Sentences with phrase «cultural knowledge by»

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By thinking through small cultural confrontations, those who live abroad come to understand their values, preferences, and personalities better, and they carry this self - knowledge with them when they come home.

This included circumscribing commitments covering cultural products, which was achieved through an exchange of side letters with the other parties, and reflecting elements of the progressive trade agenda of the Liberal Trudeau government, including through the change in the name of the agreement, a side letter eliciting strengthened labour commitments by Vietnam, and side letters acknowledging traditional knowledge.

Reason consolidates itself in terms of techniques, e.g., hunting, fishing, farming, handed down by the tribe to the next generation, evolving still more in terms of greater and more refined techniques and in terms of greater area of human activity; it unifies itself through the compilation of human experience not only in technique and art but in organized bodies of knowledge, the sciences, and all these achievements of reason resulting in a culture which in turn unify groups of people into cultural groups, civilizations, etc..

On a deeper level, one's degree of culture is to be judged by the extent of his education, the breadth of his interests, and his knowledge and appreciation of such «cultural» pursuits as good art, literature, and music.

Adam 1, created in the image of God, does so by conquering the universe, imposing his knowledge, technology, and cultural institutions upon the world: religion affirms this apparently «secular» mandate.

Insisting on the cultural importance of «stigmatized knowledge,» he looks at the history of this tradition, going back to the Order of Illuminists founded in 1776 by Bavarian law professor Adam Weishaupt to free mankind «from all established religious and political authority.»

Knowledge depends on and is conditioned by both our historical - cultural situation and in the context of certain practices.

Though this theory of knowledge as detached reflection appeals to our cultural prejudices, formed as they are by an unreflective scientism, it is a relatively modern notion that has been thoroughly dismantled by the phenomenological tradition.

I fear that he is right in speculating that not only has our age lost its knowledge of our cultural and spiritual traditions, but we have even lost the sensibility by which to understand them.

Our forebears, whose lives were contained by cultural and geographical horizons, had only the haziest knowledge of people who lived in other countries, and could afford to ignore them completely — as we can no longer do.

«25 This archaeology is aided by two approaches: a sociology - of - knowledge analysis of the cultural role of biblical criticism and a psychoanalytically informed critique of the way we read the text.

By social systems is meant the sum total of all humanly developed knowledge, cultural patterns, institutions, values, and goals.

Constructive theology, aware of God's continuing revelation in the present, is a hermeneutical mode of reflection that, by exploring our particular historical, social and cultural situation in the light of the church's tradition, attempts dialectically to make sense of both our contemporary experience - knowledge and our tradition.

The early modern view of knowers as conditioned only by the known has given place to a far more insightful understanding of every act of knowledge as conditioned by the particular historical, cultural, economic, gender, and racial situation.

One difference is that today's commentaries hold very little knowledge of Torah culture and even the Jewish dialogue going on in the New Testament and although they have a lot of knowledge, it is diluted by a full cultural engagement which leaves a lot out with a very gentile understanding of Scripture.

In my view the curriculum matters because there is real cultural knowledge, handed down by a process of natural selection.

In fact, Kenward appears to accept French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's definition of cultural capital as «knowledge, skills, style and taste by which one class or social group dominated another.»

At a time when that government was trying to enact a harshly anti-gay law ---- sidetracked at least for the moment by a court ruling ---- that includes jail time even for those who fail to report knowledge of homosexual conduct, Cabrera decried the rise of «cultural shifters going after our young.»

But considerable recent research aimed at broadening this empirical base has revealed that children's knowledge about living things and the relations among them is sculpted by the cultural and environmental contexts in which they are raised.

While technological knowledge seems to grow by leaps and bounds, pervading the cultural mind in what feels like a matter of weeks, sadly, the same can't be said for Nutritional knowledge.

By graduated, I was 19, working on similar cultural backgrounds and Christian knowledge.

Touches like these make Jordan Peele's film is a master - class trickster work, a cultural production that brings knowledge and experience to light by mocking and subverting the power structure it occurs in.

4.7 by 2030 ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development

Reference target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among other through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development.

The best teachers will be able to reflect on their own cultural position in the classroom, challenge this racism, and identify where «white privilege» perpetuates inequality for Indigenous students by favouring Western knowledge over other kinds of cultural knowledge.

Developed by safeguarding specialist SSS Learning, Pastoral Auditor enables educators to deliver detailed evidence of different year and gender groups» knowledge and understanding in PSHE, Citizenship, Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development and Personal Development and Welfare to improve strategy planning.

According to conservatives, the great sin teachers colleges have committed in the past few decades is that they have focused too much on theory and not enough on clinical practice — and by «theory,» they mean critical pedagogy and other theories that enable prospective teachers to situate school knowledge, practices, and modes of governance within wider historical, social, cultural, economic, and political contexts.

By contrast, the researchers found that Aboriginal students tended to focus on more concrete teaching methods, as opposed to the historical and cultural knowledge their parents wanted teachers to know.

Motivated by research on written composition at a pair of colleges in Virginia, Dr. Hirsch developed his groundbreaking concept of cultural literacy — the idea that reading comprehension requires not just formal decoding skills, but also wide - ranging background knowledge.

Reimers noted that he sees an opportunity to develop students» global competencies by creating a positive disposition toward cultural differences; an ability to speak, understand, and think in languages outside of the country in which they are born; and a deep knowledge and understanding of world history, geography, and global dimensions such as health, climate, and economics.

First, it pays tribute to three decades of scholarship and service to American education by E. D. (Don) Hirsch, Jr., author of Cultural Literacy (and three other prescient books on education reform) and founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation.

An assessment of high - school students» «cultural» literacy — their knowledge of history and literature — will be conducted next year in a project jointly sponsored by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Educational Excellence Network at Vanderbilt University.

Several are based on cognates and cultural information in order that they are accessible by students who have almost no knowledge of French language.

gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short - and long - term timescales.

To be highly proficient in Brooksian English — the language of privilege — requires mastery over not just an alphabet and rules of grammar, but also an enormous range of assumed knowledge, historical references, and cultural allusions that are commonly held by members of a speech community.

By equipping students with geographical and cultural knowledge, an understanding of human rights issues and by promoting multilingualism, they are better prepared to interpret the world around them and to act on improving iBy equipping students with geographical and cultural knowledge, an understanding of human rights issues and by promoting multilingualism, they are better prepared to interpret the world around them and to act on improving iby promoting multilingualism, they are better prepared to interpret the world around them and to act on improving it.

IQ and other standardized tests produce results that can be skewed by background cultural knowledge, language learner status and racial and social privilege.

This engagement is facilitated by educational leaders who have knowledge of community issues, dynamics, and trends and understand the nuances of cultural difference.

Students of the Northern Lights School Division will have enhanced life experiences by developing skills, knowledge, and attitudes within the cultural context of engaged Northern communities.

While these protocols vary between communities, they are underpinned by a number of common principles: • Respect Indigenous people's ownership of their cultural knowledge and expertise • Respect the diversity and complexity of the many different Indigenous cultures in Australia • Consult with relevant Aboriginal communities before using the material contained in these resources

Or, as education professors Richard Ingersoll and Henry May have argued, «minority students benefit from being taught by minority teachers, because minority teachers are likely to have «insider knowledge» due to similar life experiences and cultural backgrounds.»

The introduction of a core knowledge curriculum in England inspired by E.D Hirsch, author of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, seems a real possibility in our schools.

The standards movement gained greater momentum in the mid-1980s with the creation of the Core Knowledge Foundation by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., a professor at the University of Virginia who in 1987 authored the bestseller Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs To Know.

Culturally responsive teaching is a theoretical framework created by Geneva Gay that relies on «using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them.»

The organizations encouraged cultural participation by expanding public programs, conducting marketing efforts and outreach activities and by sharing knowledge to encourage peer institutions to embrace people - centered work.

Teachers should offer: (1) collaborative learning, which entails collaborative intellectual exchanges among students and ensures that all classroom participants are actively involved in the learning process; (2) meaningful learning, which builds on student experiences and knowledge by making connections to significant events in their lives; and (3) cultural resources, which pro-actively build on the cultural, family, and community assets, values and practices students bring from home (Boykin & Noguera, 2011; Ramani & Siegler, 2011; Yeager & Walton, 2011).

Additionally, a «funds of knowledge» approach is enacted by capitalizing on the strengths students bring to school which include their linguistic and cultural diversity.

Critical student needs: How technology can support math learning Based on conversations with with a diverse group of educators and edtech decision - makers, we believe that technology is especially well poised to create an impact on middle and high school math by making learning accessible to students of all abilities and cultural backgrounds, providing age - appropriate scaffolding for underdeveloped foundational concepts, enabling rich social interactions with peers and teachers, encouraging growth mindset, metacognition and agency, and creating opportunities to apply knowledge to real - world challenges.

This ceremony is conducted by Aboriginal people with specialized cultural knowledge to welcome people to their land.

Any U.S. citizen who has acquired special knowledge or expertise regarding the natural or cultural resources of Katmai National Park and Preserve, by reason of having either lived or worked in or near the park.