Sentences with phrase «focused curriculums in»

The Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation Program at Canisius (ABEC) combines the rigorous scientific study of Animal Behavior with a values - focused curriculum in the liberal arts tradition.

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A report issued by Deloitte in 2011 called for revamping the K - 12 curriculum to expose kids to entrepreneurial concepts, and Stuart says government officials and policy experts are even considering the possibility of specialized, innovation - focused schools.Programs like the lecture series currently offered at Toronto French School that brings in entrepreneurs to talk to students can make a difference, he says.

Students spend a semester on their home campus studying a curriculum focused on NAFTA issues before acquiring an internship in the U.S. or Mexico.

Desautels» integrated core curriculum focuses on the key tennets of management, with workshops in skills like presentation and analysis.

Building upon the fundamentals taught in the Tuck - WBENC Executive Program (EP), the SGP curriculum will focus on growth strategies, including organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances.

Alanna tells Anthony Lacavera how Flipd is helping people achieve tech life balance and how it is being integrated into curriculums to assist students in staying focused.

She also led the development of HBS's innovative FIELD curriculum, which focuses on learning experiences that are experiential and immersive, with the goal of advancing the School's mission to develop leaders who make a difference in the world.

Whereas Australia has made Asia an important focus of its national curriculum, Canada, where education is a provincial matter, could follow the model practiced in the US, where a network of universities across the country acts as hubs for teachers to deepen their understanding of Asian geography, history, social studies and arts, so they can introduce that content into their classrooms.

The focus of its curriculum in the seventeenth century and well into the eighteenth was logic — not formal logic as we understand the subject, but the art of reasoning and living well, and even the introduction of Cartesian logic in the 1680s was seen as a simplified way of discovering certainty and praised for its «use in the affairs of life.»

A tighter focus — comparable to developments in methodology that occurred in literature, history and philosophy — is now prevalent in their counterparts in the theological curriculum.

The complaint may be that the curriculum is too «academic» and insufficiently «Professional»; too «theoretical» and insufficiently «practical»; or, conversely, that it is too single - mindedly focused on producing «Professional ministers» in a certain model and too inflexible to allow individual students to pursue their own intellectual interests; and, above all, that the curriculum consists of too many small pieces of information that are not adequately «integrated,» that it provides not so much a course of study as — in H. Richard Niebuhr's wonderfully wry phrase - «a series of studious jumps in various directions.»

This hands - on program focuses on the business of craft beer, with curriculum developed by key figures in the Chicago craft beer industry and courses conducted at College of DuPage.

Finally, we also offer licensed pre-kindergarten programs which focus on supporting children in becoming independent and confident learners, through our unique curriculum that respects each child's individual development.

I am in the process of recruiting keen individuals from any sporting background to go into schools on a weekly basis and «take over» a Year 7 P.E session, following the curriculum but focusing on building key skills such as communication, trust and teamwork.

By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.

Character Education: The Missouri Violence Prevention Curriculum Framework (2008) recommends that character education be taught in schools; especially focusing on responsibility and respect.

Environmental studies are incorporated into many aspects of the curriculum, with specific focus in areas such as geography, science, creative arts, and the Gardening and Glen Brook Farm Programs.

He said that one of the most powerful sessions in the Quenching curriculum is focused on the partnership between moms and dads, and he mentioned an exercise using LEGOs ® that helps to make the point.

Educationally and socially stimulating, our Georgia accredited curriculum includes low teacher: student ratios pre-reading, math, music, art, outdoor play, Spanish instruction, nutritious meals and more in a whole child focus.

Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the company provides a structured curriculum that focuses on developing the whole child and promoting school readiness.

Schoolchildren do not sit at their desks memorising - Natasa Pantovic The system needs a shift in focus: from one that teaches children a curriculum, to the one that inspires lifelong learning.

Commenting on the plans, Paul Davies, Head of Policy at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) said: «While it's great to see a big focus on science subjects in the new EBacc, we are concerned that the plans to narrowly prescribe the curriculum in this way will effectively drive subjects like design & technology (D&T), as well as creative and artistic subjects, from the curriculum.

Mr McCarthy said teaching was the «foundation for civilised society» but suggested the curriculum was too narrow and the focus of the curriculum could be in the wrong place.

In schools that are focused on achieving high scores on the state tests, she said, the curriculum becomes geared towards test day at the expense of deeper learning.

«The Government has consistently sought to portray GCSEs as «broken» and «dumbed down» qualifications in order to push through its vision of an elitist, narrowly focused curriculum and qualifications system which risks failing to meet the needs of the majority of young people.

He said the focus must be the kind of knowledge passed on to the Ghanaian in at all levels of education so that «moral formation is part of the curriculum.»

Michael Gove's revised national curriculum is being unveiled in full today - but his focus on fractions for five - year - olds is being overshadowed by concerns about its content, reach and implementation.

«Closing a school with a focused curriculum and community buy - in doesn't fix anything.»

With another grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Roseman and her colleagues are leading work on a new curriculum project that builds on the THSB project to focus on energy concepts in high school biology.

The rubric will also be useful, the researchers concluded, in focusing curriculum developers» and teachers» attention on the importance of engaging students with natural phenomena (or in solving problems) and making sense of them in terms of NGSS core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science practices.

To this end we (1) partner with precollege science teachers to develop and produce innovative Internet - based curriculum supplement materials focused on genetics, biotechnology, and bioethics; (2) update and expand teachers» knowledge in these areas through professional development programs; and (3) engage precollege students in science enrichment experiences.

The analysis of curricula looked at the entire range of subjects, while the analysis of textbooks focused on history, government / politics, native language and foreign languages, i.e. subjects that are of significance in matters of national identity and national policy.

For her dissertation, she focused on curriculum research: analyzing textbooks and observing how curricula play out in classrooms.

TM, a paper in the Focus section considered the best way to train people to function well in a translational science environment, reviewing a University of California (UC), Berkeley and UC San Francisco training program and describing the components the authors believe that any translational curriculum must have: «biomedical technology,» «clinical issues,» and «leadership and technology management» followed by a collaborative capstone project.

«We need to minimize barriers to implementing CAM / IM curricula in order to address these competencies and promote a larger focus on patient centered care.»

- Partnerships between industry and two - year and four - year colleges to strengthen education for technicians in the clean energy sector, focusing on curriculum development, teacher training, and career pathways from high schools to community colleges

These are generally disconnected in the curriculum from candidate clinical experience and can be more theoretical than applied in focus.

Although most reformers say that they want to raise student achievement, many projects focus on interim targets, like attracting more students into STEM fields, training more and better math and science teachers or improving the skills of those already in the classroom, and strengthening curricula.

MD - PhD programs are not the only available approach for training future physician - scientists, but they have, in many respects, become the most visible.2 — 4 In an MD - PhD curriculum, students complete the requirements for both the MD and the PhD, usually by starting with the first two years of medical education and then focusing on graduate school before returning to complete the medical degrein many respects, become the most visible.2 — 4 In an MD - PhD curriculum, students complete the requirements for both the MD and the PhD, usually by starting with the first two years of medical education and then focusing on graduate school before returning to complete the medical degreIn an MD - PhD curriculum, students complete the requirements for both the MD and the PhD, usually by starting with the first two years of medical education and then focusing on graduate school before returning to complete the medical degree.

By establishing the Institute, SEAS has committed to fostering graduate training and research in applied computational science, infusing the curriculum with new courses and student research opportunities that will focus on the use of computation to power discovery and innovation.

The School's curriculum will focus on best practices in software engineering — version control, continuous integration, data management, programming paradigms, etc. — to promote reproducibility and reliability in research as well as aspects of modern high - performance computing architectures and code optimization.

While spending their summer immersed in the field of electrical engineering, Pang and Pike collaborated on the design of two curriculum units focused on circuits, sensors and sensory substitution devices.

To help further this effort, the Mars Society has created a Speakers Bureau with a list of representatives in the U.S. and Canada available to talk about the organization's mission, its work in Mars - related research, including the Mars Desert Research Station and the University Rover Challenge, the latest news about Mars exploration and the growing field of STEM - driven education and curriculum with a special focus on space exploration.

Throughout his career he has worked extensively in higher education accreditation focusing on strategic planning, compliance, curriculum, assessment, policy development & administration.

While teaching the Science of Yoga, KAY provides a curriculum that is specifically designed to help children be active, learn to relax, improve focus, and have FUN in a non-competitive environment.

A new survey, published in the journal Menopause, shows that some American ob / gyn residency programs fail to offer trainees any formal curriculum or clinical experience focused primarily on women's pre - and post-menopausal health.

Any remaining required curriculum contact and Non-Contact Hours (totaling 200 hours in all) are to be distributed among the five Educational Categories, but the hours may be allocated at the discretion of each RYS based on their training's focus.

We provide interactive workshop curriculum focused on consent, equal pleasure, and healthy ingredients in intimacy products.

The core curriculum of each school will always reflect the Istituto Marangoni stamp, a contemporary and forward thinking approach to the world of fashion with a focus on execution in creative tasks and polished presentation in business projects.

We have put together a 6 month «curriculum» for women writer / directors ready to direct a narrative feature, focusing on the tasks involved in setting up a narrative feature — polishing log lines, synopses and pitches; creating a «look book»; putting together a preliminary budget / top sheet; deciding on locations for tax incentives; forming a C - Corp or LLC; leveraging attachments; and producing a crowd - funding campaign.