Sentences with phrase «challenging assumptions made»

Many contemporary artists, architects and creative practitioners are challenging the assumptions made about rural life, providing a new vision of the countryside grounded in everyday experience.

We are never going to improve education overall if we are not asking the tough questions, considering all sides and challenging assumptions made in the field.

That being said as a rule of thumb a Meta - Theory in International Relations is typically associated with challenging the assumptions made by a theory, for example (see also: Hermeneutics):

There is also a lot of practical advice on goal setting, behaviour management and motivation that often challenges assumptions made by schools.

The Malaysian - born, London - based artist uses the overly precious setting of the gallery space to pull objects — cooking utensils, kitchen fittings, plastic tubs, sheets of jute, etc — out of their utilitarian context in such a way as to force viewers to think about them as discrete objects, or things in and of themselves, while in the process challenging the assumptions we make about their functionality and attendant concerns such as, for example, the social status of the person who might own such an object, its role in their lives and that relation in respect to one's own style of living.

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Not long ago Gregersen asked Guy Wollaert, former chief innovation officer and chief technology officer at Coca - Cola, about the questions that made him challenge his assumptions — and subsequently led to big - picture insights.

Forward - looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by BlackBerry in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that BlackBerry believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to the launch timing and success of products based on the BlackBerry 10 platform, general economic conditions, product pricing levels and competitive intensity, supply constraints, BlackBerry's expectations regarding its business, strategy, opportunities and prospects, including its ability to implement meaningful changes to address its business challenges, and BlackBerry's expectations regarding the cash flow generation of its business.

Whether we are adding branches or bankers — or making markets or expanding operations — we perform extensive analytics and stress testing to challenge our assumptions.

Further challenges come from the fact that Mrs. and Mr. Surf keep their finances separate (similar situation as in the Case Study for Rene) and Mr. Surf will still be working for a number of years, so we have to make some assumptions on how to assign the tax burden between Mr. and Mrs. Surf.

I see the cartoon as hyperbole to make a point but there is the dominant ideology to consider and I would challenge the assumption about women being treated harshly and men getting a free ride implied.

A skilled painting, sculpture or photograph can make us uncomfortable and challenge our assumptions.

Emma John discovers that these Street Pastors are making an impact - local police are cooperating, crime rates are dropping and people's negative assumptions about Christians are being challenged.

As women open up with each other about issues like dual callings, sexuality, gender, body image, and more, they have more freedom to make a statement and challenge assumptions than if they were tied to an organization.

So I would in turn challenge the Calvinists and Arminians that they are making assumptions about the text which do violence to the text and actually emasculate God.

However, I am challenging the assumption they often make: that we can or should guide our policy by sexual pleasure, by «the pause that refreshes,» by a discreet catch - as - catch - can, but no other commitment.

The old and very boring ex-Spuds manager Harry Redknapp has given his opinion on whether Arsenal will be challenging for next season's Premier League or not, but he has made some assumptions which are totally wrong and need to be addressed.

I try not to make assumptions about what I'm going to encounter in any given area of the country, because I've found that my expectations are often challenged by experience.

We don't necessarily want to traumatize our kids by making them watch videos of babies from Third World countries starving to death, but we can challenge their assumptions about the things they take for granted.

For the limited scope of this study, which is to connect neuroscience with political theory and policy - making, I will focus especially on those findings that challenge long - held assumptions about human nature.

It's an assumption so often made and rarely challenged that I'm very curious to find the answer.

Police forces and authorities had generally made reasonable assumptions about the financial challenge ahead, and used these to work out their budgets for the next four years.

► «[T] he process of offering admission at selective Ph.D. programs is chock - full of assumptions that are seldom made explicit or challenged,» wrote Sian Beilock, vice provost for academic initiatives at the University of Chicago in Illinois, in her review of the book Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping, by Julie Posselt.

The April issue of Scientific American includes an exclusive excerpt from Bill McKibben's new book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, plus an interview that challenges his assumptions.

Although Greene may be far from a comprehensive understanding of practical ethical decision making, his challenge to our society's base assumption of free will merits consideration.

«We try to provide a working environment for our employees where they are allowed to make decisions, where they can challenge assumptions, and where they find the freedom to implement innovations,» says Hans - Joachim Geppert, head of corporate division human resources at Boehringer Ingelheim.

Assessment practitioners must grapple with the ethical dimensions of making sure important assumptions are transparent, especially when one generation is «kicking the can of the climate challenge on to the next,» she said.

O'Donnell says he tells this story as a reminder of how difficult it is to make a precise prognosis, but R.'s story also challenges assumptions that anxiety and stress lead to a bad outcome while positive feelings automatically bring a positive outcome.

In Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping, Posselt shows how the process of offering admission at selective Ph.D. programs is chock - full of assumptions that are seldom made explicit or challenged.

Yet in that time, we have made significant discoveries that have deepened our understanding of this phenomenon — and challenged widely held assumptions.

Though SETI scientists believe aliens would likely use similar technology as we do on Earth, that assumption poses a fundamental, possibly insurmountable, challenge to their search: Our own chatter makes it immensely difficult.

Dating bisexual people comes with unique challenges, only because of the assumptions that we often make about bisexuality.

If you see too Dating bisexual people comes with unique challenges, only because of the assumptions that we often make about bisexuality.

In light of your own beliefs and values around making, you will examine — and perhaps challenge — some current assumptions in the field.

Addressing issues of diversity in the classroom can often be challenging because, as Kim noted, as a society we are conditioned from a young age to make assumptions about things by association and categorization.

Says Steiner, «Arne Duncan made the shrewd assumption that putting out a small number of winners at the beginning would motivate and challenge others to raise their level.»

I invite you to investigate how leading with empathy, challenging assumptions, and making experiments happen can deepen your teaching or leadership practices.

I think new media is very interesting because it is a field that challenges a lot of assumptions that we've made in the past, particularly with regard to education; it challenges how we think about citizenship; it challenges even how we think about democracy.

[Adjunct Lecturer] John Richards challenged me to make reasonable assumptions to assess a business, and [Professor] Stone Wiske taught me the superior reflective nature of networked environments.

While you can make general assumptions, every organization experiences its own unique challenges.

The political argument for involving parents and other community members more substantially carries along with it an explicit challenge to the traditional, hierarchical leadership and power structures in schools.156 According to Leithwood and Prestine (2002), the policies and reforms that call for decentralized decision making rest on certain important assumptions about the role of the principal and other school leaders.

The preservice teachers indicated that their experiences were positive, that digital sources had great potential for elementary classroom use in providing students with multiple perspectives, and that they gave the teacher an opportunity to make history real, challenge assumptions, and foster inquiry, as well as help the students to understand the content more clearly.

At Prepa Ibero, by examining historical instances of prejudice, racism, identity, and community, students challenge their assumption that young people can not make changes to their world.

By exploring one's own assumptions about decision - making, educators can more effectively challenge students to do the same.

As logical as such personalized classrooms seem, making them a reality challenges many comfortable assumptions and practices related to teaching and learning.

The challenge with these assumptions is that they then lead to actions (mandates of the frequency and volume of summative assessment) that override accuracy, clear communication, nurturing of hope, and professional decision - making.

With her own identity suddenly challenged, and the integrity of the closest friend she's ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she's made about her life and her family.

Unfortunately, ReviewMeta itself don't seem interested in challenging the flawed assumptions underlying their product, and trying to make it more accurate.

Joffe questions assumptions about what makes a noble subject for art and challenges what our expectations of a feminist art might be.

The Chicagoan artist, who made a name for himself with his art - meets - urban regeneration projects in the city, is back in a gallery with work that challenges assumptions about race, class and what it means to be poor

These «neo-Symbolists» make mythological and dreamlike pictures that challenge prevailing assumptions about narrative, subjectivity and figurative painting itself.