, supports and enriches the academic programs at the college, presents a broad range of world art for study and enjoyment, and serves as a center for Hudson Valley arts and culture.

She earned her BA in Fashion and Cultural Studies at La Sapienza University and completed her academic studies with an MA Degree in Communication from IULM University in Milan, concentrating on the issue of transdisciplinarity in contemporary visual cStudies at La Sapienza University and completed her academic studies with an MA Degree in Communication from IULM University in Milan, concentrating on the issue of transdisciplinarity in contemporary visual cstudies with an MA Degree in Communication from IULM University in Milan, concentrating on the issue of transdisciplinarity in contemporary visual culture.

A unique academic program organized by the Barnard Center for Research on Women and the Department of Africana Studies at Barnard College, The Harlem Semester encourages students to learn about Harlem's history through immersion in the neighborhood under the mentorship of key cultural organizations, including the National Black Theatre, Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage Gatehouse, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and Romare Bearden Foundation.

However, most people respond to popular culture cues rather than academic studies.

As well as seeking approval from the ethics committee of the academic institution or hospital where the research will take place, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) stipulates that for Aboriginal health research, the ethics approval process must include an assessment by, or advice from, people who have connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or knowledge of research in the area, and who are familiar with the culture and practices of Indigenous participants in the study.9 Most states and territories have their own dedicated ethics committee for Aboriginal health research proposals (Box 2).