Sentences with phrase «as an academic art»

Up until the mid-19th century, the art world was dominated by a style of painting known as Academic art.

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Some academics see undeclared majors as the epitome of Deweyan education, the last vestiges of America's one - time liberal - arts sensibility.

The bulk of academic writing in my discipline is not really writing but a collection of marks on paper put down in response to similar marks put down in response to other marks put down in response to... The authors of these texts do not have a conception of writing as an art, or of the need for the imagery, inflection, and rhythm that hold open the mind of the reader so that the thought can slip past them into his soul.

In short, the student is emancipated from academic servility only as he has the opportunity in a real though often rudimentary fashion to be a practicing linguist, mathematician, scientist, artist or art critic, historian, philosopher, and theologian.

Buridan was unusual in that he was a diocesan priest at a time when most academics were either Dominicans or Franciscans, and in that he remained in the Arts faculty as a philosopher when most intellectuals of his caliber saw philosophy as a stage on the way to a doctorate in theology.

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.

I've never been one to consider myself the creative type — I was always the bookworm in school and excelled in academics, not arts — but as I grow older, I find myself venturing more and more into artistic outlets.

Courses such as painting, drama, chorus, and movement support the academic lessons while practical arts — weaving, woodwork, and metal work — foster self reliance and a genuine engagement with the world.

Our unique camps combine morning academic programs in small class settings & afternoon activities such as Arts & Crafts, Science, Adventure, Sports, Cooking, Drama and Carnival.

Art is used as an intensifier for academic learning.

Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

As an academic site for teaching and training future care providers, we incorporate state - of - the - art treatment and access to the latest advanced care.

Each day, children have academic learning time as well as art, recreational and sports activities.

As well as English and maths, it will measure how well pupils perform in at least three subjects from the English Baccalaureate — sciences, history, geography, languages — and Computer Science, and in three additional subjects, whether those are arts subjects, academic subjects or high quality vocational qualificationAs well as English and maths, it will measure how well pupils perform in at least three subjects from the English Baccalaureate — sciences, history, geography, languages — and Computer Science, and in three additional subjects, whether those are arts subjects, academic subjects or high quality vocational qualificationas English and maths, it will measure how well pupils perform in at least three subjects from the English Baccalaureate — sciences, history, geography, languages — and Computer Science, and in three additional subjects, whether those are arts subjects, academic subjects or high quality vocational qualifications.

The agreement also restores funding for such at - risk programs as arts education, academic literacy, adult education and early childhood education.

Through activities such as science projects, dance, sports training, academic enrichment, arts and crafts, these students experienced an educational atmosphere that was both fun and stimulating.»

Hockfield officially began her career as an academic leader in 1998, serving as the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University.

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.»

The pair hypothesized that academic fields that tend to hammer home the point of «genius,» such as physics and math would have fewer women than fields that emphasize dedication and effort, such as art history or education.

According to § 2 paragraph 1 of the articles of association of the DHV every professor (university professor, professor at an academic college, professor at an academy of art and music, supernumerary professor, honorary professor, lecturers with postdoctoral degrees) at a university, academic college or at an academy of art and music in Germany as well as any German professor at a university, academic college or at an academy of art and music abroad can become a member.

* (university professor, professor at an academic college, professor at an academy of art and music, supernumerary professor, honorary professor, lecturers with postdoctoral degrees) at a university, an academic college or at an academy of art and music in Germany as well as any German professor at a university, academic college or at an academy of art and music abroad.

Since moving to Howard University, Anderson has served as chair of the Department of Zoology (1975 - 1983) and received the Award for Academic Excellence from the College of Liberal Arts and the citation for excellence in graduate education from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

She ski raced competitively at Dartmouth College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in pre-med, studio art and art history, and was an active member of the alpine ski team as an Academic and Athletic All - American.

As one of the colleges affiliated with the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LAPS), Founders College combines a strong emphasis on academic Speed Dating, Rapid Dates for Singles Speed Dating forSingles Speed Dating, Rapid Dating, Express Meet, Mini-Dates.

No academics explain their place in contemporary art; rather, German politicians express befuddlement as to what their work is about.

And so, in choosing it as the film from the past ten years I would most like to discuss in the context of the future of the medium, I might be asserting, against my better judgment, the primacy of the auteur over and above national cinemas and identity art — the ferocious and aggressively confrontational cinema of Lucrecia Martel serving as evidence that an ethos long - since debunked in serious academic circles still has credence or at least value in the second century of the movies.

05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP schools across the country operate on longer days — her school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

This three - year quasi-experimental study looked at evidence of self - regulatory behavior in academic classrooms with students who were identified as potentially talented in the arts.

Robin C. Redmond: The arts have never been fully accepted as cognitive, academic, or intellectually rigorous.

The arts are as important as academics, and they should be treated that way in school curriculum.

Studies indicate that students involved with art forms such as filmmaking do better in academics and life in general, and this experience seems to be crucial to a student's overall success.

We soon formed The Kids Like Blues Band, and since last March we've used blues songs as a springboard for teaching academic content standards in reading, writing, listening, speech, social studies, technology, and the visual and performing arts.

Students with increased NAPLAN scores are more skewed towards subjects such as interest in science, law, engineering, architecture, social work and arts, and students who consider their academic performance to be above average are more likely to choose medicine, a study of 6492 students from years 3 to 12 across 64 NSW public schools has found.

By far the largest and most comprehensive study on this topic ever conducted, «THE ARTS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS,» confirms claims that listening to music temporarily enhances spatial skills (the controversial «Mozart Effect»), as well as claims that children who study music gain skill in spatial reasoning.

The researchers summarized studies that related particular art forms to specific types of academic achievement through the powerful statistical technique of meta - analysis, a method common in such fields as medicine and public health.

After a few months training under the two cooking giants in a culinary certificate program at Boston University (BU) after being laid off as an arts administrator in Boston Mayor Kevin White's office, Davis still scared Pépin with her knife skills and asked questions like an academic, not a chef.

Thus, Tonalism was the more academic approach towards art as Value was an established art principle.

Academic fieldwork clearly enhances the teaching of science and geography, but other subjects such as history, art and design and citizenship can also be brought to life by high quality educational visits.

The channel, called Horizons TV, will telecast events such as lectures, academic debates, and literary readings from universities, museums, libraries, and arts centers around the country, said Lawrence K. Grossman, a former president of PBS and of NBC News, who is spearheading the venture.

Including rap lyrics in a unit on poetry, or graffiti as a jumping off point to talk about the history of art establishes a bridge between youth culture and academic pursuits.

CSEDU 2015 is expected to give an overview of the state of the art as well as upcoming trends, and to promote discussion about the pedagogical potential of new learning and educational technologies in the academic and corporate world.

«JumpstART» Learning Given what the research tells us about the arts as a keystone for engaging students, as well as a springboard for academic learning, what if each morning, school could begin with a jumpstART?

One could hardly imagine the story stirring teachers in other fields, either, for it didn't validate the arts as an academic discipline.

And before they receive their high school diploma, students must complete separate performance assessments (known at the Urban Academy as academic proficiencies) that demonstrate their skills and knowledge in six academic areas: mathematics, social studies, science, creative arts, criticism, and literature.

Participants tended not to be classroom teachers, but to come from a network of public agencies, nonprofits, and academic centers, such as the Arts in Education Program at Harvard University.

Gary Riekes, the program founder, is a former Stanford University football player who believes that the center can be thought of as a «secret school» that uses a wide array of athletic equipment, coaching expertise, and coordinated arts, music, photography, and nature - study programs as incentives to improve academic performance.

I have heard from his teachers and principal at Annapolis, Maryland's Wiley H. Bates Middle School about the academic benefits of arts integration, how various forms of artistic expression (PDF) are employed to learn math and science as well as language arts.

This conversation could be taking place at El Verano School, in Sonoma, California, or at Hamilton Central School, in upstate New York, or in K - 8 classrooms in cities as diverse as San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and dozens of others whose school districts are using an art curriculum called Visual Thinking Strategies to improve critical thinking, language and writing, and academic achievement.

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