Sentences with phrase «as catalyst for»

Social media as a catalyst for convergence culture: Immersing pre-service social studies teachers in the social media terrain.

The AVID College Readiness System (ACRS) accelerates student learning, uses research based methods of effective instruction, provides meaningful and motivational professional learning, and acts as a catalyst for systemic reform and change.

«This grant serves as the catalyst for putting the initiative into sustainable practice.»

The AVID College Readiness System (ACRS) accelerates scholar learning, uses research - based methods of effective instruction, provides meaningful and motivational professional learning, and acts as a catalyst for systemic reform and change.

P21's mission is to serve as a catalyst for 21st century learning to build collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders so that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in a world where change is constant and learning never stops.

«Its focus on the relationship between leadership and advocacy aligns with our strategic vision to serve as a catalyst for strong public schools in Wake County.»

My interest in social justice, first sparked through tutoring, served as the catalyst for my undergraduate immersion in Holocaust history.

Through her work, Ross uses contemporary art as a catalyst for civic engagement by young people.

Whether the teacher uses music or some other artistic form, it is important to find a novel, inviting, and meaningful approach to act as a catalyst for open dialogue and discovery.

The study shows that apprenticeships can act as a catalyst for young people looking for a quick route into employment, and the majority of businesses believe apprenticeships are on the up.

According to Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, essential questions do not lead to a single answer but instead serve as a catalyst for discussion, require higher - order thinking skills such as inference and evaluation, and spark more questions (that lead to even more inquiry).

They take any opportunity they can to use what's around them as the catalyst for a lesson or project.

Betsy Balmat, a lead whole - school change coach, functions as a catalyst for improvement at four schools, including Beethoven Elementary.

He knows that while no two clients are the same, business constraints act as a catalyst for creative solutions.

«No matter what the game or the subject, the important thing to do is to use the game as a catalyst for something else,» says Ian Bogost, associate professor of computational and digital media at the Georgia Institute of Technology, who is also an adviser for the Serious Games Summit at the annual Game Developers Conference.

Now, more than 20 years later, Jenkins has used that spontaneous act of theatrical transformation as a source of inspiration, with a program he created that attempts to use theater as a catalyst for positive change in prisons throughout the world.

Keith Collar, associate dean for planning and outreach at HGSE, said advancing the idea of entrepreneurship as a catalyst for influencing the field of education is a logical outgrowth of the work by faculty during the academic year.

It routinely cites the importance of diversity in the global marketplace, where companies praise it as a catalyst for creativity and link it with greater financial returns.

This document was intended not as a set of standards or mandates but as a catalyst for curricular improvement.

Depending on your school and their expectations of what instruction looks like, I say use your curriculum as a catalyst for engaging students more deeply.

ELearning can also serve as a catalyst for change in how individuals learn and organizations grow.

I'd recommend reading Atul Gawande's New Yorker piece on coaching as a catalyst for fomenting a culture of continual improvement - even if, as is the case with Mr. Gawande, you (or your school) are already amongst the best at what you do.

This not only improves the learning efficiency of the people, but also acts as a catalyst for organizational transformations.

But it also acts as a catalyst for his exasperated wife Annie.

«The Other Dream Team»: The 1992 Lithuanian national basketball team went from the clutches of communism to the Summer Olympics in Barcelona — a testament to the powerful role of sports as a catalyst for cultural identity.

There is a villain in the film, but he won't go down into the pantheon of great movie bad guys, merely serving as a catalyst for the events that unfold.

On the other hand, however, Disney's flight could serve as catalyst for innovation with the toys to life movement.

The film is adapted from Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin's graphic novel, in which Stalin's sudden death in 1953 serves as a catalyst for action, with neurotic acting general secretary Nikita «Nicky» Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi) and comrades Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor, deliciously vain and making fine use of a girdle) and foreign affairs minister Vyacheslav Molotov (Michael Palin) each trying to manoeuvre his way into a position of more power.

As the catalyst for Sam's redemption, she becomes his rock to lean on.

As it turns out their spouses are having an affair together and that discovery serves as the catalyst for their unique relationship.

Led by Owen who is a true star in this role, the cast is brilliant; Julianne Moore is wonderful as the catalyst for Theo's awakening, and Chiwetel Ejiofor continues to be exceptional in everything he does.

Given how «Ready Player One» extensively showcases VR gameplay, it could serve as a catalyst for the virtual - reality market, according to Jefferies equity analyst Mark Lipacis.

With the help of his butler and mentor, Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine), he puts his fears in perspective and uses them as a catalyst for the unveiling of his masked persona.

And how he is determined not to let his worthy film be defined by that case, lest it detract from his mission to use Turner's story as a catalyst for discussion on the turbulence between blacks and whites that has roiled major cities across the country this year.

Regrettably, there is actually a market for movies like this, and the crowds of fifteen - year - old boys that manage to sneak in to the R - rated flick will enjoy every minute; including the 20 - minute party sequence that functions only as a catalyst for more marijuana - induced comedy.

There are plenty of cheesy TV movies that have cornered that market, and more than a handful of films that feature a meteor shower as the catalyst for disaster: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) brings about zombies, THE BLOB (1958, with the remake out in 1988) hitches a ride on a meteorite, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957) delivers killer crystals, and a rogue comet in Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) prompts machines to come alive and attack us.

Writer / director Hayden J Weal uses chronesthesia (aka mental time travel — the ability to think into the past and future) as a catalyst for romantic comedy in this low - budget feature.

As the road trip genre is best when it's used as a catalyst for a metaphysical journey of discovery engaged in by our protagonists, the narrative of The Puffy Chair is not nearly so important as the rambling, improvised conversations (arguments and pillow talk) engaged in by its trio of twentysomething slacker pilgrims.

Woodley has a natural chemistry with her co-stars that seems to work as a catalyst for her co-stars and that presence comes through here as well but this time, even more so than in The Spectacular Now, that presence is met by a similar energy.

Meat Loaf's role is an interesting one in that he serves as the catalyst for the action.

It follows these two strands for the entire film, the idea of a quest for the self in the pursuit of the implacable natural and the idea of the artificiality of film and filmmaking as a catalyst for this existential self - awareness.

Determined to make a documentary of Chiyoku's life, Genya brings her an old brass key that serves as a catalyst for a flood of memories that drown the both of them in a deluge of recollections celluloid and otherwise.

If Kiber experimented with Vibranium post-Black Panther, that could serve as the catalyst for his accident.

The one certainty is that WWII served as a catalyst for the organic evolution of the genre's texture, and that noir remains to this day one of the most popular film styles for revision, emulation, and in the case of The Man Who Wasn't There, resurrection.

When Jonesy has an accident of startling suddenness, that serves as the catalyst for a trip to the woods, where the hunters turn into the hunted as alien beings attack.

In a genius move, this is probably the first revenge movie I've seen that doesn't begin with the devastating crime that acts as a catalyst for the story to come.

Their presence and attitude serve as the catalyst for the mainly white characters to change their own attitude about the native people of this country.

Social media as a catalyst for online deliberation?

The exhibits will act as a catalyst for insight, guaranteeing a memorable time for a fee you won't balk at.

Rich men dating sites act as a catalyst for the process of finding right partners.