Sentences with phrase «because cultural practices»

This is also possible because cultural practices have changed in ways that make writing our way through the day acceptable.

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Too often, businesses adopt practices or cultural norms because they're «how things have always been done.»

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

Because of the cultural changes of modernity, however, the just war tradition has been carried, developed, and applied not as a single cultural consensus but as distinct streams in Catholic canon law and theology, Protestant religious thought, secular philosophy, international law, military theory and practice, and the experience of statecraft.

Because it is education that must proceed indirectly by way of the examination of texts and practices whose study is believed to lead to understanding God and all else in relation to God, and because those texts and practices employ ordinary languages belonging to widely shared cultures and do themselves have cultural locations, such education is inescapably a public undertaking, understandable to anyone who understands the relevant languages and cuBecause it is education that must proceed indirectly by way of the examination of texts and practices whose study is believed to lead to understanding God and all else in relation to God, and because those texts and practices employ ordinary languages belonging to widely shared cultures and do themselves have cultural locations, such education is inescapably a public undertaking, understandable to anyone who understands the relevant languages and cubecause those texts and practices employ ordinary languages belonging to widely shared cultures and do themselves have cultural locations, such education is inescapably a public undertaking, understandable to anyone who understands the relevant languages and cultures.

This is an important point to stress because it underscores that practices have concrete social and cultural locations in their larger host societies.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

In global terms, breastfeeding is normal, whereas because only 8 % of the world's babies are born in countries where bottle - feeding is the cultural norm [10] some might describe bottle - feeding as a «traditional harmful practice of the minority,» as set out in the Innocenti Declaration [11].

«I'm not surprised the results have been mixed, because the previous studies have involved different societies, cultural practices and so on.»

The study also recommends that from a mitigation standpoint, because funeral pyres are deeply entrenched cultural practices, replacing wooden pyres with alternative and ecofriendly practices seems to be the only viable option for controlling emissions.

Training about Cultural Intelligence is important because it encompasses practices of diversity and inclusivity, while also emphasizing competency and the effectiveness of interactions.

No, because I was privileged to have myriad protective factors in my life that buffered life's challenges: parents who provided steady and consistent unconditional acceptance, a strong spiritual identity that allowed me to look beyond current circumstances, and teachers who practiced cultural sensitivity before such a thing knew to exist.

No doubt, this is because Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are a heterogeneous group, with unique histories, languages, cultural practices and ways of operating within the classroom.

It was OK, they said, to call a Greek - Australian friend «Souvlaki» and an Indian friend «Curry» because this was an accepted, cultural practice in Australia: «that's just how we live today, like, in our society».

Furthermore, it is not shocking that critical literacy is an uncomfortable topic with many teachers because it involves «consciously reexamining comfortable cultural practices and values» (Dozier et al., 2006, p. 19).

Perhaps this is because many consider it a philosophy (but some scholars would consider Buddhism and Taoism philosophies as well); perhaps it is because Confusianism is overlaid with other beliefs (for example, Chinese Muslims practice Confucianism); or perhaps it is because Confucianism is so ingrained into the Chinese psyche that it is an inseparable part of the cultural heritage?

This vision is a default value that is rarely questioned, or challenged because it has its origins in the historical model of veterinary practice where the successful veterinarian «did things» to «fix» illnesses and injuries within the agrarian cultural backdrop.

(The Garifuna culture was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Culture in the 1990s because of its unique language, music, cultural practices and dance.)

In practice, black folk art has always had broader appeal and was thought accessible precisely because it could speak to social and cultural connections.

Pimentel noted that although cash crops can not be grown as frequently over time on organic farms because of the dependence on cultural practices to supply nutrients and control pests and because labor costs average about 15 percent higher in organic farming systems, the higher prices that organic foods command in the marketplace still make the net economic return per acre either equal to or higher than that of conventionally produced crops.

«I was attracted to the firm because it is such an excellent cultural fit for me and my practice area.

Maybe they're stinky because of a cultural practice, a medical condition, or a simple lack of awareness.

Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities tha

Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes.

Therefore, collectivist parents often do not condone Western - style dating practices or spending time with opposite sex peers because it contradicts many traditional cultural practices regarding mate selection [4, 23].

Its purpose is to ensure that measures which do recognise and protect cultural identity and practices are not classified as discrimination merely because they treat people differently.

It's unclear whether these substantial flaws are because of personal agendas (Hagen believes her own brother was falsely accused of sex abuse), because their initial works are about a decade old now and some things have changed (Dineen also hails from Canada which may trail behind the U.S. in psycho - legal trends), because neither of them considered what policies and practices move the big MHP divorce industry bucks, or because — hailing from the MHP community themselves — they have failed to see their own shared cultural biases with a majority of that community and how they themselves have been propagandized into a particular point of view.

Because too many Realtors adopt a casual dress code, which thereby indicates their casual attitude toward the importance of their vocation, and finally, because newbies quickly fall prey to the old - school underlying «sell, sell, sell» cultural attitude that permeates the industry and they copy what they see being practiced by their less - than - professional peers whom are vastly outnumbered by the real professBecause too many Realtors adopt a casual dress code, which thereby indicates their casual attitude toward the importance of their vocation, and finally, because newbies quickly fall prey to the old - school underlying «sell, sell, sell» cultural attitude that permeates the industry and they copy what they see being practiced by their less - than - professional peers whom are vastly outnumbered by the real professbecause newbies quickly fall prey to the old - school underlying «sell, sell, sell» cultural attitude that permeates the industry and they copy what they see being practiced by their less - than - professional peers whom are vastly outnumbered by the real professionals.