Sentences with phrase «as academic pressure»

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For others, however — such as this Australian academic who says the pressure drove her to heroin — the life of the mind is a minefield: underappreciated work, little pay, poor social skills, posturing, back - stabbing.

The full exercise of this right requires that trustees and administrators protect teachers and students against pressures from outside in favor of certain methods and conclusions of inquiry, and that support for teaching and research be kept as free as possible from exerting a controlling influence on academic pursuits.

It's hard to imagine a modern - day academic, under pressure to produce, leaving such a volume of work unpublished, but Oakeshott never felt compelled to bow to worldly pressures or pursue worldly gains — going so far as to decline, graciously, an offer of a knighthood.

Dalrymple comments: «Mind you, I don't blame the authors for this: after all, the pressure upon academics to publish in reputable journals nowadays is as irresistible as the urge of husbands to strangle their wives.»

With our culture and our nation's emphasis on high academic achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.

Not only are there social pressures and additional obligations such as sports or after - school jobs, but the academic requirements are much more rigorous than previous years.

As social pressures begin to mount, many girls ratchet down their academic effort.

British women have the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world because they are being put under pressure to resume their old routines as quickly as possible after birth, a leading public health academic has said.

As kids get older, academic and social pressures (especially from trying to fit in) create stress.

Another issue with viewing grit and self - control as skills: the pressure is on children to master them, like any other academic skill.

Understanding the social, academic and cultural pressures and challenges tweens face, as well as some of the dangers, can help prepare you and your tweens for this bumpy phase of development.

Unreasonable academic pressures may be one piece of the puzzle, as Rosin pointed out in her article — and it is one that can be easily replaced.

As the average teenager spends the majority of their waking hours at school, it makes sense that academic pressure can send a teen into a depressive slump.

Meanwhile, as many schools are feeling top - down pressure to raise test scores, research demonstrates that when it comes to predicting life - long success, other factors may outweigh academic knowledge.

Supportive parents had the best developmental outcomes, as measured by academic achievement, educational attainment, family obligation (considered positive outcomes), academic pressure, depressive symptoms, and parent - child alienation (considered negative).

Steve Keen, along with Nouriel Rubini as a non neoliberal economist states, «The first thing that the global financial crisis should therefore do to economics is to galvanise student protest about the lack of debate within academic economics itself, because dissident academic economists will be unable to shift the tuition of economics themselves without massive pressure from the student body».

I think International Relations as an academic subject is becoming more obscure and that's a trend that probably comes from the pressure to publish as you suggest.

As previous academics in this series have pointed out, wise negotiators will try to discern their opponents» priorities and what pressures create them; and the Celtic fringe presents complicated political questions with deep historical roots.

There is growing support for a constitutional convention among academics, experts and pressure groups such as the Electoral Reform Society (ERS).

And, as the academic «precariat» grows, said Hackmann, referring to postdoctoral researchers who work on successive contracts without the opportunity to become salaried professors, «so do regimes of competition rather than collaboration, and the pressure to play by business as usual rules persists.»

The problem, as he saw it, was that the explosion of scientific knowledge had coincided with the implosion of academic medicine under the ecocomic pressures of a costly health - care system.

Others, like Tom Burke, founding director of U.K. - based environmental group E3G, dismissed the Nature piece as «an ivory - tower view of life» that focuses on what is being said in academic literature rather than what is happening on the ground as countries slowly but surely buckle to international pressure to take on climate responsibly.

Hope envisions a future that would free academics of such pressures, letting them develop a portfolio career where they would only be employed part time by an academic institution and complement their working lives and incomes as freelance writers, consultants, industry - based researchers, or entrepreneurs.

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 economic and political pressures impacting the academic enterprise continue to change, the postdoc experience has evolved from short, focused periods of training into often multidisciplinary, extended positions with less clear outcomes.

I've seen how stressed kids can be as they deal with peer pressure, family changes and traumas, academic demands, and just trying to handle personal issues of growing up.

According to The Key's findings, financial worry has spread significantly among school leaders in the last year with 51 per cent considering budget pressures and lack of funding as the biggest challenge for the coming academic year.

Catherine Roche, chief executive of Place2Be said: «School leaders are already under immense pressure to deliver academic progress — and we shouldn't expect them to become mental health experts as well.

Some observers fear, however, that a shift toward career preparation would ease the pressure on schools to provide top - notch academics for every child, reproducing a dynamic that has harmed generations of students: Those perceived to be «college material» are immersed in challenging courses, while those sized up as less capable or motivated get a watered - down education.

The Study of New Scholars (an outgrowth of the Project on Faculty Appointments) studies the pressures that confront academic institutions and their faculty members as they try to reinvent academic careers, reformulate academic appointments and broaden the spectrum of employment arrangements.

«I think as middle school and secondary educators we can get caught up in the pressures of covering academic content and skills, and it sometimes feels we don't have enough time for rituals like this and that students will feel that they're being babied anyway,» she observed.

Seider writes, «The Harvard students volunteering at the shelter utilize the shelter as a mechanism for identity exploration and as a «shelter» from some of the academic, social, and personal pressures that are a part of the college years and young adulthood.»

Some of the root causes debated by MP's were the clear link to children's online habits which are keeping them isolated, sleep deprived and stuck in a dependence mode with low self - esteem, low self - confidence and fear of failing; along with too much pressure from a young age to pursue high academic standards; frequent cyberbullying and sexting; increased obsession with body awareness; and lack of skills that prepare children for life - such as resilience, within the curriculum.

It's an absolute disgrace that the pressure on schools to ensure pupils pass tests means children as young as three consider themselves «low ability» right at the start of their academic life, a belief which could impact on their self - esteem, carry on throughout their schooling and determine the direction of their adult lives.

(That takes some of the pressure off this game as an academic competition.

The report, scheduled for release this week, examines racial patterns in the aspirations and motivations of middle and high school students, as well as their feelings toward teachers and the role that peer pressure plays in their academic aspirations.

But as times changed and more pressure was put on academic performance I did not focus much time on this.

Teaching Service Is Part of Principal's Mission Despite the pressures on schools to focus more on academics, Dr. Shannon Vincent is convinced it's her job as principal to teach students the value of service.

This year's report also focuses on early - childhood education as its special theme, examining how new academic demands and accountability pressures are altering the learning environment for young children and the educators serving them.

This emphasis has yielded statewide academic standards and evaluation methods, as well as considerable federal aid and pressure.

While providers of public education certainly face the temptation to do what might look like taking the easy way out by letting academic standards slip, there is also countervailing pressure in the direction of higher standards (especially, as long as there are competing standards in other states).

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But other academics have suggested various theories, such as peer pressures that make it uncool to study hard and «act white.»

«Will higher academic achievement be the trade off for that enjoyable school experience as they experience more pressure?»

Evidence concerning homework also suggests possible negative effects such as students» loss of interest in academic material, fatigue, lack of opportunity for leisure and community activities, as well as pressure from parents.

Alarmingly, slightly more than half of South Korean teenagers reported having suicidal thoughts in response to a 2014 poll conducted by the country's Korea Health Promotion Foundation; over 40 percent of the respondents listed academic pressure and uncertainty over their futures as their greatest concern.

As academic scholars Dr. David Berliner and Dr. Sharon Nichols demonstrate in their work, the annals of corporate history are tattered with similar cases of corruption and distortion driven by high stakes pressures.

The onset of adolescence can play havoc with students» academic performance, as heightened social pressures, bullying and a changing sense of self - identity make it harder for kids to focus on a book report or math homework.

We aim to help those students who find it challenging to handle the academic pressure along with several other social and personal commitments such as part - time jobs, extracurricular activities, etc..

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