Sentences with phrase «cultural achievements as»

On behalf of Christianity it must be recorded that it was the source of most of such new cultural achievements as were registered in the Roman Empire after the second century.

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Waugh fans have long indulged friendly arguments about the master's greatest work; a recent re-reading of The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Everyman's Library) persuaded me (again) that these three books easily stand with A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited at the summit of Waugh's achievement, even as they brilliantly lay bare the European cultural crisis that was vastly accelerated by World War I.

In the Renaissance we witness a new attempt at the Cappadocian gambit: an appropriation of the cultural achievements of the Ancient world, of Platonism in particular, as well as a dramatically heightened presence of the Church in the world of culture.

Specialization is regarded as a means for increasing the individual's qualitative excellence of achievement and for making possible higher forms of cultural life through the organization of differentiated skills.

As the book's equivocal subtitle, «A German Affair,» suggests, Romanticism does not just name an achievement but also an entanglement, a cultural development at once creative and obsessive, and a volatile turn in philosophy and the arts that, even as it opened new vistas, also wrought a troubled legacAs the book's equivocal subtitle, «A German Affair,» suggests, Romanticism does not just name an achievement but also an entanglement, a cultural development at once creative and obsessive, and a volatile turn in philosophy and the arts that, even as it opened new vistas, also wrought a troubled legacas it opened new vistas, also wrought a troubled legacy.

Racial intermixtures have produced some very white - skinned Negroes with blue eyes and fair hair, yet the product of such a union remains a Negro.5 Race as the term is commonly used designates very nearly what the Germans call Volk — a group sharing a common cultural tradition, whether of achievement or servitude, with some measure of national, geographical, and biological affinity.

They huddled with Jay and his dentist father around the circular kitchen table, listened to Margaret's proud stories of her children's cultural achievements and, as Margaret now recalls, every once in a while found their attentions wandering to the outside where the McMillens» youngest boy Tom (see cover) was playing.

All are embodiments of the cultural sickness of viewing parenting as a series of achievements to be met, instead of an experience to be had, and a child to be loved for who he or she is.

And the only way to survive this, at least with any joy, was to see what Rapp also had to see: that the desire to approach parenting as a race, as a series of achievements measured by the output of one's kid, is a cultural sickness...

«These events will also help in the achievement of my goal to rebrand Queens as a tourist destination with world - class cultural institutions and other attractions that people from around the borough, city, nation and world should explore.»

Hublin, who accepts that Neandertals were cognitively sophisticated but believes their cultural achievements fell short of modern humans», is impatient with what he sees as Zilhão's absolutism.

As to Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu's argument that superhero films represent «cultural genocide,» well, I would argue that Iron Man 3 as an achievement towers over Birdman, Academy Award or noAs to Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu's argument that superhero films represent «cultural genocide,» well, I would argue that Iron Man 3 as an achievement towers over Birdman, Academy Award or noas an achievement towers over Birdman, Academy Award or not.

Since tests can include cultural bias and handicap those with different languages and cultures, we need to look at assessment as a holistic approach that includes performance tasks, portfolios, achievement scores, creativity tests, and other measures.

On the other hand, he defies proponents of charters, vouchers, and other forms of school choice as wishful thinkers disposed to let marketplace theories trump evidence of student achievement while also undervaluing education's civic and cultural roles.

It appears as «Calibration of reading self - concept and reading achievement among 15 - year - olds: Cultural differences in 34 countries» in the September issue of Learning and Individual Differences (volume 19, issue 3, pages 372 - 386).

For example, performance pay could be more widely used in places where, as in Asia, cultural expectations for student performance are high, making it appear that performance pay systems are effective, when in fact both performance pay plans and student achievement are the result of underlying cultural characteristics.

Ferguson ranges well beyond schools into economic factors, teacher attitudes, parenting practices, cultural constructs, community views, and some interventions (such as his own «Tripod Project») designed to narrow the achievement gap.

As the inquiry report committee concludes: «Until a causal relationship between homework and academic achievement and personal development is established in studies in Australia, based on Australian educational and cultural structures, this argument is likely to remain unresolved and will continue to be one of perception.»

So it takes on both native gifts and unmodifiable cultural background as explanations of differential educational achievement and the kinds of success in life that higher education makes possible.

A central goal of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K) is to support the needs of the whole child, which includes social and emotional competencies such as 21st century skills, critical - thinking, problem - solving, communication, collaboration, social and cultural awareness, initiative, self - direction, and character.

As a new superintendent in a school district comprising three distinct communities in the midst of economic and cultural change, how would you increase student achievement and meet the needs of all students?

Both the community and the university students have benefited in numerous ways since the program started in 2009, ranging from higher elementary student achievement to cultural immersion for teacher candidates to grant funding for community improvements, such as a shared walking path on the grounds of the elementary school.

Culturally sustaining educators build upon the cultural fluidity and connectedness reflected in the identities of students as an asset to learning and academic achievement.

It is unfair to blame the schools for the achievement gap, a complex problem that is the result of socio - economic and cultural as well as educational issues.

LA Unified is among nine California school districts that are using a new index to gauge the success of schools, applying a mix of academic achievement as well as social, emotional and cultural measures.

As an Assistant Professor of Practice, Cary led his graduate students through coursework focusing on core pedagogy and best classroom practices related to the teaching cycle, classroom culture, cultural responsive curricula and instruction, and student growth and achievement.

He and other practitioners of the new paternalism — once upon a time, schooling was understood as democracy's permissible, indeed obligatory, paternalism — are proving that cultural pessimists are mistaken: We know how to close the achievement gap that often separates minorities from whites before kindergarten and widens through high school.

Do the cultural norms and values of the school proclaim the centrality of student voice within the context of education as a shared responsibility and shared achievement?

As we celebrate women's social, economic, cultural, and political achievements this International Women's Day, the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council...

This could mean exploring the story and achievements of David Unaipon on the $ 50 note or invite role - models from the community such as successful social, cultural and environmental entrepreneurs who are helping attract funds to the community for the community's benefit.

As we celebrate women's social, economic, cultural, and political achievements this International Women's Day, the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council (IALC) wants to raise awareness that when it comes to savings, the gender savings gap is still huge.

«We are excited to honor Harold Koda with the 2016 Pratt Fashion Award for Lifetime Achievement, as his exhibitions and scholarship reveal the greater power of fashion to reflect the times, ground the present, and innovate in ways that alter our cultural framework,» said Jennifer Minniti, Fashion Department Chair at Pratt Institute.

There will be an incentive to export our art as never before and what we have to offer in terms of a vast, inherited file of cultural achievement is far greater than many of our similarly sized European neighbours.

The visionaries behind Opening Ceremony and KENZO were recognized as the organization's annual honorees for their vast achievements and cultural efforts.

Despite this cultural contribution, Mellon self - consciously kept her profile low, which, in some ways could be thought of as her greatest achievement given that she was closely connected to some of the most high - profile people moving in the most rarified social circles, in the most powerful country the world had ever known.

In all its diversity, the blues has been hailed as one of America's greatest cultural achievements and, along with jazz, has even been called America's classical music.

He has received numerous honors, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2008 - 2009), The Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University (2006), and the Pollack - Krasner Foundation (2006, 1998), and awards such as the Lee Krasner Lifetime Achievement Award in Art (2013), a Cultural Lifetime Achievement Award in Visual Arts from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture (2005), and the Prix de Rome (2001 - 2002).

Exhibition: Born, 1926 New York Died, 2000 New York AWARDS 1975, Guggenheim Fellowship 1989, National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Grant 1992, Elected to the National Academy of Design 1993, Elected to National Academy of Design as Full Member 1997, Print Club of New York Print Commission 2004, Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement & Contribution to the Cultural Life of Columbia County SOLO EXHIBITIONS Perdalma Gallery, New York, 1953.

In 1998, he will be awarded The Golden Rose in Palermo in recognition of his distinguished intellectual and cultural contributions, as well as the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

The end of the year offers great opportunities to reflect on children's achievements and the milestones they've reached, as well as celebrating other cultural festivals.

Day and Parlakian (2003) describe this achievement as «cultural reciprocity»: building strong working relationships with children, families, and staff by examining cultural differences, communicating and establishing a shared understanding, and achieving agreeable collaboration.

Emphasizing that the United Nations has an important and continuing role to play in promoting and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, Believing that this Declaration is a further important step forward for the recognition, promotion and protection of the rights and freedoms of indigenous peoples and in the development of relevant activities of the United Nations system in this field, Recognizing and reaffirming that indigenous individuals are entitled without discrimination to all human rights recognized in international law, and that indigenous peoples possess collective rights which are indispensable for their existence, well - being and integral development as peoples, Recognizing that the situation of indigenous peoples varies from region to region and from country to country and that the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical and cultural backgrounds should be taken into consideration, Solemnly proclaims the following United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a standard of achievement to be pursued in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect: