Sentences with phrase «education as an academic discipline»

In appointing Hanus, President Eliot's goal was not to establish education as an academic discipline at Harvard.

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Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

Theological education is torn between academic norms, defined chiefly as excellence in the historical disciplines, and modern professional norms defined in terms of excellence in performing the functions church leaders are expected to perform.

Here too, no established academic discipline in theological education takes the church's mission as its subject matter.

Meanwhile, polytechnics seeking to be converted into Technical Universities should have the following requirements: a) satisfy the existing norms, guidelines and requirements of the National Council for Tertiary Education and the National Accreditation Board for accreditation as a Technical University, b) offer a minimum of four Bachelor of Technology degree programmes in Science and Technology based disciplines c) have academic departments headed by at least a Senior Lecturer with a PhD and professional experience; and d) have at least three full - time lecturers with relevant research master's degree, at least one of whom shall have industry experience.

SUNY students begin the academic season this year with a promise from the state: they can transfer any general education requirements as well as some discipline - specific courses from one school to another in what Chancellor Nancy Zimpher calls the «guaranteed seamless transfer of credits.»

But for favored faculty members, academic stardom can translate into other rewards as well: astronomical pay, fancy digs near campus, second homes in exclusive vacation spots, and celebrity far beyond the boundaries of one's discipline or campus, according to a pair of intriguing articles by Christopher Shea in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

We also can combat other forces that lower the confidence of children of color in their academic ability and their worth, such as the pervasive belief in this country in the bell curve of ability, school practices for tracking, disproportionate placement in special education, biased application of discipline procedures, and unequal access to Advanced Placement classes.

He is recognized nationwide as an expert in the areas of: (a) School improvement (ESEA) and special education (IDEA) policy and practice; (b) School discipline (including disproportionality), classroom management, student engagement, and interventions with behaviorally challenging students; and (c) Multi-tiered academic and behavioral services and supports with at - risk, struggling, non-responsive, and unsuccessful students.

Currently, the South Dakota Department of Education lists the following academic disciplines as shortage areas:

Character education may address such critical issues as student absenteeism, discipline problems, drug abuse, gang violence, teen pregnancy, and poor academic performance.

Because of the Joyce M. Huggins Early Education Center, an early education, research, and training center, housed in the Education Building, our students have unique opportunities to work with children and families as well as other academic disciplines across the unEducation Center, an early education, research, and training center, housed in the Education Building, our students have unique opportunities to work with children and families as well as other academic disciplines across the uneducation, research, and training center, housed in the Education Building, our students have unique opportunities to work with children and families as well as other academic disciplines across the unEducation Building, our students have unique opportunities to work with children and families as well as other academic disciplines across the university.

There is a range of academic disciplines in this domain to be discussed, and any of the following could be used as a foundation for your education dissertation research:

You must teach full - time in a public or non-profit private elementary or secondary school in a geographic region, grade level, academic, instructional, subject matter, or discipline classified shortage area, as defined by the U.S. Department of Education.

The mission of the ACVN was to promote the importance of nutrition as an academic discipline in veterinary medicine including education, practice and research, thus improving veterinary services available to the public, and the health of animals, by the following means:

The purpose of this article is to examine the changing focus of legal education over the years from its development as an academic discipline to the emergence of clinical internships and the call for law schools to deliver a mixture of both within the contemporary law degree.

Education: To obtain a position as an inside sales representative in most firms, one must possess a minimum academic qualification of Bachelor's degree in marketing or sales related discipline.

In the early 1900s the Clinical Pastoral Education movement was founded, and led to the integration of religion and psychology for therapeutic purposes as an academic discipline.

Students may work on Ripple Effects instead of an academic subject such as language arts, but more often their first introduction is in the context of discipline and special education settings, where black and brown students, especially boys, are grossly overrepresented.