Sentences with phrase «culture challenge in education»

At some level you're rowing against a culture challenge in education, which is a culture of non-differentiation.

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The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.

The intramural dialogue over what Mark Noll has called «the scandal of the evangelical mind» worries that intellectually serious people have passed evangelicals by while we were allured by the sensations of revivalism, seduced by a materialistic market - driven culture, overtaken by the «disaster of fundamentalism» in the face of challenges from modern science and technology, and robbed of our universities through negligence and the inertia of secularized education.

For twenty centuries the Christian faith has struggled to come to terms with culture, and with the Christian ethic of love has both informed and challenged the various expressions of civilized culture, particularly in the areas of science, art and education.

CONCLUSION On the Way to Life has identified some of the features of Modern and post-Modern culture that we need to take account of in revitalising our religious education and catechesis, but the document is insufficiently critical towards Modernity, insufficiently aware of our need to challenge its pretensions.

To steer 25 + young adults from various cultures making relatively obscene amounts of money who have little real - word adult experience or formal education and who visit major cities full of temptations, not the least of which are people who exist to separate said money from them, through the rapids of these challenges as well as basically living with each other while existing in a media fishbowl.

But when there's real progress underway — when the White House advances early childhood education; when a culture of school food reform is the new normal in districts nationwide; when the work takes on a life of its own — then the entrepreneur is ready to take on a different challenge, and begin work anew.

«Study of the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific and Technological Progress and its Applications,» in Donder and Volodin, editors, Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture: Legal Developments and Challenges, UNESCO / Ashgate, pp 273 - 308.

My 2 - year (2002 - 2004) postdoctoral fellowship in science education provides me the opportunity to gain experience with all aspects of the Learning Center's programs, introducing me to the culture and challenges of public education, both in Utah and across the nation.

A systemic hierarchical culture can be taxing to navigate, but «the biggest single challenge» to Japan's current and future triumph in science is language - related, says James R. Bartholomew, a professor of history at the Ohio State University with a specialty in the history of Japanese science and higher education.

Funding: This work was supported by a Grant - in - Aid for Young Scientists (B) 24770203 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Tomizawa Jun - ichi & Keiko Fund of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan for Young Scientist, a Research Grant from the Ishibashi Foundation, and the program of the Joint Usage / Research Center for Developmental Medicine, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University to HS along with supplemental funding by a Grant - in - Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research 25650088 from JSPS to AN, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 25115007 from JSPS and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to AK, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 22126003 from JSPS and MEXT to MK, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute to JWT, hosting MJT.

But, after working in Senegal for the past five years, and Cameroon for a year before that, mostly as a high school teacher, she also knows how challenging it is to make decisions in education in a culture and context that is not hers.

Travel and exposure to new cultures challenged many of the laureates «to step outside their comfort zones, which gave them a new perspective on the world and their place in it,» adds Kate Berseth, executive vice president of EF Education First.

As part of a program for National Eating Disorders Week sponsored by the Harvard Eating Disorders Center, media representatives will speak in a program on «Culture, Media, and Eating Disorders: The Challenge of Promoting Self - Acceptance «at the Harvard Education Forum, Askwith Lecture Hall at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 23.

Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), a U.K. - based organization, has developed an approach ensuring that pupils are challenged rather than directed, and that they are physically, emotionally, and socially engaged in the learning.

Because many schools need help navigating in the sea of programs designed to promote these capacities — including youth development, character education, SEL, bullying and conflict resolution programs — the first phase of the work is devoted to developing a clear and cogent catalog of practices that have promise in 1) promoting caring school cultures, 2) developing specific emotional and ethical capacities in students such as self - regulation, and 3) responding to challenges such as sexual harassment and bullying.

«Challenges for Constructing Peace Culture and Peace Education», in Elizabeth G. Matthews (ed.)

See Daniel Bar - Tal, «Challenges for Constructing Peace Culture and Peace Education», and Salem Aweiss, «Culture of Peace and Education», both in Elizabeth G. Matthews (ed.)

This growth has led scholars from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development to argue that harnessing these students» «energy, optimism, and faith in the future is in everyone's interest» and «one of the most important challenges to our country's democratic promise.»

Infused with state and federal money but facing more requirements and students with challenges, staff at two Native American schools in Maine talked with Education World about meeting their two missions: passing on Native American culture and boosting academics.

She begins by reviewing the term culture itself, challenging the ways it has been used over the years to position some students in negative ways, proposing instead a comprehensive definition that takes into account the many resources — sociocultural, familial, experiential, and others — that students bring to their education.

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development announced the Education Solutions Initiative to inform and challenge policymakers to make meaningful progress on resolving the critical issues facing students and educators in the wake of ESSA implementation.

Folk education is «learning that happens when individuals and communities come together to celebrate culture and life in order to critically analyze challenging and especially oppressive situations, to build a knowledge base [and] to apply that knowledge to create alternative possibilities for the institutions in which we live and work» (as quoted from the Folk and People's Education Association of America web site at http://www.peopleseducatieducation is «learning that happens when individuals and communities come together to celebrate culture and life in order to critically analyze challenging and especially oppressive situations, to build a knowledge base [and] to apply that knowledge to create alternative possibilities for the institutions in which we live and work» (as quoted from the Folk and People's Education Association of America web site at http://www.peopleseducatiEducation Association of America web site at http://www.peopleseducation.org/).

The education programme invites people of all ages and levels of interest to engage with contemporary art and to challenge the assumptions of who art is for, as well as reflecting on the role of culture in everyday life.

The foundation specializes in challenging artistic projects combining a particular interest in environmental issues, human rights, education, and culture in the broadest sense.

The foundation produces and commissions challenging artistic projects combine a particular interest in environmental issues, human rights, education, and culture in the broadest sense.

Established by Maja Hoffmann, the foundation promotes challenging artistic projects combining a particular interest in environmental issues, human rights, education, and culture in the broadest sense.

Fostered a change in culture that embraced new and challenging security requirements by improving communication and education.

In Campbell v Attorneys - General & The Nisga'a Nation, [79] the terms of a treaty which gave legislative (and thus law - making) power to the Nisga'a people in relation to education, the preservation of their culture and the use of their land and resource were challenged as a breach of the Canadian ConstitutioIn Campbell v Attorneys - General & The Nisga'a Nation, [79] the terms of a treaty which gave legislative (and thus law - making) power to the Nisga'a people in relation to education, the preservation of their culture and the use of their land and resource were challenged as a breach of the Canadian Constitutioin relation to education, the preservation of their culture and the use of their land and resource were challenged as a breach of the Canadian Constitution.

AIATSIS is now working with the Department of Education to develop a strategy that would address the challenges it faces in maintaining and protecting its world class collection on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history, respond to the review and position the organisation to anticipate and respond to emerging issues over the next fifty years.