Sentences with phrase «education is the acquisition»

Employing an unusual choice of word, Whitehead says that another aim of education is the acquisition of «style» which he classified as the most austere of all mental qualities.

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SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuters)- Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), Australia's top buyout firm, is in exclusive talks about a possible acquisition of New Zealand's largest training provider for university education for about NZ$ 530 million ($ 340 million), a source told Reuters on Thursday.

The $ 10 million acquisition of MarketMotive, by Simplilearn clearly indicates how promising the future of online education is.

Strong investor interest in mergers and acquisitions for education companies is likely to continue for the second half of 2015, after a record - setting first half of the year in which the value of transactions reached $ 6.11 billion — 29 percent higher than the same time last year, according to Peter Yoon, a managing director for education at Berkery Noyes, an investment bank.

It's likely to be a strong investor acquisition and retainment channel for many platforms; especially so in financial services, individuals are sticky when they find a trusted source of guidance and education.

The acquisition, similar to its purchase of coding education platform FlatIron School in October, is another step for WeWork in diversifying its lines of business away from leasing office space.

None of these businesses survive in the same organizational state as 150 years ago; some of the names are only historical reminders, left after a century of mergers and acquisitions; and many of them have already put into place elaborate affirmative hiring policies, racial sensitivity training, and programs that underwrite black education.

Education becomes «the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge,» and the pitfalls of inert ideas and the disconnection of subjects in a school curriculum are to be avoided.

In this scheme, education becomes «the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge» (AE 6), and Whitehead is well remembered for having detailed two related pitfalls on the road to acquiring this art.

• Language acquisition is a cornerstone of a La Scuola education.

The projects include rehabilitation and strengthening of River Niger Bridge; award of a BOT contract for revitalization of the Onitsha Port Project, re positioning of agricultural areas to align them with Anambra Imo River Basin Authority for better yields; poverty alleviation programme through micro-credit grants to widows and youths; scholarship award to youths for secondary and tertiary education as well as for ICT and other skill acquisition.

Reaffirming the nexus between security and job creation in Nigeria, President Buhari said prompt attention is being given to the gainful employment of youths in Nigeria through education and the acquisition of skills and vocational training.

They are offered language acquisition, vocational training, and family education grants.

The database includes information about each student's classroom teacher in a given year, which allows us to estimate how much the student learned in that year and to connect that information to such professional characteristics as teacher certification, acquisition of a master's degree, teacher experience, teacher test performance, and the specific school of education the teacher had attended within Florida, if the teacher had attended one of the eleven schools for which adequate numbers of teacher observations were available.

Valorizing knowledge acquisition is the secret sauce that's missing from education policy, testing, and accountability.

These continuing differences are especially worrisome, given the fact that the importance of education for the acquisition of well - paying jobs continues to grow, increasing the disparities in income between those with college degrees and those with less than a high - school diploma.

That the acquisition of cognitive skill as measured by tests is important does not mean other aspects of education are unimportant.

Classic texts on education such as Plato's Republic and Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education emphasize that character development and virtue are far more important educational goals than mere acquisition of keducation such as Plato's Republic and Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education emphasize that character development and virtue are far more important educational goals than mere acquisition of kEducation emphasize that character development and virtue are far more important educational goals than mere acquisition of knowledge.

What would be great to see is Microsoft move away from just focusing on the content creation marketplace of its traditional Office suite and instead leverage its acquisition of LinkedIn and Lynda.com to do three things: support competency - based learning — through badges, portfolios, and rich profiles for all students; invest in building students» social capital — a key determinant of life success that education typically ignores — in a deliberate way; and, through both of these efforts, help students discover and cultivate their true passions.

But Structured Literacy is appropriate for the general education classroom because it supports the reading acquisition of all students.

Networks of institutions and individuals could be created, focusing the transformative nature of Global Citizenship Education, as defined by DEEEP: «Education for Global Citizenship is based on an understanding of the purpose of education as going beyond the acquisition of knowledge and cognitive skills, to transforming the way people think and act individually and collectivelEducation, as defined by DEEEP: «Education for Global Citizenship is based on an understanding of the purpose of education as going beyond the acquisition of knowledge and cognitive skills, to transforming the way people think and act individually and collectivelEducation for Global Citizenship is based on an understanding of the purpose of education as going beyond the acquisition of knowledge and cognitive skills, to transforming the way people think and act individually and collectiveleducation as going beyond the acquisition of knowledge and cognitive skills, to transforming the way people think and act individually and collectively.»

In higher education, media players can be viewed repeatedly for knowledge acquisition.

«The entire education system is designed to facilitate lifelong and «lifewide» learning and the creation of formal, non-formal and informal learning opportunities for people of all ages... The concept of lifelong learning requires a paradigm shift away from the ideas of teaching and training towards those of learning, from knowledge - conveying instruction to learning for personal development and from the acquisition of special skills to broader discovery and the releasing and harnessing of creative potential.

The collection's primary focuses are educational administration and policy, elementary and secondary education, teachers and teaching, educational innovations, educational psychology, human development, language acquisition, and the history of education.

Primary focuses are educational administration and policy, elementary and secondary education, teachers and teaching, educational innovations, educational psychology, human development, language acquisition, and the history of education.

EPE's acquisition that year of the nonprofit TV - production company Learning Matters Inc. was a key building block in the creation of Education Week Video, an EPE unit devoted to serving the booming interest in visual storytelling.

And yet, despite the dire state of today's higher education system, there is hope on the horizon: By favoring knowledge and skill acquisition over seat time, online options and competency - based learning are disrupting the traditional higher education market and perhaps have laid the foundation for a revitalization of American education.

We are excited to announce the acquisition of Visible Learningplus, the school change model based on Hattie's research, from the New Zealand - based Cognition Education Group.

This important vocabulary development skill is a critical piece of education to support and align with the Common Core Standards for Language Arts under the acquisition of academic vocabulary.

While Plato stressed the laborious acquisition of knowledge and understanding as the means to enlightenment, our impatient age has preferred to think of the emancipation to be achieved through education as simply the removal of the chains of illusion (conventional morality and traditional religious worldviews) without the discipline of seeking truth or the confidence that there is truth to be found.

«Ours is now a knowledge based society, which requires education to strengthen higher - ordered inquiry, creativity and communication beyond ready - made knowledge and skills acquisition.»

A former special education teacher, her research is school - based and focuses on reading acquisition for students with and without disabilities, including students with learning disabilities or intellectual disabilities.

If students were classified as special education, they were given access to additional resources to support literacy acquisition.

Education in «clinical educator» training pursuant to s. 1004.04 (5)(b) and credits or points that provide training in the area of scientifically researched, knowledge - based reading literacy and computational skills acquisition, exceptional student education, normal child development, and the disorders of development may be applied toward any specializatEducation in «clinical educator» training pursuant to s. 1004.04 (5)(b) and credits or points that provide training in the area of scientifically researched, knowledge - based reading literacy and computational skills acquisition, exceptional student education, normal child development, and the disorders of development may be applied toward any specializateducation, normal child development, and the disorders of development may be applied toward any specialization area.

Faculty at the School of Education are engaged in research that looks at language acquisition and different types of literacy in a variety of contexts: from how children learn from one another, to how students form identities around language and literacy, to understanding the role that technology can play in fostering vocabulary acquisition.

Digital storytelling is perfect for STEAM or STEM integration, language acquisition, interactive lessons, oral reading, collaborative writing, sequencing, class projects, year books, «how to» videos, common core lessons, webinars, online education...

Eight subject areas are required in every IB Middle Years Programme and Wedgewood Park students have a minimum of 50 hours per school year in math, language and literature, language acquisition (Spanish), individuals and societies, science, performing arts, visual arts, design and physical education.

In addition, we prepare our students to be engaging, efficient, and critical educators through educational coursework that covers areas of instructional design, adolescent development, special education, language acquisition, and language teaching methods.

Dr. Kamil is an expert on the effects of technology on literacy acquisition, and has advised several state departments of education on the design and implementation of comprehensive literacy plans.

Sparkito is also a friend to communities and peers who recognize language acquisition with education is the way to English Spanish Success ™.

Ultimately, scales of items are constructed and disseminated to individuals seeking to measure the effect of teacher education programs on mathematics teachers» knowledge acquisition.

LocatED will be accountable to the Secretary of State for Education, and will be responsible for the acquisition of sites for new schools.

One of the highest - profile and controversial acquisitions was learning management system company Blackboard Inc.'s purchase of Moodlerooms and NetSpot, two open - source platforms for education software.

The English Language Learners Advisory Committee is comprised of national experts in ELL assessment, bilingual education, and language acquisition.

In partnership with Child Trends, opportunities will be organized discourse with policymakers and practitioners, sharpening of implementation research skills, opportunities to author publications, and enhancing general knowledge acquisition regarding issues related to the early care and education workforce.

Ivannia Soto, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Education at Whittier College, where she specializes in second language acquisition, systemic reform for English language learners (ELLs), and urban eEducation at Whittier College, where she specializes in second language acquisition, systemic reform for English language learners (ELLs), and urban educationeducation.

This research is particularly timely, as k - 12 education shifts from an emphasis on rote learning and standardization toward more experiential learning that emphasizes the acquisition of deep content knowledge and 21st century skills.

In that book I argued that the purpose of education, beyond the acquisition of literacies, is to give us the tools to determine what's true and what's not, what's beautiful and what's not, and what's good and what's not.

The purpose of this paper, then, is to analyze the cultural conflicts of Latina educators as they emerged from descriptions of their literacy acquisition in home and at school, and of their teacher education experiences.

My gravitation toward grant seeking began as a way to solve a challenge that may be familiar to other English language acquisition teachers: ELLs at higher levels of proficiency don't need to be pulled from their general education classrooms into specialized programs; they need their general education classrooms to incorporate project - based learning that focuses on authentic, relevant, content - related activities.