Sentences with phrase «expectations as a culture»

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But it also subtly accommodated itself to such elements of late modernity as the therapeutic culture, increasing numbers of wives working outside the home, and a new expectation that husbands as well as wives should involve themselves emotionally in home life and the well - being of the children.

Sophisticates may smirk at the great expectations of the Victorians - and there was no shortage of smirking sophisticates at the time - but the Victorians understood, as most in our culture do not, that there is a necessary connection between being good and pretending to be good.

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Instead, if we understand the culture in which John wrote, the issues that the early church was facing under the Roman Empire, and all of the hundreds of allusions to Old Testament themes and prophetic expectations, the Book of Revelation can have a significant message for followers of Jesus today, who also deal with similar cultural issues as we try to live like Jesus in a world dominated by powers and authority that live in rebellion to the Kingdom of God.

This attitude not only places clergy out of step with the expectations of their parishioners but with contemporary culture as well.

For others, the idea of sex carries a lot of anxiety and fear — as he or she tries to figure out what messages of sex are «real» between the portrayal we see in culture, the Church's teaching, and one's future spouse's expectations.

Since the accomplishment of Wiltshire in its congregating fails to measure up to ethical expectations, its culture is treated as an inferior undertaking to be nagged toward improvement.

This confusion has left church leadership open to ideological distortion by its host culture as it «conforms to expectations established for it by a bourgeois society» (93).

I am presently living and working in a different culture which bases marriage and being together as a societal and emotionally stable state to be in; the values and expectations just seem to be so different, and where interestingly, private life really is a private affair and not some kind of «peep show» as in out Western culture of show and tell all as much as possible on Television and Films.

If you think that babies sleep a certain way, based either on culture or past experience or something you read in a book (please PLEASE either read no sleep books or all of them) or what your mother - in - law says about how your partner slept as a baby or whatever, then if your child doesn't sleep that way, it may take you a long time to be able to identify cues from your child about what s / he needs because you'll be fighting with your expectations.

«As a culture, we have always had different perceptions and expectations of boys.

Our culture has shifted to understand artificial feeding as the norm, when actually so many of the things our babies do are normal but we misinterpret them because the lenses through which we see our babies are smudged by unrealistic expectations.

How children are raised can depend on the individual personalities and parenting styles of caregivers as well as the norms and expectations of different cultures.

For example, they were asked to rate their agreement with statements such as, «In this country, there are very clear expectations for how people should act in most situations,» and «Most Americans / Germans are not interested in learning about other people's cultures.»

Dr Laura Pallas, Rice Chemist at the NSW DPI, says changing global rice processing and eating habits is an enormous task, as there are deeply entrenched expectations across various cultures around consistency and flavour, and different approaches to parboiling ranging from those in small home farms to large industrial plants.

After all, you're on as much of a fact - finding mission as they are, so gather as many clues about the company's culture and job expectations as possible.

Psychology Today points to a hookup culture, online dating, high expectations, or even supply and demand as the causal factors keeping young people single.

His films are about people struggling within, and against, the confines of their culture, their industry, their expectations, and either busting through those walls or watching as the walls close in on them.

As I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as the singer in a politically charged rock banAs I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as the singer in a politically charged rock banas seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as the singer in a politically charged rock banas the singer in a politically charged rock band.

While this can mess with people's anxieties and expectations; the most important thing is that Ullmann is back, directing an adaptation of masterpiece Swedish play Miss Julie by August Strindberg, a playwright regarded as something of a demigod in Scandinavian culture.

The film, which won Tribeca's top narrative competition prize, lacks Offside's sense of reckless comedy, but it's similarly specific and intriguing about the role of young women within a single culture — not just Israel's, or even the military, but within this particular Army base, with its complicated relationships and low expectations — while commenting on gender as a larger construct outside these individual walls.

There are many other factors to consider, such as administrators making time to visit classrooms, capable instructional leadership, clear expectations and common language around school or district initiatives, creating a culture of risk taking, etc..

Initiating the last unit of IB Business Management, where the student will learn basic concepts of operation management within today's modern business culture, where results are an ever growing expectation from C - level managers as well as from investors.

What I found is that schools that exceed expectations — as well as those that are making significant improvement from a base of overall poor performance — engage in the extensive practice of six research - informed instructional strategies and develop a culture that communicates high expectations and support for all students.

Several people involved have gone so far as to say that there has been a culture clash between the design and expectations of the school and the learners» readiness to take advantage of it.

«Schools that organize hiring well can use it as the first step of teacher induction, setting expectations about standards, norms, pedagogical approach, and school culture, even before a teacher accepts a position,» says Liu.

As Brennan states, «students understand and contribute to course culture through their experiences, not through my explanations or expectations.»

After interviewing more than 50 of these gentrifiers about their school - choice process, I concluded that it is the substantive differences in parenting styles between the white, upper - middle - class parents and the nonwhite, less - affluent parents that are hindering school integration, as these parenting styles directly affect school culture and expectations.

The schools» peer culture likely has some influence on their pupils, too, as do high teacher expectations.

The highest - performing charters are those that that have most fully embraced a «no excuses» approach to teaching and learning; have created strong school cultures based on explicit expectations for both academic achievement and behavior; have an intensive focus on literacy and numeracy as the first foundation for academic achievement; feature a relatively heavy reliance on direct instruction and differentiated grouping, especially in the early grades; and are increasingly focused on comprehensive student assessment systems.

Several forceful nonprofit groups, such as the National Math and Science Initiative, Equal Opportunity Schools, and MassInsight Education, are doing excellent work in pushing AP into kindred high schools in lots of places — and changing educator expectations and school cultures to cause more disadvantaged youngsters to enter and succeed in such rigorous classes.

Similarly, the methods of star teachers — how they construct a culture of high expectations in their classroom and deliver vibrant and effective instruction — are at last being codified as specific techniques that can be mastered by novice teachers.

Gone are the days when expectations were created to challenge, and one equated success with self - advocacy and the strength that came through trial and error, determination, hard work and consequence; here are the days where expectations are written with an emphasis that there is no such thing as failure, when ones» personal realities are substituted with accommodations, and culture has been replaced with conformity.

More specifically, culture is defined as shared philosophies, ideologies, beliefs, feels, expectations, assumptions, attitudes, norms and values (Alvesson, 2007).

Here I use the chameleon - like term «culture» to refer to the culture of the school in an anthropological sense — its rules, its norms, its expectations of behavior, its sanctions: the «hidden curriculum,» as it was once called.

While foods, fashions, and local traditions, for example, are recurring and welcome topics of discussion on Out of Eden Learn, many students pick up on other, subtler aspects of culture, such as communication styles, prevailing cultural values and behavioral expectations, and relationship patterns across different generations.

Highly influential school effectiveness studies120 asserted that effective schools are characterized by an climate or culture oriented toward learning, as expressed in high achievement standards and expectations of students, an emphasis on basic skills, a high level of involvement in decision making and professionalism among teachers, cohesiveness, clear policies on matters such as homework and student behaviors, and so on.121 All this implied changes in the principal «s role.

«District leaders, from superintendents to board members, are working with educators to create a culture of high expectations, data - based decision making and high - quality instruction, while fully engaging students and parents as partners.»

Riley and others also ignore another culprit: Low - quality teachers and lackluster school leaders — or, «the other knuckleheads, as Fordham Institute scholar Peter Meyer calls them — who perpetuate cultures of low expectations by failing in reading instruction and failing to properly manage classrooms.

«Smart principals already work as a team with their teachers to create a culture of excellence and high expectations,» said Linda Rosenbury, Principal of J.H.S 22 in the Bronx.

He uses the KIPP schools in one chapter as an example of strong culture and hard work overcoming the seemingly intractable barriers of poverty and low expectations.

«As we move this work forward, we will continue to embrace a culture of excellence with equity — one where we insist on holding high expectations for every child and every adult no matter the circumstance, while providing the unique support they need to meet and exceed those high expectations,» they wrote.

As the PBIS Coordinator, one of my goals is to create a school culture, where teachers participate in meaningful professional development beyond the city education department's standards and expectations.

Even if the curricula is aligned with the standards, the curricula won't work if teachers are not capable of improving student achievement, if school cultures damn some kids (notably those from poor and minority backgrounds) to low expectations, and if school operators aren't held to high expectations (as well as rewarded and punished accordingly).

Practical concerns of teachers in their early years as they face the challenges of entering the classroom and the profession were noted; BTs relayed experiences ranging from school culture to classroom procedures to uniform expectations for BT support.

At our four - day workshop you'll learn how to use Cognitive Coaching as a model for working with your teachers and school leaders to establish a culture of high expectations, where trust and respect serve as the foundation for your school's long - term success.

Specifically, PSEL defines effectiveness in this area as ensuring that students have equitable access to effective teachers and supports, developing policies that fairly address student misconduct, and confronting biases and «low expectations associated with race, class, culture and language, gender and sexual orientation, and disability or special status,» among other tenets.

TDS provides onsite facilitation or contracted technical assistance to school leaders and teacher teams in creating a culture of high expectations for students as well as staff — one of collective commitment to excellence and shared responsibility for decisions, interventions, and outcomes.

The new statement is: As a Champion School of SAISD we, Ball Academy, will ensure collaboration to foster a positive culture of high expectations through quality instruction.

With a mix of human capital reforms, such as rounding out the teaching force with UCLA graduate students who have expertise in key subjects, added student learning and enrichment programs in and out of classroom, and a new focus on developing a college - going culture of high expectations, UCLA is setting out to take what is, by most measures, a struggling school and drastically improve academic outcomes for all students.