Sentences with phrase «controversial studies questioned»

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The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

It is an inescapable fact that when free - church men and established - church men undertake to frame a joint statement about the relations of church and state, they can come to agreement only by a studied ambiguity or by a cautious avoidance of controversial aspects of the question.

Some recent studies have begun to question that conventional wisdom, though the idea that germline stem cells could still exist in women after birth is controversial (SN Online: 7/9/12).

However, Holen and Deméré are prepared to answer questions, which they are aware could come up once the controversial study is publicized.

Eat less saturated fat The question of whether dietary fat plays a role in breast cancer has proven controversial; some studies have found a link, while others haven't.

For example, the question of whether histidine is an essential amino acid was controversial for many years, until 1985, when FAO / WHO / UNU (1985) stated in a Technical Report on the basis of the clinical nutritional studies of Kopple and Swendseid (1975) and Stifel and Herman (1972) that it is essential for humans.

The value of this is enormous as it enables competitive authoritarian regimes to avoid international isolation, as in each of the case studies examined, a prominent regional organization monitored and legitimized the controversial election results without question (AU, UNASUR, ASEAN, OSCE, etc.) providing support for the international legitimacy of the regime in question.

In many ways, however, since the inception of Kindle Unlimited last summer, Howey's sorting - through of the variables faced by authors has held a certain coherence because of (a) his «hybrid» status as a traditionally and self - publishing author, (b) his AuthorEarnings.com data work in a consistent if controversial analysis of authors» income potentials, and (c) his study of the Amazon subscription question as a shared conversation with readers and authors.

Capital in the Twenty - First Century by French economist Thomas Piketty studies and examines the only controversial question in economics: the distribution of income and wealth.