Sentences with phrase «educational change in»

One of the reasons Finland has consistently stayed at the top of international rankings in education is because it focuses on equity; poorer schools receive more funding than those in more affluent neighborhoods, according to Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland author Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

And as a new generation of African - American activists are coming to the fore, they're saying: Why are these organizations setting the agenda for educational change in our communities and not engaging us in the discussion?

In this interview, part of the Lead the Change Series of the American Educational Research Association Educational Change Special Interest Group, Ainscow talks about his work in developing inclusive schools and shares his thoughts about educational change in England and other countries.

Austin, TX — Over seventy delegates from six communities around the Central Texas region composed of students, teachers, administrators, higher education, community and business leaders are convening next week to create a historic plan for closing achievement gaps that will feed into a 21st century blueprint to bring about educational change in Central Texas.

Never before have this many communities come together, empowered to author this kind of action plan to bring about educational change in the region.

Finnish lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?

His best - seller book «Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland» won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award.

But with growing numbers of students enrolled in charter schools, hers is just part of the story of educational change in the District.

The school was a powerful force for educational change in China.

At the Civil Rights Project, she is involved in a five - year study examining the implementation of the «No Child Left Behind Act» of 2001 and how this legislation influences educational change in states and local school districts.

«This book is one of the best resources I have encountered as a tool for teachers as they seek to implement these educational changes in their mathematics classrooms.

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In a video for educational organization coalition ReadyWA, she says: «Teaching has really changed me as a person and taught me how to embrace risks and challenges within my own life.»

«We see every change in market conditions as an opportunity to redouble our educational efforts,» said Edward Tilly, Cboe's CEO, on a conference call Friday.

In this webinar, corporate learning expert, Joe DiDonato, shares how his teams solved these problems, as well as how new educational technology (EdTech) is changing the sales landscape for all of us.

We focus on effective advocacy, in - depth educational events, networking opportunities, publications with timely in - depth regulatory updates that drive industry dialogue around regulatory change, and providing valuable membership benefits.

Sara Sutton Fell led a competency workshop on «Mobilizing Your Remote Workforce» as well as a discussion group on Digital Changes in Society focused on Employment to an international group of leaders from corporate, nonprofit, NGO, and educational organizations.

These focused on changes that had occurred over the past three decades in culture, church and educational practices.

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the purpose why God allowed multiple religions to evolve and exist in the distant and even today is because our minds intellectual capacity has increased tremendously after we became civilized about 10,000 years go.Earlier when we were hunter gatherers our priorities was just to find food to survive, Then we became more knowlegible and our concern includes the intelle tual need to understand the meaning and purpose of our existence, so God allowed the founding and establishment of many religions by humans to conform with their intellectual, social and educational development, Since this is not static, it contiually diversify and change to conform with their times of existince, History showed that this is continuesly improving, so the future expects changes towards Panthrotheism in accordance to His will.

According to the document «Towards Common Witness» some of the characteristics which distinguish proselytism from Christian witness are: unfair criticism of caricaturing of the doctrines, beliefs and practices of another church; presenting one's church or confession as «the true church»; the use of humanitarian aid, educational opportunities or moral and psychological pressure, to induce people to change their affiliation; exploiting people's loneliness, even disillusionment with their own church in order to «convert» them.

With private property initiatives and market incentives kept in place, appropriate cultural changes («a great deal of educational and cultural work,» CA No. 36) can be introduced to purge capitalism of consumerism and thereby bring the market economy to a higher level of moral perfection.

It seems not to have been noted how powerful a change it was for the person presiding over the college or university no longer to be able (or, before long, willing) to preside over the educational community in prayer or worship.

Under increasing intellectual attack, diminishing influence in most public policy areas, but solidly entrenched in educational establishment where there is slight prospect for change in near future.

Their efforts finally culminated in a change of the political and educational systems that resulted in support of integration instead of segregation.

To repair the metanarrative will require a massive change in educational, cultural, and legal institutions.

«2 Somehow we must continually revitalize the educational establishment, organized religion, and community agencies so that they respond to changing human needs — becoming (in John Gardner's words) «self - renewing institutions.»

The plan calls for four separate and complete educational systems, ranging from a more traditional system designed to serve churches dissatisfied with the national emphases on social action to a forward - looking system meant for churches wishing to be involved in social change.

By this point in its career, paideia had come to have four aspects that continue to mark it thereafter, despite changes in other respects.11 These aspects are largely the legacy of Plato's proposed reform of Athens» traditional educational practices.

Changes in circle 5 (larger, more impersonal organizations) and circle 6 (the systems beyond the local community) may occur through educational [and] persuasive approaches, but often they require the use of political [and other social action] methods....

now I understand the problem why most people can not easily comprehend the reality of God, its because of lack of adequate knowledge of history.But I am optimistic that the process of change or evolution which will take centuries to be realized will be more easy and accelerated in the future, with better educational system.

But before we can appreciate their relevance to the educational process in our culture, we need to consider the third major social change, that is, what Neil Postman has called «the information environment» (TCA 29).

In our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changeIn our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changeIn this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changein this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changes.

Infusing both of these meanings is a background anxiety that the education of Protestant ministers has not kept up with radical developments in knowledge nor with changes in educational standards and procedures in the twentieth century, and thus that the ministry may not «hold its own with the leaders of the other professions» (Brown, 4) and might slip from its traditional parity in esteem with law and medicine.

The so - called God Debate and recent educational changes have combined to change the environment in English Catholic schools.

Changes in circle 5 (larger, more impersonal organizations) and circle 6 (the systems beyond the local community) may occur through educational persuasive approaches, but often they require the use of political methods.

The research suggests, therefore, that while the overall trend is for the viewing of religious programs to decrease as educational and income level increases, changes in the composition of the audience can be effected through the particular format and content adopted.

Editors also believed in educational programs, church activities, and the law's power to effect change.

This tendency favorable to the history of religions and comparative religion has been reversed since the middle of the 1930's, partly under the influence of the theological renaissance and partly because of the change which has taken place in cultural and educational domains.

By almost every indicator - economic, political, cultural, educational, medical - Africa is, all in all, worse off today than when the anti-colonial «winds of change» began to sweep the continent half a century ago.

This does not change the fact that speaking statistically (instead of emotionally and irrationally as you have), the single best predictor of a child's performance in school is the educational level of his parents.

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.

In addition to working as an educator, she is also a political activist for positive educational change for children.

(Interestingly, the same study also found that physicians - presumably the female ones - who had themselves breastfed were «more informed and confident in their [breastfeeding] management abilities» and suggested that «educational programs also be targeted to professionals to effect changes in their personal behavior.»

Change in resident behaviors: percentage of residents demonstrating each behavior before and after the educational intervention.

Your farm to school strategic plan may include menu changes, new purchasing practices, promotion and educational events, engaging the school community in partnership, building school gardens, or other farm to school activities.

On their homecoming on October 18, it seemed like we had been in another world having had two life - changing, unexpected, educational, and emotional hospital stays.

If your teen is interested in travel, a specific subject of knowledge, or has simply needs a radical change in his or her life, these five experiences can have positive long - term social, educational, and behavioral impacts on your teen's life.

St Paul has also been able to change its school food bidding process to favor regionally and locally sourced produce, resulting in about 40 % of its produce now coming from local farms, and it created educational materials for the lunch room to introduce kids to the local farmers growing their food.

Spring 2017 Industry Boot Camp Testimonial «While having been in the sales industry for approximately 20 years and handling educational business for approximately 6 - 8 years, your Boot Camp provided an eye opener to many topics especially since the major changes came into play within the last few years.

In an effort to protect one of our most precious gifts we go to parenting lengths of changing our lifestyles, creating a more educational environment, and usually child - proofing our home.