Sentences with phrase «central aim»

One central aim of the public schools, once called the common schools, is indeed to create a common culture, a common loyalty, a coherent nation.

One of Colson's central aims in his writings is to undermine the belief that deterrence works.

Class Central aims to clear up some of the confusion by curating the 8,000 or so MOOCs (massive open online courses) currently available to students.

With our new focus, Climate Central aims is to reveal to the public and decision - makers when and to what extent impacts such as flood damage, heat - related illness and death, declines in property values, and other social and economic impacts associated with increases in extremes may be firmly connected to greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

Curriculum Central aims to help teachers in understand how TRUSTnet learning resources can support the delivery of the revised National Curriculum in schools with a TRUSTnet subscription.

With 10 million students from grades K - 12 participating in science fairs and STEAM events every year, Science Fair Central aims to give students the tools to take their projects to the next level.

Although most of what's here is all over the sociopolitical map, the curators» central aim comes through: projecting the mood of unease edging into alarm that a quick scan of the daily news can evoke.

The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Affiliation with the World Association of Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), a not - for - profit organization for scientific and educational professionals whose central aim is to promote the mental well - being and healthy development of infants throughout the world, taking into account cultural, regional, and environmental variations, and to generate and disseminate scientific knowledge;

We therefore welcome the submission of audiovisual essays which meet the journal's central aim of encouraging work responsive to the detailed texture and artistry of film and television, bringing argument and evidence together in exciting and accessible ways.

But Bishop Wright's central aim in the lecture is to offer theological judgment - indeed, a critique that discerns God's own judgment - on the efforts (chiefly by the Bush administration) to oppose terrorists by waging war in Iraq and elsewhere.

Founded in 2004, Interracial Dating Central aims to match users with matches of other ethnicities with features like online coaching and private chat rooms.

A central aim of the agreement signed by the United States, Russia, China, Germany, France and Britain - was to ensure Iran would be at...

The priest was a prominent supporter of Liberation Theology, a branch of Christian thought which encourages the reading and application of Scripture through the eyes of the poor, and argues one of the central aims of a Christian should be to eliminate the systems and practices which allow poverty and slavery to exist.

These five will at least serve to accomplish one of the central aims of this book — namely, to illustrate how an intelligible religious philosophy may be constructed.

If this chief cause of moral failure and confusion is to be remedied, the central aim of education should be the transformation of persons so that they will serve the good instead of pleasing themselves.

But at the same time it seems to me that we can not turn our backs on advances undertaken by philosophy in the past 50 years, and that an attempt must be made to apply the methodology dominating contemporary philosophy to Whitehead's central aim.

This does not settle questions of method or theology, but it does provide a regulative principle and affirms that all the developments of church order and doctrine, as well as forms of educational and other service, are means and not ends and might be modified or abandoned without giving up the central aim of the Christian mission.

It means that the central aim and purpose of missions is to serve men.

While the central aim of this approach is to mediate critically the churches» normative traditions in the present context, it involves as well «a mutually critical dialogue between interpretations of the Christian message and interpretations of contemporary cultural experiences and practices.»

Insofar as the previous functioning unity of a society constitutes the central aim of a subject, the subject's power to acknowledge the «lure» of a proposition describing those conditions necessary to or suitable for its continuity is appropriate.

Noah's Ark Children's Hospice provides clinical, emotional and practical care and support to children and young people with life - limiting and life - threatening conditions, with a central aim of enabling them to live life as fully as possible, regardless of cognitive or sensory ability.

A cosmopolitan student body is integral to this central aim.

DIRECT SERVICE The Dads & Kids Connect Group: The central aim of this group is to increase men's sense of confidence, competence and connection as fathers of young children age birth — 5 years old.

A central aim of Waldorf Education is to stimulate the healthy development of the child's own imagination.

World Association for Infant Mental Health The central aim of the World Association for Infant Mental Health is to promote the mental wellbeing and healthy development of infants throughout the world, taking into account cultural, regional, and environmental variations, and to generate and disseminate scientific knowledge.

Its central aim is for a united Ireland.

A leaked document outlining Labour's response to the boundary changes shows that the central aim is to protect Corbyn's seat against the proposals to carve it it up.

It says the government would have to make it «the central aim of all its economic policies» and identify what it looks like in terms of employment rates for specific groups, more sustainable welfare provision and public services and a greater focus on job creation.

The New York City Community Schools initiative, a central aim of the de Blasio administration, seeks to transform local schools in high - needs areas into central community hubs, in which personalized instruction, family involvement, and community partnerships are prioritized.

But we also need a government that sees as one of its central aims the eradication of poverty wages and is determined to work with industries like tourism and hospitality to build an even stronger, better motivated, better skilled local workforce.

«I make no apology for saying that the central aim of reform should be to enable many more people to be cared for longer in their own homes,» he said.

Labour is making the fight against child poverty a central aim because the party feels «outrage» at the waste of lives, unlike the Tories who pay «lip service» to the government's commitments, a senior cabinet minister said yesterday.

Figuring out the brain basis of numerical and mathematical abilities, what causes dyscalculia, and how to remedy the disorder are the central aims of Ansari's work.

The research puts into action the central aim of the ICR's and The Royal Marsden's research strategy, which is to overcome cancer's adaptability, evolution and drug resistance.

Waldegrave sees this three - handed partnership as the key to his central aim for science — the creation of wealth.

The team used this range of tasks, without predictive software, because one of the study's central aims was to develop standardized measures.

One of our central aims is to mine a repertoire of biological innovations from the simplest microorganisms to elucidate the minimal set of principles and components required to assemble a robust and autonomous synthetic cell membrane.

A central aim of our group is to reveal active and passive contributions to the effective cellular shear modulus conventionally used in cell mechanics.

Thereby, the central aim of ICPerMed is to align and encourage joint efforts in PM research and implementation on a European and international level.

Our central aim is to increase the public understanding of British politics and policy by providing accessible academic commentary and research.

Our central aim is to increase the public understanding of British politics and policy by providing accessible academic commentary and research.

There was a presumption that a central aim of school reform should be helping schools be more nimble, creative, and responsive.

The initiative underscores a central aim of the Earth Charter Declaration to «provide all, especially children and youth, with educational opportunities that empower them to contribute actively to sustainable development.»

One of the central aims is to help prepare students for the future by fostering their STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills and knowledge.