Sentences with phrase «critical focus of research»

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Utilizing the first critical element of research and insights for persona creation, personas can help guide the organization towards a common shared focus on helping customers to achieve their goals.

Yet because of my previous research focus on women in the church and my acquaintance with political theology and critical theory (Francis Schüssler Fiorenza was a student of J. B. Metz and edited an issue of Continuum on Jürgen Habermas during the late»60s), I felt uneasy about two trends within the emerging feminist theological discourse.

Some of these Christians who focus on the canon think historical - critical research is very helpful in strengthening our interpretation of the texts of Scripture.

The conference, presented by The Organic Center in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service, focused on making certain that the research happening in the organic sector tackles the issues most critical for moving organic forward, and on communicating research findings in the most effectResearch Service, focused on making certain that the research happening in the organic sector tackles the issues most critical for moving organic forward, and on communicating research findings in the most effectresearch happening in the organic sector tackles the issues most critical for moving organic forward, and on communicating research findings in the most effectresearch findings in the most effective way.

We are focusing on our core mission of education and research, while continuing to advance critical economic development projects that foster the creation of good New York State jobs through public - private partnerships, which also provide unparalleled opportunities for our research faculty and students.»

Previous research has tested how well radiation - exposed rats do with basic learning tasks and mazes, but this new Johns Hopkins study focused on tests that closely mimic the self - tests of fitness for duty currently used by astronauts on the International Space Station prior to mission - critical events such as space walks.

Answers to these and other critical questions, addressing life outcomes beyond clinical interventions, are the focus of a report issued today from Drexel University's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, from its Life Course Outcomes Research Program.

«Funding research focused on helping patients survive longer is critical, and studies such as this advance our goal of not only improving treatments for brain cancer, but eventually finding a cure.»

This article is especially relevant today not only because it is a critical review of past research on moral education viewed through the lens and the work of the authors, but because it is also a critique of the current status of higher education and an argument for the need to focus more intentionally on equity and fairness.

We specifically focused on the hypothalamus because it is the brain region critical for regulation of homeostatic processes such as feeding,» said lead author Sebastien Bouret, PhD, a member of The Saban Research Institute's Developmental Neuroscience Program and an associate professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).

DOE's new strategy focuses on facilitating U.S. mining and processing of the critical materials, supporting research into alternatives, promoting more efficient use, and recycling.

«In the world of critical illness, a lot of research has focused on making sure people survive — and now that people are surviving, we need to ask ourselves, what does quality of life and wellbeing look like afterwards for both patients and caregivers,» says Dr. Cameron, also Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.

«This research aligns with our mission and is absolutely critical to our body of work focused on understanding and eliminating health care disparities.»

The Critical Care Recovery Center (CCRC) care model developed by the Regenstrief Institute and IU Center for Aging Research scientists is the nation's first collaborative care concept focusing on the extensive cognitive, physical, and psychological recovery needs of intensive care unit survivors and decreasing the likelihood of serious illness after discharge from an ICU.

«In the world of critical illness, a lot of research has focused on making sure people survive — and now that people are surviving, we need to ask ourselves, what does quality of life and well - being look like afterwards for both patients and caregivers,» says Dr. Cameron, also Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto.

Research at EMSL, located on the PNNL campus, focuses principally on developing a molecular - level understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that underlie the nations» most critical environmental and energy challenges.

[45,46] And focusing on the critical - path work receiving the least investment from alternative government and industry sources, Matthew O'Connor's team at SENS Research Foundation's Research Center project on mitochondrial mutations continue their work toward obviation of these lesions, advancing both AE protein and mRNA strategies.

The community focused on broad research areas critical to moving the field into the burning plasma science era when there will be a strong focus on the creation and study of plasmas where the energy to sustain fusion reactions is generated by the plasma itself.

We have therefore built a highly collaborative team in which basic scientists — focused on unraveling the fundamentals of disease mechanisms — interact fluidly with physician - scientists like myself, who bring the critical patient perspective to our research.

His current research is focused on thermochemistry and electrochemistry of materials critical to developing sustainable energy technologies.

«Interestingly, research shows that these kinds of skills — which reflect early brain development, the ability to focus, and behavior — are critical to children's success down the road.»

Deeply suspicious of the reform groups whom he says «exploited» failing schools, critical of ed - school policy experts, and antagonistic toward the independent research shop set up at the University of Chicago, Vallas seems to have been focused on political and managerial rather than educational priorities.

What research shows is that individuals who are the elite in their careers get there because of deep and deliberate practice that is defined as: «Working on technique, seeking critical feedback, and focusing ruthlessly on shoring up weaknesses.»

At Harvard, Yang saw the world of education and research through a unique lens and quickly became enraptured with the courses taught by Professor Eleanor Duckworth, particularly those focused on «critical explorations.»

As part of this research effort, Fuller analyzes America's middle - skills jobs market focusing on what employers, policymakers, and educators can do to close the skills gap, especially in areas critical to U.S. competitiveness.

Our approach to achieving this goal focuses on three objectives: (1) to develop a reliable, predictive panel of biomarkers (including both biological and bio-behavioral measures) that can identify children, youth, and parents showing evidence of toxic stress, and that can be collected in pediatric primary care settings; (2) to conduct basic, animal and human research on critical periods in development and individual differences in stress susceptibility, thereby informing the timing and design of a suite of new interventions that address the roots of stress - related diseases early in the life cycle; and (3) to build a strong, community - based infrastructure through which scientists, practitioners, parents, and community leaders can apply new scientific insights and innovative measures to the development of more effective interventions in the first three postnatal years.

Lee, who at the time was teaching high school history, focused on this population because, he says, «there was a lot of emerging research that middle school was really a critical juncture, especially for kids with limited experience.

Career technical education (CTE) has become a focus of many state plans to increase students» college and career readiness and workforce training, but there is a critical need for high quality research to guide policy decisions.

By gathering a critical mass of leading researchers focused on education reform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of schools.

However, the focus on student achievement may obscure a more important point also evident in the research: Board - certified teachers have the proven ability to instill critical thinking skills and the habits of mind that are so important for students» success in college and beyond.

Her teaching techniques in these subjects focused on implementing methods that stressed authentic learning and critical thinking skills, with heavy emphasis on primary documents, simulations, research, and the integration of technology.

Critical thinking involves a well - organized thought process that is focused on solving problems, analyzing and researching relevant research, willing to challenge assumptions, open to new possibilities and approaches, aware of the limitations and scope of analysis, reflective and transparent.

Growing research shows that Montessori schools create lasting, positive social effects.82 Since the Montessori Method focuses on personal development, Montessori students improve in their social and emotional intelligence at a faster rate than students in traditional education.83 In light of this finding, Montessori schools can be an important vehicle for integrating students of diverse backgrounds and fostering critical life and social skills needed for the 21st century.

She has published a number of articles about education and co-authored A Classroom of Teenaged Readers: Nurturing Reading Processes in Senior High English (Addison, Wesley, Longman) a research - based book that focused on the development of critical reading in the high school classroom.

Her ethnographic research agenda has three broad areas of focus: (1) Theories of the state and state - society relations; (2) Social movements, critical pedagogy, and learning; (3) Latin American education and development.

The framework shares, in practical language, the critical practices of successful school turnaround in four domains, or areas of focus, that research and experience suggest are central to rapid and significant improvement: turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shift.

Her research is on race and ethnic studies in education with a theoretical focus on critical race theory, critical whiteness studies, critical pedagogy and feminism of color.

Unit 4 of Lions Quest focuses more specifically on the elements that research consistently identifies as critical to preventing adolescent drug use.

In fact, research has shown that environmental education can help students build critical thinking skills, increase focus, manage symptoms of ADD, and improve test scores.

ANet coaches focus their support of school leaders on the skills and structures that research has shown to be critical to great schools:

Having achieved the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH), Nicola is nearing completion of her Doctorate in Education (EdD) where her research focuses on conceptualisations of professionalism for Head teachers and teachers in compulsory education in England, considered through the lens of Critical Discourse Analysis.

STERIS Corporation is a provider of infection prevention and surgical products and services, focused mainly on the critical markets of healthcare, pharmaceutical and research.

This new national research is critical to understanding cat population issues in Canada and how they have evolved in the five years of dedicated focus since the publication of CFHS» 2012 report.

This national research project is critical to understanding cat population issues in Canada and how they have evolved in the five years of dedicated focus since the publication of the 2012 report.

«Efforts to address animal homelessness often focus on helping animals in shelters, but this research and our own community - focused programs show we need to focus just as much on keeping pets from entering shelters in the first place, specifically by helping owners access critical resources,» said Matt Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA.

Her research focus is transnational futurism, combining media studies, theory of globalization, and critical race discourse with modern and contemporary art history.

The group focuses on architecture, urbanism, and contemporary art, and is interested in researching the transformation of the contemporary city and the critical role of architecture within that transformation.

«My process is a result of personal cross-cultural experience and research which takes shape in interactions, dialogue, and participation with non actors in local communities focusing on a critical and socially engaged perspective.

The focus of Domènec's research and critical essay is precisely the crisis of modernity and an awareness of the failures of the modern movement, which, in the context of this exhibition, is materialised in the form of sculptures, installations, photographs, videos and interventions in the public space.

Ariel Gentalen is an educator, curator, and arts organizer seeking to diversify narratives and create platforms for engaging critical dialogue, among artists, artwork and audience.Their current research focuses on situating socially engaged art in theories of intersectional feminisms.