Sentences with phrase «emphasis on competency»

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Castoriadis's emphasis on the word «condition,» as well as his reference to both the biological and the cultural dimensions of perception, reinforces the claim that science, whenever it attempts to address the topic of mind, simply runs up against the limits of its own competency.

Interestingly, the committee's conclusion with respect to exit exams does not pick up on the full report's emphasis on the importance of the design features of incentive systems, which include warnings that tests aimed at ensuring minimum competency may lower expectations, and concerns about both the potential narrowing of the curriculum and the tendency for score inflation on a known test.

Indeed, the common core standards call for an emphasis on deep and thoughtful engagement with informational texts as well as literature; student - centered information gathering; and problem solving — all competencies that are well aligned to the materials skilled workers deal with on a daily basis.

The new framework and emphasis on global competencies is part of a larger effort to incorporate the assessment of social skills and abilities into PISA tests.

Personalization Competency - based education rejects the cohort model of our traditional factory - based system and instead places a fundamental emphasis on each student's individual mastery.

The new framework and emphasis on global competencies is part of a...

Effects of competency - based models on student learning appeared most positive in programs that put primary emphasis on student choice with project - based learning.

Therefore, combined with an emphasis on local control, it's unsurprising that few teachers and leaders agree on a singular definition of competency - based education in New Hampshire.

The most essential aspect in the curriculum reform is the shift from focusing on learning objectives related to single subjects to an emphasis on broader competencies crossing all learning in schools.

Education for children has gone through some serious structural changes, from competency based learning and online learning, to emphasis on 21st century skills like collaboration and problem solving.

It prepares district and school administrators and / or leadership teams to: • Make data actionable and competency - based • Use data to bring coherence across improvement initiatives & maximize their impact • Build a system - wide culture of data - literacy and student - focused teaching and learning • Create capacity to collect evidence needed to validate successful implementation and gauge impact on achievement Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and sustain the meaningful and productive use of data throughout an organization — with an emphasis on how to support teachers» use of data.

The apparent «race to the bottom» phenomenon spurred by minimum competency testing led to an emphasis on high expectations.

The case - study school's «emphasis on trial and error, experimentation, and productive failure sat in uneasy alignment to the school's competency - based curriculum and assessment practices,» the authors write.

The Common Core, while arguably a strong baseline for student learning in the United States, are rightfully being criticized for a weak emphasis on 21st century competencies like creativity, collaboration, and communication (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2010), as well as for a narrow focus on only reading and math.

For this reason, we believe that afterschool programs should abide by the CASEL framework: structured and operated according to the SAFE model, with emphasis on at least one component of the CASEL competency clusters of self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, responsible decision - making, or relationship skills.

Our primary mission is to conduct High Quality Dive Courses, in small numbers (maximum 4 students) with a high degree of emphasis placed on the student's Safety, Knowledge and Competency.

This guidance document suggests that to change behaviour, «environmental education» needs to change its focus — with less emphasis on knowledge and raising awareness and more on competency, action skills and problem solving.

This emphasis, and the fact that it is already home to the Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ), makes Ryerson a likely and appropriate home to a non-traditional law school training legal professionals for the new economy, with new competencies focussed on technology, client service, and perhaps even access to justice.

Each associate is paired with a partner who helps the associate craft a career plan that is organized around core competencies and places special emphasis on finding interesting and challenging work experience for associates.

As one of the world's most award - winning resume writers and a former recruiter, I enjoy collaborating with you to draw out the information needed to win new business or career opportunities - with significant emphasis on your accomplishments and leadership competencies.

The emphasis throughout is on his leadership and management competencies, though his clinical highlights and medical credentials add essential credibility and are highlighted in his summary profile.

Key achievements and initiatives of experienced candidates should be highlighted properly in the resume as well, and these can be placed above key skills and competencies to put more emphasis on them.

Either you can choose a Resume Format, which places more emphasis on core competencies, or you can also go for a Resume Format that puts educational background above experience and skills, as all these are equally important.

In a competency based interview, less emphasis is given on your past experience while more emphasis is given on identifying your skills sets.

The ideal resume type for these requirements is a functional resume where the emphasis is given to a person's capabilities and competencies rather than focusing on the professional experience.

To continue the plan to focus my columns on building multicultural competency in group therapy practices, with an emphasis on providing something useful to the practitioner, I'd like to highlight some emergent theory regarding facilitating multicultural and social justice dialogues in group work.

Consistent with our findings of partial mediation, SAAF could have instilled shift and persist tendencies via its emphasis on nurturant - involved parenting and / or its efforts to directly instill competencies in youth.

The results are discussed with an emphasis on possible pathways connecting early social competencies and enterprising behavior in young adulthood.

Predominantly featured throughout my experiences has been an emphasis on the value of multicultural competency and a deep exploration of the relationship between identity and health.

As Chair of the Diversity Committee for Division 49, I wanted to focus my columns on building multicultural competency in group therapy practices with an emphasis on providing something useful to the practitioner.

With an emphasis on attachment, self - regulation, and competency (ARC), this course focuses on how to plan and organize individualized interventions that promote resilience, strengthen child - caregiver relationships, and restore developmental competencies undermined and weakened by chronic, multiple stressors and traumas.

In New Zealand, recent strengthening of the Māori health workforce has led to a number of successes: interventions led by, focused on, and targeted to Māori; consistent investment in Māori health over a prolonged period; and an emphasis on the development of dual cultural and clinical competencies.14 In the United States, successful Native American health service development in the early 1990s appears to have been shaped by federal government administration, the separation of the Indian Health Service from other Native American affairs, and provision of an integrated health service.15 In both countries, recent reductions in overall death rates for indigenous people have been noted; in the US this relates to injury prevention, whereas in NZ it relates to fewer deaths due to circulatory conditions.16 Although it is not known whether improved health services for indigenous peoples in the US and NZ have a causal relationship with decreased mortality, the two appear to «travel together» well.

The emphasis in the literature, and particularly in relation to parenting behaviours, has been on children's externalizing behaviour, non-compliance and psychopathology, and several models of coercive family processes leading to child externalizing behaviour have been delineated and supported.5 There is a paucity of research examining child competencies, both in terms of behaviour and developmental competencies (social, cognitive, emotional) and how parenting behaviours, parental knowledge, mood and self - efficacy interact with and impact on these competencies.