Sentences with phrase «academic development by»

The Tribes Learning Community process, also known as Tribes TLC ®, promotes social and academic development by creating a positive learning environment through the use of active learning groups in the classroom.

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A series of events, being co-hosted by the World Bank and WHO on 13 - 14 April, as part of the World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington DC, is bringing ministers of finance, development agencies, academic experts and practitioners together to discuss how to put mental health at the centre of the health and development agenda globally and in countries.
The ballot of nominees for the Edison Awards ™ was judged by a panel of more than 3,000 leading business executives including past award winners, academics and leaders in the fields of product development, design, engineering, science and medical.
The State Department should begin by supporting three initiatives: the development of an academic sub-discipline of international religious freedom studies, the engagement of big business, and the building of partnerships with other, like - minded governments.
In addition to hampering academic excellence, binge drinking also inhibits ethical development by focusing heavy drinkers inwards, on private self - indulgence, rather than outwards to service of others.
Liberation theology's development has been driven not just by the genesis and clash of concepts, the back and forth of academic argument, but by the clash of ecclesial visions and superpowers, and the simple struggle to survive.
The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.
A prominent feature of the sustainable winegrowing program is the collaborative effort in its development and implementation by vintners, growers, regional trade associations, regulators, academics, environmental and social equity groups and other stakeholders.
The CGIAR Research Program for Rice, known as the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP), is a partnership coordinated by six research - for - development organizations that bring together over 900 partners from the academic, public, private, and civil society sectors with a stake in the rice development sector.
USDA's Agricultural Research Service supports innovation by conducting, often in collaboration with industry and academic partners, research on new technologies for reducing spoilage of fresh foods and the development of new products from waste materials at food processing facilities.
• There is limited involvement by fathers in their children's academic development, and limited understanding of the impact and value of their involvement.
-- Discover what eurythmy reveals about human development — Work your way through the development of the child by means of exercises appropriate to each developmental phase — See how the Waldorf curriculum comes to life through movement and gesture — Learn about the interplay between eurythmy and academic experiences — Acquire the language and understanding to talk about eurythmy to Waldorf parents in a valuable way — Work, play, laugh, and have fun!
Through a rich curriculum that integrates the academic, artistic and practical, Prairie Moon Waldorf School fosters the development of self - knowledge and helps children to engage fully in the world by awakening in them warmth of heart, clarity of thought, and strength of purpose.
The school provides activities that foster holistic development among children and promotes balanced learning by integrating recreational activities with academics.
School counselors strive to reach the needs of their students by supporting them in the areas of academics, social - emotional development and college / career readiness.
Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37
On Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5, the University of Oxford Centre for International Studies (CIS) hosted an international interdisciplinary conference, jointly convened by the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), and the Centre for Sustainable Development & International Peace at the University of Denver.
The prime minister's closing speech yesterday won lukewarm reviews in the press, on a day still dominated by developments in the battle between Miliband and the Mail over an article claiming his academic father «hated Britain».
SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher has been appointed to the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, convened by Aspen Institute to broaden K - 12 focus beyond academic achiAcademic Development, convened by Aspen Institute to broaden K - 12 focus beyond academic achiacademic achievement.
In the last ten years, this writer is one of her ardent admirers who is impressed by her academic accomplishments and enviable working experiences on the international scene including her contributions to Nigeria's economic development after her appointment as the first female Finance Minister and later first female Foreign Affairs Minister by President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003 and 2006.
It Isn't Just the Ambiance by Heather Sevener, 16 April 2004 Although Ph.D. candidate Heather Sevener enjoyed learning about the evolution of plant development and was happy in an academic environment, she couldn't stand being at the bench.
A program managed by Kersten's staff that includes academic participation is the Biomass Research and Development Initiative.
From its inception, the Career Development Center for Postdocs and Junior Faculty (CDC) has aimed to fill this deficit by educating young researchers in the large body of nonscience knowledge that young academic scientists need to advance their careers and the research infrastructure of the United States.
The research was undertaken by the University College London Energy & Development group, a group of researchers and academics at UCL who work on issues related to energy in low and middle - income countries.
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.
Written by 25 authors, it described the collaboration between government, academic researchers, and disease advocacy groups that led to the ICV trial as a model of the teamwork that can speed drugs through early development, boosting their chances of being commercialized.
NIH, by the way, has recently recognized that «the career outcomes of NRSA - supported training programs include both research - intensive careers in academia and industry and research - related careers in various sectors, e.g. academic institutions, government agencies, for - profit businesses, and private foundations» and is encouraging universities with T32 programs to provide «structured, career development advising and learning opportunities» to prepare trainees for those opportunities, according to a notice issued in September 2013, near the end of the study period.
Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem Cell Institute are aware that the research paper «Derivation of Human Sperm from Embryonic Stem Cells» by a group led by Professor Karim Nayernia has been withdrawn from the academic journal Stem Cells and Development.
Building Bricks: Exploring the Global Research and Innovation Impact of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea, written by Jonathan Adams, David Pendlebury, and Bob Stembridge, highlights these countries» public and private investments in research and development, their scientific and engineering labor forces, their output of research papers and particularly active areas of research, their academic impact as measured by citations, and their economic potential based on innovation and patenting.
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.
In reality, more often than not, industry scientists find that they can not replicate the effects seen by academics in a sufficiently robust way to justify drug development.
Such efforts, they felt, would help to disperse some of the confusion and misperceptions that exist in the occasionally fragile relationship between Europe's industries and academic institutions — confusion that impedes informed career development by young scientists.
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.
Commercial work now accounts for 93 percent of the archaeological research done in the United Kingdom, and academics must take note of the data generated by contract units, says Kenneth Aitchison, head of projects and professional development at the Institute for Archaeologists, the body representing commercial archaeologists in Britain.
Since the early 1990s, independent scientists in academic laboratories around the world have published hundreds of articles demonstrating how a broad selection of chemicals can interfere with the normal development of a baby at extremely low levels of exposure — in fact, levels similar to those experienced every day by people worldwide.
Taking Postdoctoral Needs Seriously: The Office of Academic Career Development at the University of Pittsburgh, by Jennifer Petrie, 4 April 2003.
His picks for the councils were guided by «objective and quantifiable criteria,» Valeca wrote, and «will have a beneficial impact on the academic and economic development of the country.»
Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices, Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.
Penn - Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PennPORT), an NIH sponsored, Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) postdoctoral fellowship, supported by the NIH division of NIGMS awarded August 2007.
Academic and non-academic research groups, including SMEs, can apply to benefit from the expertise, reagents, and facilities offered by TRANSVAC2 to accelerate the development of their vaccines.
We collaborate with academic and corporate research and development organizations to characterize conditions mediated by senescent cells, and to identify pharmaceutical candidates that may control or ameliorate such conditions and increase healthspan.
The NEJM report was co-authored by 16 additional investigators — from academic medical centers and from Janssen Research & Development — in nine countries.
David Dean, director of the Physics Division and ORNL Isotope Program, was nominated by the AAAS section on physics for «distinguished contributions to the field of nuclear theory, particularly for development and application of innovative computational techniques and for academic leadership and public service.»
By bringing together for the first time three of Europe's leading vaccine development and manufacture companies as well as top experts from academic institutions and small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs), the project will ultimately accelerate the development and introduction of a new generation of safer, more effective vaccines.
Analyses were conducted for all applications combined as well as separately for R01 applications (grant applications submitted by individual investigators), other R applications (academic research enhancement awards, exploratory / development grants, small grant program, small business awards), and applications in the K (clinical research training awards for junior and midcareer faculty), P (program projects and center grants), and F (predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships) series.
The research was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Development, the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disorders, the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, the German Academic Exchange Service, and the Medical Research Council.
Co-sponsored by the German - American Fulbright Commission and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) the Summer Academy aims to offer professional development in areas relevant to the teaching of German including German language, literature and culture as well as in professional and higher education.
Materials and modules can be maintained and updated according to new discoveries, innovations, or industry developments; there is no need for modules to be redesigned in their entirety as any of the relevant academic content can be written by an expert in the field and updated as necessary.
This report was prepared by Informa with contributions from leading organisations including Consilium Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Fielding Nair International, The Arabian Education and Training Group, AURA Academic Institutions, Kids First Group, Brighton College International Schools, Blossom Nursery / Blossom Early Learning Centre, American University in Sharjah and Nora systems GmbH.
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