Sentences with phrase «as academic conferences»

The Royal Society and other learned bodies currently use their publishing surpluses to fund activities such as academic conferences and public lectures, which are also crucial to the exchange of knowledge.

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A recent academic conference in Singapore showcased the latest advances in soft robotics, highlighting how far they are moving away from what we see as traditional robots.

Tiff is a well - known expert in monetary and financial systems and has contributed articles to academic journals, as well as providing chapters and commentaries on monetary and financial sector policy and international economics in books and conference proceedings.

But when the subject of civil religion became a minor academic industry, I became increasingly concerned, as conferences, panels and symposia on the subject proliferated, that the whole issue was bogging down into arguments over definition and that substance was being overlooked.

Once, at an academic conference at which people began banging on, as they so often do, about what a magnificently systematic thinker Aquinas was, I lost my temper and said that whenever I heard people going on about this, I knew one thing: that they had never closely studied Aquinas's texts.

In thirty years as a professor, of graduate seminars, academic conferences, committee meetings, lunches and dinners, and conversations short and long, I have heard God mentioned rarely, and when he is mentioned he is never talked of in a way that assumes his reality.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Note that the East Region First Four matchup between the Radford Highlanders and Hampton Pirates will be a conference game next season, as the MEAC's top seed is moving to the Big South after this academic year wraps up.

As for the marketing, that is typical for most social science and humanities academic conferences.

Designed to bridge professional conferences for clinicians, health care providers, academics, and researchers, with consumer conferences for parents, Milk aims to educate, inspire, and support parents in feeding their children, as well as the people that support them including nutrition, lactation, maternal, and pediatric health care providers.

The Corporation carried out a charm offensive of its own, sponsoring meetings and dinners at each of the annual party conferences and commissioning and publishing a series of heavyweight academic studies of issues facing London as a global financial capital.

We held a conference bringing together representatives of the different parts of the conservative coalition as well as academics and critics of conservatism to try to analyse why the divisions had become so marked and to explore the implications for the future course of politics on the American right.

Originally from the US, Hamilton spent years in Britain as a Shakespearian academic, completing his PhD and setting up various conferences, as well as giving lectures and working on educational podcasts.

Bruges Group meetings, debates and conferences have featured notable parliamentarians, as below, and other speakers - academics and experts including Professors Tim Congdon, Kenneth Minogue, David Myddelton, and Anthony Coughlan, and Dr Ruth Lea.

As dual - career academics and parents of a 2 - year - old, Zermarie Deacon and her husband negotiate in advance which conferences each will attend, so that the other can stay at home and take care of the child.

Hence it is important to include any evidence — not limited to the six items listed above — that may prove that the foreign scientist is outstanding, such as invitations to speak at academic symposia, invitations to attend prestigious conferences, and evidence from a citation index indicating that the scientist?s work has been cited as authoritative.

As in other areas of academic science, success normally hinges on active publishing and getting out to the right conferences so that people know what you're doing.

Attending conferences and visiting academics are also a crucial part of the job, both as a sales and marketing opportunity and also editorially, to meet current and potential authors, and to get an invaluable feel for the needs of academics and the current hot topics.

Academic research into the cause of the disease went into a 20 - year stall, punctuated in 2006 by a press conference in which Reeves and the CDC's director at the time, Julie Gerberding, announced what they portrayed as a breakthrough discovery: CFS was caused by a genetic predisposition to difficulty responding to stress.

But over lunch, on a particularly hot day at the conference's midpoint, Hameroff sought a seat in the shade and argued that he merely gives as good as he gets: His critics may couch their judgments in academic niceties, he says, but essentially they're saying he wasted his career in a wrong - headed attempt to steer neuroscience into sheer speculation and quantum woo.

I've attended many conferences since then as I've progressed in my academic career.

Luna, who is the author of The Art of Scientific Storytelling, noted that this is becoming a popular idea, as «a growing list of publications, scientific conferences, and academic institutions [are] encouraging scientists to integrate narrative elements into research and public communications.»

Genuinely acknowledging and rewarding these other key impact factors, such as societal engagement, teaching excellence, and input and deliberation at key meetings and conference participation could go a long way toward balancing the demands of academic output to publish alone, thus lessening the pressure to spend endless weekends and vacation time writing for quantity rather than quality.

As the seat of the government, Beijing is the location chosen for many academic conferences, meetings, and grant reviews and is China's political, cultural, and educational center.

Bainbridge says he and the organizers plan to use the transcript of the conference as the basis of an academic report.

Naffziger, Richardson - Stovall, Williams, McGee, Beyond Mentoring — Academic Career Coaching as a Supplement to the Traditional Training of Biomedical PhD Students, 5th Annual Conference on Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Research Careers, May 2012

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In this month's issue you'll find articles on the National Research Mentoring Network; the upcoming 2018 NPA Annual Conference; the increase in self care and social media events during NPAW 2017; postdoctoral positions as a «core part of academic career growth»; immigration policies; and understanding burnout in part two of a two - part series.

Over the past 12 years, the IAYT has made major strides with its mission to establish yoga as a respected and recognized therapy in the West, from publishing an annual peer - reviewed medical journal to presenting at academic research conferences.

She's overtired of conferences where reformers «plead for forgiveness for our narrow - minded approach» and agree to «exchange our convictions for anything that will suggest just how broad - minded we now are — as long as we de-emphasize academic goals.»

«It's very important to have these conferences, especially to learn — to see — where our student stands as far as academics are concerned,» he says, «and it also helps us get involved in the education of our kids.»

Queensland academic Professor Bob Lingard, of the School of Education at the University of Queensland, told the conference there are big questions to deal with in this area such as how this trend may change work practices for teachers and learning for children.

Collins will receive the award, which honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and / or behavioral sciences librarian, at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, June 28.

Almost 50 years and many professional achievements later — including serving as the first principal of the first postsecondary institution in southeastern Nigeria and founding the International Conference on Thinking — Maxwell's academy in which both athletics and academics are emphasized is becoming a reality thanks to an invitation from the National Olympic Committee of Albania, a country that is among the 100 nations that have never won an Olympic medal.

Traditionally, knowledge has been diffused, which is defined by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research as «passive, unplanned, uncontrolled dissemination; primarily horizontal or mediated by peers (e.g. publishing in peer reviewed journals, presenting research results to peers at academic conferences); potential user needs to seek out the information» (2).

The AVU advisory committee made up of deputy - vice chancellors (DVCs), academics and national coordinators from member countries ministries of education were also part of the conference as well as AVU strategic partners.

At those same conferences, senior editors look for up - and - coming academics and influential educational consultants to sign as «authors» of the textbooks that the worker bees are already putting together back at the shop.

As a grassroots movement, researchED seeks to connect teachers with academics and both groups give research - focused presentations at its conferences.

The conference gathered academics and educators from around the world to discuss new ideas in literary and historical research around Shakespeare, as well as new strategies for teaching and learning of Shakespeare with a focus on his relevance as a playwright in secondary schooling.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

To support the academic development of Whitburn pupils through providing enrichment opportunities such as the NEW leaders Conference and lectures.

Presentations at the NCTE Conference were about narrative as a way of fostering student engagement and motivation, narrative as a way to understand other people's cultures or environments, narrative as a way to create student voice, narrative as a spur to innovative thinking, narrative as a way to learn any academic discipline, narrative as a form of persuasion, narrative as a way to create personal meaning and new knowledge, narrative as an impetus for social change, narrative as a way to inspire creativity, narrative as the beginning of inquiry, narrative as an expression of imagination, narrative as a reflection on one's own process of learning, and narrative as the basis of collaboration among those with multiple perspectives.

She has served in a leadership and consulting capacity with numerous organizations such as: Center for Supportive Schools, GradNation Conference, Leading With Love, Circle of Community Leadership, Building Bridges, School Turnaround Leadership Network, Juggling Life (board member), Mercer County Gang Task Force, GGrant 94 ft. Academic Sports Academy, Roots Heritage Urban Food Hub, Jackie Robinson Park of Fame, and YOU - Turn Productions.

This professional learning community gives teachers the opportunity to learn research - based family engagement best practices around (1) relationship building, including home visits; (2) academic partnering such as high quality parent - teacher conferences and -LSB-...]

She was an active board member with the International Reading Association, President for both the Minnesota Reading Association and Red River Reading Association, and is presently an affiliate of the National Reading Conference, as well as many other professional and academic organizations.

Nearly all of the state's charter school principals, board members and service providers will be in attendance as the conference explores several areas — academic performance, succession to college, tools for successful schools, and legal issues — surrounding the state's charter schools.

Student - led conferences are a way for students to set and monitor long term academic and behavior goals as well as promote self - efficacy.

As researchers at the conference confirmed, we now know that when we focus on the social, emotional, and character development of students, we gain «time on task,» which results in academic improvement.

As the American Library Association's annual conference kicks off later this week in Las Vegas, companies that support public and academic libraries will showcase their technology and roll out new offerings to the attendees.

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