Sentences with phrase «base of academic knowledge»

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If one means, for instance, an epistemological privilege of the oppressed, in the sense that the poor, the suffering and the dispossessed have some intuitive knowledge of God, righteousness and social reality not available to others; if one means that victims know best how to overcome their condition and build new institutions; and if one means that knowledge based on «experience» makes academic excellence unnecessary, then liberation thought and the Social Gospel diverge.

As a non-profit research and education organization, The Center covers up - to - date studies on sustainable agriculture and health, and collaborates with academic and governmental institutions to fill gaps in the current knowledge base about the many benefits of organic food and farming.

Like other big pharma companies, Pfizer is partnering with academic institutions to share the risk of drug development and take advantage of academic scientists» broad base of knowledge, says Boston - based Anthony Coyle, vice president of the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) at Pfizer.

According to Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel at Thomas More, Dawn and Julie's method of presenting the material and asking the students to pick a theory and debate it, based on the evidence, is a method of teaching that's supported by the judicial concept of academic freedom: that teachers and students have the right to pursue knowledge, wherever it may lead.

In Guangzhou, which has been an export powerhouse in terms of manufactured goods since the launch of China's market - oriented reforms more than three decades ago, academic leaders are ramping up campaigns to «import» scholars who can help shape the transition to a knowledge - based economy.

For example, panelists evaluating applications submitted to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program may consider the following with respect to the Intellectual Merit Criterion: the potential of the applicant to advance knowledge based on a holistic analysis of the complete application, including the Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement, Graduate Research Plan Statement, strength of the academic record, description of previous research experience or publication / presentations, and references.

I actually look at things from this academic perspective first... then I take that base of knowledge and apply the insanity to it.

From our point of view, the academic educational philosophy based in the division of the knowledge toward indexation in the Science Citation Index (SCI) is a new tool of neo-colonialism.

These twin, established facts about learning have guided my framing of the concept of knowledge - based constructivism or, in language friendlier to teachers and the general public, academic rigor in the thinking curriculum.

From our point of view, the academic educational philosophy based in the division of the knowledge toward indexation in the

One of my main research questions is whether adults and educators can support the kind of learning dynamics that I'm observing when kids are engaging in peer - based knowledge exchange, such as that found on online fan sites.This should work for academic content as well as popular culture.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a potential campus move to Allston.

HTH — with its emphasis on integrating academic and technical education through project - based learning — attracts a number of people like Duffy with «deep content knowledge who had very successful academic careers and wanted to work in an urban school at a time of profound teacher shortage,» says founding principal Larry Rosenstock.

«Given that only two in 10 children have access to a high - quality early education setting in the U.S., CEEL, through interactive and case - based materials grounded in scientific insights, is designed to equip early education leaders with the core knowledge and tools to navigate the decisions, challenges, and opportunities associated with quality improvement,» said Nonie Lesaux, academic dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative.

In this interactive webinar, David Liben of Student Achievement Partners and Rachel Stack of Great Minds highlight how book - based lessons engage all learners, build knowledge, and set students up for academic achievement.

The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a...

It has even weakened the advancement of the second wave of reforms — most - notably implementation of Common Core reading and math standards — critical to helping kids gain the academic proficiency needed to succeed in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

You can't honestly be claiming that an average level of education (with below - average academic results, for teachers in certain grades / subjects) is adequate for a knowledge - based profession.

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

SGOs are academic goals that teachers set for their own students based on those students» knowledge at the start of the year.

The documented results of these programs, together with the growing research on public alternative schools (Kleiner, Porch, & Farris, 2002), provide a knowledge base about comprehensive approaches to increasing both academic achievement and high school completion rates — which generally go hand in hand.

Prepare students for a wide range of careers through rigorous, relevant curricula that integrate content knowledge, academic skills, technical skills, employability skills, workplace competencies, hands - on applications, and project - based learning.

Major changes to the test include incorporating more relevant words such as «empirical» — which the Common Core State standards call «academic vocabulary» — instead of the traditional «SAT words» such as «sagacious;» including an evidence - based reading section; narrowing the focus on math topics to allow for deeper knowledge testing; and eliminating the previous penalty for wrong answers.

«Within education and school - based programming, there were a bunch of different prevention and other movements all focused on positive youth development,» said Roger Weissberg, board vice chair and chief knowledge officer for the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), describing the early 1990s when CASEL was established.

District and site leadership teams will gain knowledge and practical experience to implement MTSS as a coordinated K - 12 system of academic and behavior support interventions that are designed to facilitate early and appropriately intensive research - based interventions for students at risk.

This foundational knowledge base includes competence in a broad range of academic subjects grounded in rigorous internationally benchmarked standards.

Access to a diverse range of academic options enables students to develop a comprehensive and usable knowledge base.

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.

Prompts should be based on the cultural knowledge the students possess as well as the information they have learned as part of their academic studies.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

In his view, criteria for judging teacher effectiveness could be based upon Shulman's categories of teacher knowledge — especially academic content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, knowledge of the curriculum, and knowledge of learners and educational contexts.

Every 21st century skills implementation requires the development of core academic subject knowledge and understanding among all students.Those who can think critically and communicate effectively must build on a base of core academic subject knowledge.

On the basis of his own teaching experience, Hirsch concluded that many American students lacked the basic knowledge of cultural terms and concepts that are necessary for academic advancement.

The ways in which state departments of education measure academic progress — primarily based on standardized tests that measure reading, math and science knowledge — don't assess the social skills students need to become productive adults.

Academic writing tasks of any level require lots of time, good knowledge base, and usually have quite high standards of quality, which all together make it really hard to meet all of the requirements and perform the task on time.

«This is made to bridge those barriers that still exist — just because of a lack of knowledge, I think — between human medicine and veterinary medicine,» said Dr. Richard Goldstein, chief medical officer of the Animal Medical Center, a leading academic veterinary hospital based in Manhattan.

Professor Michael Day, AFSCAN Board member and Vice President of the WSAVA Foundation said, «Our scientific projects program will address an unmet need in the African academic community and help improve our knowledge base of diseases affecting small companion animals in Africa.

She is currently undertaking a practice - based PhD at Goldsmiths, and both her artistic and academic practices revolve around the exploration of human relationship with technology and knowledge.

The IPCC has set itself the more modest goal of standardizing the academic knowledge on which climate policy is based across the world.

SARUA intends to better understand access to knowledge constraints in southern african universities, to highlight the role of open approaches to research in increasing the availability of academic and other relevant research publications to students and researchers and to develop the basis for policy advocacy at the institutional, country and regional level with respect to academic publishing and knowledge sharing.

Presumably the lack of interaction between the academic and commercial worlds, and the small number of commercial developers has led to a situation where it is a lesson learned in isolation by each newcomer to the development of knowledge - based applications.

The evidence showed that APEGA's accreditation system was comprehensive and complex, and the distinction between accredited and non-accredited engineering programs was not based on an assumption of inferior academic qualifications (but rather, a lack of knowledge about the non-accredited programs).

Develops topics and ideas for live and audio conference programs, workshops and skills training sessions, based on existing knowledge and additional research of case law, legislative developments, academic journals and trade publications

Jack Balkin offers kudos to those niche academic legal bloggers who actually add to the collegiality, professionalism and collective knowledge base of the legal community.

As knowledge bases and academic work begins to turn more and more to online resources, keeping track of your references and sources becomes more and more critical in the ephemeral online environment.

Candidate qualities: Internship experience in related engineering and science fields; knowledge of field based on experience and degree program; excellent verbal and writing skills; and demonstrated leadership on academic projects, honor societies and extracurricular activities.

Candidate must have the demonstrated ability to oversee a comprehensive academic support program with outcomes measurements; prior managerial experience effectively supervising staff; knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, computer databases and new technologies, including web - based services and social media; and the ability to analyze, create and execute assessment tools and gather and interpret data particularly related to persistence, retention and learning outcomes.

It is the position of the OSSMA and the AAMA that individuals who have graduated from a postsecondary medical assisting academic program accredited by either the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) have «successfully completed education based on a recognized body of knowledge concerning drug administration.»

Track record of upholding an updated knowledge base regarding academic offerings and enrollment status for various courses.