Sentences with phrase «challenging local contexts»
Often dealing with budgetary constraints and working in challenging local contexts, these extraordinary teachers remain committed not only to offering the very highest academic standards but to ensuring their pupils receive a rounded curriculum with a full sense of personal development.
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Because of the challenges for international entrepreneurs working in Chinese markets, CEIBS recommends finding a local co-founder, «somebody who can provide you with the access to local resources, who can provide you with a deep understanding of the local contexts, who can help you overcome language barriers,» Velamuri says.
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.
She explained the importance of local context, stating that the extent to which this can be achieved by standards in China depends very much on different perspectives, risks and challenges.
The core finding of this case study is that local forest enterprise — even when highly incipient, undercapitalized and operating in a challenging context — can be profitable and significantly improve local incomes.
«One reason why we organized this session in the first place was to encourage the sharing of such perspectives within the context of how geophysicists can build local capacity, not only for dealing with acute issues such as disasters, but also longer term challenges like building capacity for economic growth.»
Understanding engagement Having developed a stronger understanding of the background context, telephone interviews were undertaken with school and local authority representatives from across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to gain insights around schools» motivations for engaging with the Co-operative, as well as views on the support received, perceived impacts, challenges experienced and future support needed.
One of the most difficult challenges in any school reform proposal is the local context.
We intentionally design our professional learning opportunities to allow leaders to share challenges, test ideas, receive feedback, and ultimately apply what they learn within their unique local contexts.
The TLI experience has allowed me to connect with educators across the country to investigate problems at the local and national level, pursue association, instruction, and policy - based competencies, and generate a solution for a challenge in my local context.
We bring essential facts to the surface, place stories in their local and national context, evaluate successful efforts, and point to persistent challenges that remain.
Looking across the six sites participating in the NGLC Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools, we see that their local context — the assets, partners, and challenges in their region — influences the strategies used to build an ecosystem where next gen learning can thrive.
Over these past two years, we have shined a hot lamp on the problem — political handwringing, using yesterday's funding levels to solve tomorrow's challenges, expecting state and local governments to place big bets when the national government won't make long - term commitments, and applying 20th century policy to a 21st century context.
These decisions and trade - offs should be guided by robust evidence, with global - change science investigating the connections and tradeoffs between the state of the environment and human well - being in the context of the local setting, rather than by framing and reframing environmental challenges in terms of untestable assumptions about the virtues of past environments.
This activity report presents a record of the Seminar held from 27 to 29 July 2009 in Paris, focused on the role of education in addressing climate change, linking the local, regional and global contexts with particular emphasis on the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
«I think when you put it in the context of a possible future for the Earth with climate change and the challenges the local community face, that certainly puts it into perspective and it doesn't seem like that big of a sacrifice.»
The global economy presents a challenge for managers as they learn the cultural norms of their employees, employment laws, and expectations in this new global yet local context.
The tool is used in international, national and local contexts and can be used to highlight challenges and prioritise interventions at specific points on the cascade.
Workshop participants will learn about the benefits of using SNA to understand the role MIECHV plays in local systems of care, as well as the considerable challenges this kind of methodology can present when employed in real world contexts.