Sentences with phrase «educational practices as»

Other high - performing charters were seen as laboratories of educational practices as they competed with neighborhood schools.

Not exact matches

Winners also enjoy: National recognition as one of Canada's foremost Dealmakers Heightened market interest thanks to extensive media exposure in The Globe and Mail, Lexpert and Thomson Reuters publications Media coverage stemming from Deloitte's national media relations efforts The opportunity to engage in the high - level industry networking that fuels M&A transactions - Recognition at the gala awards ceremony, which is attended by leading investors, advisors and financiers - Year - round networking and educational opportunities, including access to valuable research, insights and best practices

But even if Newman's educational thought is still discussed, his practice, as carried out in the Catholic University he founded in Dublin, is very little known.

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.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

The pleasure principle, which is commonly taken for granted as appropriate in recreation, has influenced the whole of educational practice.

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance was established as a joint effort by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers in 2003 to manage the California Sustainable Winegrowing Program (SWP), a ground - breaking statewide educational initiative to help wineries and vineyards continuously improve in adopting and implementing sustainable practices.

This will include educational materials, such as a new air quality chapter in the Code of Sustainable Winegrowing workbook and the establishment of air quality and water quality demonstration sites throughout California to showcase innovative technologies and practices.

An educational conference for current and aspiring vintners, Grape Day 2014 will focus on viticulture and enology issues such as the effects of the California drought on grape - growing and best practices for disease and wildlife management in the vineyards.

In addition, more than 10,000 vintners and growers participated in over 240 educational workshops targeting specific practices such as energy efficiency, integrated pest management, and air and water quality.

Terranea Resort encourages guests to explore its unique ecology and embrace environmentally friendly practices through a variety of conservation programs as well as exciting and educational activities.

Today, as a professional practice school, UCDS is engaged in ongoing educational reform.

Since its start as a stress - reduction program in 2003, the Challenge Success team has felt it «had to speak out against an increasingly fast - paced world that was interfering with sound educational practices and harming kids physically and mentally,» the introduction to «Overloaded and Underprepared» reads.

To use your educational title to rail against one of the most important and influential health practices is unethical (are you licensed as a physician)?

Encouraging these games can help teach educational lessons such as reading or math and entertain your child while encouraging developmental needs such as teaching your child to take turns or practicing good sportsmanship.

The educational practice of teachers and young adolescents remaining together for two or more years, known as looping, provides a stable learning environment that supports students» developmental changes and responds to their individual needs.

In 2006, the CCFC issued a complaint to the FTC about Disney's practice of marketing Baby Einstein videos as «educational.»

In addition to an advertising campaign, educational posts on boppy.com about safe sleep and information tags on products, Boppy has worked with USA Today and Media Planet to continue promoting safe baby sleep practices on as many platforms as possible.

The purpose of this report is not to argue for or against home schooling but to describe the provision and practice of a small school where an approach to «flexi - schooling» is widely acknowledged as successfully meeting parents» wishes and children's educational needs.

As a BOC Approved Provider for continuing education, the WATA must ensure all educational opportunities meet the Code of Ethics and appropriate business practices.

The intervention group women (n = 250) were first sensitized through a short educational session (10 minutes) that included information delivered orally during the medical visit on the benefits of breastfeeding for women and their infants, mainly EB by shedding light on its definition, and the good practices of breastfeeding as well as the production of breast milk.

We do this through fundraising for our Annual Fund, which allows the Foundation to support applied research in child nutrition to help create best practices, and to offer scholarships that allow our members to attend conferences as well as achieve their own educational goals.

After unofficially practicing as a Doula for over 20 years, Djifa was inspired to create a Birth Support service that encompassed educational workshops, offered various prenatal services and encouraged holistic approaches to the birthing process.

The cards chart the health of a family's children and also contain educational information about best health practices for children, including breastfeeding, as well as for the entire family.

Her leadership of the department's Summer Youth Employment Program resulted in over 700 youth taking part in the Program, which is supported by educational opportunities and is now being recommended as a best - practice model.

It is designed to turn New York's Capital Region into a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity by providing best practices, networking and mentoring, as well as educational and financial resources to start - up companies.

Using scientific literature in the classroom does more than supplement lessons — the articles made available by Science in the Classroom also align with educational standards such as the Framework for K - 12 Science Education, the Common Core, Advanced Placement practices and competencies suggested in Vision & Change in Undergraduate Biology Education, said Shelby Lake, senior program associate of Science in the Classroom.

Many medical students are using electronic health records (EHRs) to track former patients but the practice, which students report as being educational, raises some ethical questions, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

A qualitative synthesis of these studies found that SBML improved outcomes in four areas: the educational laboratory, patient care practices, patient outcomes and collateral effects such as reduced healthcare costs.

While there he also studied educational theory and practice as a part of his general undergraduate education.

Their roll - out into translational practice will not be free of complexity, however, as culture and values differ in terms of what defines benefit and risk, who will benefit and who is at risk, what methods must be in place to assure the maximum safety, comfort, and protection of subjects and patients, and educational and policy needs.

Completion of an Online Course or series of MINDBODYGREEN Online Courses and any certificate or other evidence thereof provided by MINDBODYGREEN may not be recognized by third - parties, including employers, governmental bodies and educational institutions, as imparting upon the participant any particular qualification, skill - set or fitness to practice or perform any particular task or profession, and MINDBODYGREEN makes no representations or warranties to that effect.

Completion of a course or series of MBG courses and any certificate or other evidence thereof provided by MBG may not be recognized by third - parties, including employers, governmental bodies and educational institutions, as imparting upon the participant any particular qualification, skill - set or fitness to practice or perform any particular task or profession, and MBG makes no representations or warranties to that effect.

As the number of health and wellness practitioners increases globally, so does the need for the most accomplished coaches to highlight their educational practice experience.

She previously worked as a family therapist, art therapist, teacher, and as an educational therapist in private practice before she established Nourishing Our Children in 2005.

Every year, we offer specialty programs featuring content exclusive to Yoga Yoga, such as our Yoga Alliance - recognized Prenatal Yoga and Children's Yoga Teacher Trainings, as well as our unique program The Practice of Food & Yoga: Foundations of Ayurveda, an educational partnership with The Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts.

The training is open to all as long as they fill certain educational, fitness, and behavioral conditions — no prior yoga practice is required.

She has also conducted several educational talks on naturopathic health approaches at various pediatric as well as psycho - therapist group practices and various other public forums in the state of Connecticut.

Teacher reflections on the practice of teaching computer science, as well as broader educational issues

As new directions in educational research and practice unfold, we are exploring different ways to implement PB goals in the classroom and individualised student plans.

Honan, who served as a case teacher at GFE's conference in San Francisco this fall, summarizes a few key considerations that are influencing the funding practices of today's leading educational philanthropies:

By the time you are reading this the closing date for consultation on the draft SEN Code of Practice — 9 December 2013 — will have passed, so what will the New Year bring us as we contemplate changes to the special educational needs (SEN) arrangements across the sector?

As part of a new faculty research effort called Research Schools, Professor Kurt Fischer hopes to bridge the gap between research and practice, and build a new foundation for promoting strong, useful educational research.

«And we know that high - quality practices in social - emotional learning can make a substantive difference in children's educational experience, and can serve as a powerful lever for transforming behavior at scale.»

School leaders need to understand as Principal Kelly finally did, that the practice of religious indoctination can no longer be viewed in any sense to be an educational program, it is merely a missionary exploitation of the executive power we place in schools, and depends on subterfuge, misdirection and deceit.

As such, it only makes sense that eDays will become mainstream, but in order to do so it's best to look at practices that work for the private sector and implement them into the educational space.

Secondly, register the Practice of the Debate on the Immaterial heritage of The Unesco and as educational model of the 21st century, it may be to offer a quite small media to the Tibetan people: One small shy step on the paths of ethics.

ISEEN sees itself as «an international learning laboratory and networking opportunity through which independent school experiential educators and administrators can share their program challenges and successes, learn of and from model programs, and explore the developing role of experiential practices within our educational communities.»

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Through the Outreach strand, the larger focus of the initiative, researchers develop and support informative and interactive educational experiences which vary in length and time commitment involved as well as those that are designed to meet the needs of different audiences with the ISV network — those new to PZ ideas, those familiar with some PZ frameworks who want to extend their learning to other frameworks and tools, and those with a long history of using certain frameworks who want to deepen and push their practice in new ways.