Sentences with phrase «capacity of a social studies»

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His study of the Bible particularly, and his capacity to interpret Scripture in the light of contemporary social movements and political and world events have sensitized him to the need and demands of persons very different from himself.

Most of those years were with 7th graders, but at some point in her teaching she taught every grade except 11th in some capacity or another including German, social studies, multi-cultural education, ELD, adolescent skills and character education.

Historians and social researchers have studied how the specific skills and bodily and mental capacities that have to be cultivated and practiced if specific forms of violence are to be engaged in are acquired.

In studies of social capital — or the capacity for social cooperation and trust — Greece comes out at the low end for a European country.

Nevertheless, the study of an earthquake's effect on the social and cultural elements of a community can help us understand how different societies have evolved and adapted over time and how cities have built up their relative capacity to withstand future large seismic events.

The study, «Assessing the capacity for social determinants of health data to augment predictive models identifying patients in need of wraparound social services,» was published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

This begins with demonstrating the power of technology to support specific social studies activities and projects that together center on the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan et al., 2000, p. 50).

We provided illustrative examples of how the four characteristics / capacities offered by Cogan et al. (2000) could be taught through the use of Internet «to fulfill the mission of the social studies» («Foster the Development of the Skills...» para. 2).

They simply leave out too much that matters, including other academic subjects, like social studies and science, electives, as well as an array of skills and capacities we expect students to be developing, such as critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, collaboration, communication.

Recent studies have pointed to «the value of strong social networks among teachers for the spread of reform implementation and innovative climate... and their capacity to change» (Moolenaar & Sleegers, 2010).

Social conditioning papers + Distopia vs Utopia - Fighting against the mediaby Hearts and Minds MediaSocial conditioning papers + Distopia vs Utopia - Fighting against the mediaI wanted to present a collection of articles and studies I wrote to highlight the influence of the government on the social conditioning and identity formation in this country, which is becoming more apparent and invasive in my limited capacity to Social conditioning papers + Distopia vs Utopia - Fighting against the mediaby Hearts and Minds MediaSocial conditioning papers + Distopia vs Utopia - Fighting against the mediaI wanted to present a collection of articles and studies I wrote to highlight the influence of the government on the social conditioning and identity formation in this country, which is becoming more apparent and invasive in my limited capacity to social conditioning and identity formation in this country, which is becoming more apparent and invasive in my limited capacity to study.

The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.

Studies of Child Care Settings Mothers who are responsive and sensitive — that is, who respond consistently and appropriately to their child's social bids and initiate interactions geared to the child's capacities, intentions, moods, goals, and developmental level — are most likely to have children with secure maternal attachments (Belsky, Rovine, and Taylor, 1984).

Studies have shown that providing young children with social - emotional learning can greatly affect their educational capacity, their school and at - home behavior, their sense of self - worth, and their resiliency to potentially traumatic events.

A number of studies have favourably evaluated the effectiveness of Family Wellbeing Program in increasing capacity and empowerment, improving social and emotional wellbeing and reducing violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

In the present study, we are particularly interested in the capacity of one particular personality factor, interpersonal dependency, to predict crying proneness at varying levels of social support.