Sentences with phrase «changing knowledge society»

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Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

Critics such as James Burtchaell, whose book The Dying of the Light was reviewed in these pages by Ralph C. Wood (February 3 - 10), have simply not indicated realistically how, in the face of massive changes in society, church and human knowledge, church - related colleges could have maintained their traditional church - relatedness in all its 19th - or early 20th - century glory.

This world of ours is a new world, in which the unity of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order of ideas, the very notions of society and culture have changed and will not return to what they have been in the past.

A sense of apprehension about a rapidly changing society with little knowledge and understanding of the dynamics, structures, and uses of power in that society produce in clergy a crippling anxiety.

It has no special knowledge about how to change the institutions of society.

«This world of ours is a new world,» wrote Robert Oppenheimer in 1963, «in which the unity of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order of ideas, the very notions of society and culture have changed and will not return to what they have been in the past» (Saturday Review of Literature, June 29, 1963, p. 11).

Its doctrines are a by - product of its life, and they therefore require repeated transformation as society and knowledge change and grow.

We work and look for a global society with life quality, with informed happy citizens exercising their rights and duties, based on the principles of sustainable development and democracy; integrated; upholding values of solidarity, equity and justice; open to changes; respectful regarding traditional knowledge and cultural diversity; committed with the production and consumption of organic and biodiverse products.

As society gains more knowledge on the subject, what's best practice tends to change.

E-Marketing and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Training has the potential to help create a more practical and current set of learning tools to match the rapidly changing skills required in today's workforce, building a new generation with the required skills and confidence to succeed in an emerging knowledge society.

«I love creating new knowledge that changes the way we do IT and helps solve important problems in all areas of society.»

Our limited knowledge of the response of both natural systems and human society to the growing impacts of climate change compounds our uncertainty.

The Foundation supports polar scientific research for the advancement of knowledge, the promotion of informed action on climate change, and the development of a sustainable society.

Alain founded The International Polar Foundation in 2002 in order to support polar scientific research for the advancement of knowledge, the promotion of informed action on climate change, and the development of a sustainable society.

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) acknowledges the AGU's careful review of the current body of knowledge using sound scientific methodologies, and recognizes its collective expertise in scientific subfields central to assessing and understanding global change.

The Ministers of Higher Education and heads of delegation of the countries, institutions and organisations participating in the Second Bologna Policy Forum in Vienna, 12 March 2010, held a dialogue on systemic and institutional changes in higher education in the developing global knowledge society.

The Conference of the European Higher Education Area Ministers was followed by a meeting with Ministers from different parts of the world in the Second Bologna Policy Forum on «Building the Global Knowledge Society: Systemic and Institutional Change in Higher Education» that was concluded with the Vienna Bologna Policy Forum Statement.

GUARDIAN.CO.UK - July 25 - The internet is changing the way society communicates, processes information and knowledge, and configures its relationship towards authority.

An epistemological change in which transdisciplinary approach is simultaneously based on plurality and unity of current's planetary setting emergency of knowledge society, which corresponds to the common - responsibility of everyone with everything.

According Echevarria (2001), «these changes demand in organizations and institutions with a renewed professionalism settings... in the knowledge society begins to take over culture and mobility as it requires a capacity to adapt to the intelligent realization of a relatively wide range function, transfigured with the passage of time» (White Paper, 114 - 116).

A team work task with information about the legal and historical changes of the role of women in society is delivered through peer - to - peer «experts» from each team sharing specific knowledge for students to fill in a worksheet.

And, in the context of a rapidly changing global knowledge society, Daly believes education needs updating to establish a more «relational research and practice agenda».

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To enable each student to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to society and employment in a fast - changing world.

NYSED Office of Higher Education: Resources that ensure that a high quality postsecondary education is available to all that provides students with the knowledge and skills to compete in a rapidly changing economy and actively contribute to society.

As economies and societies change, the educational demands will too — and they almost always lead to a need for higher levels of knowledge and skill, as well as differing kinds of them.

The project illuminates a striking change affecting campus life across America, contributes to social scientific debates about how law shapes society and vice versa, and generates knowledge crucial for strengthening higher education's capacity to reduce social inequality.

«I believe «A Southern Fix» is an important documentary for anyone to see because it instills viewers with the knowledge they need to make responsible changes in their own lives and to take action to make necessary changes in our society.»

«I am confident that Dagmar's leadership experience in architecture education and in the design and architecture fields will reinforce and build upon the school's emphasis on innovation, professional knowledge, and in finding creative interdisciplinary solutions to challenges in today's changing society,» said Pratt School of Architecture Dean Thomas Hanrahan.

Together, they revealed how Latham's ideas continue to resonate: from taking an unconventional approach to the reception and transference of knowledge to prioritising the role of the artist in society as an agent for change.

As soon as his paper was published (1861) in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, he put out a press release for the London newspapers explaining that this result implied that all past climate changes were now understood and all future climate changes could be predicted simply from a knowledge of the concentrations of these «greenhouse» gases...

The American Meteorological Society stands ready to provide assistance in connecting Executive Branch staff with that knowledge and expertise to ensure that you and your staff are working with credible and scientifically validated information as you navigate the many difficult policy areas impacted by the Earth's changing climate.

Climate literacy in the next generation will ensure a foundation of knowledge and discourse as society faces how to best deal with a changing climate.

Human societies have, through the centuries, often developed the capacity to adapt to environmental change, and some knowledge about the implications of climate change adaptation for sustainable development can thus be deduced from historical analogues (Diamond, 2004; Easterling et al., 2004).

It features chapters on: promoting quality education in islands; building island resilience, with an emphasis on reisilience to climate change; valuing and sharing island heritage and identities; building knowledge societies in islands; enabling island cohesion and social well - being; managing natural resources for a sustainable future; and the UNESCO participation programme in SIDS.

The process to translate climate science into something that is useful for society is made of listening users» needs, sharing knowledge, promoting understanding and awareness of climate issues, and provide answers to lives and companies affected by climate change.

Yale University Department of Education carried out a test of public knowledge in their» Bridging Science and Society» series titled, «Americans» Knowledge of Climate Changknowledge in their» Bridging Science and Society» series titled, «Americans» Knowledge of Climate ChangKnowledge of Climate Change.»

The MAS degree in Climate Science and Policy equips professionals with the knowledge they need to improve society's response to climate change.

Since 2014 — in collaboration with leading medical and nursing societies and related organizations — we have been assessing clinicians» knowledge of and experiences with the health impacts of climate change, and supporting interested clinicians in their efforts to educate the public and policy makers about the health effects of climate change, and the health benefits of climate solutions.

Civil society also called the SBSTA to empower women and farmers and enhance their knowledge while contributing to mitigate climate change, and requested the SBTA to expand dialogue on agriculture and food security and provide substantial funding to respond to the need of farmers.

The Royal Society statement concludes: «Careful forethought, informed by proper investigation of the costs and benefits, is required before introducing new models that amount to the biggest change in the way that knowledge is exchanged since the invention of the peer - reviewed scientific journal 340 years ago.

Osofsky said that she is «thrilled that ROSS Intelligence is joining us as we kick off this important initiative to provide our students with the knowledge they will need to provide the kinds of legal services in demand in our rapidly changing society.»

If you were expecting an army of killer robots, take solace in the knowledge our new overlords are far more villainous: they're social engineers bent on changing the DNA of our society through the perversion of science for the purpose of propaganda.

The focus is on dynamics: change of knowledge (invention), meaning, society, and organization.

Indigenous peoples have the ability to interpret and react to the impacts of climate change in creative ways, drawing on our traditional knowledge's and other technologies to develop solutions which may also help the wider society in its attempts to cope with the changing climate.

change mindsets and paradigms about the role of traditional knowledge in our society and in key sectors such as academia, government and business

I agree that this needs to change about our society and I hope our children will have more knowledge and empowerment from a supportive society when they are raising our grandchildren.