Sentences with phrase «general social studies»

General social studies establishes a foundation for all of the subsequent, more specific classes that students will take in history, civics and the like.

Washington permits other significant loopholes to this important policy by allowing both general science and general social studies licenses without requiring subject - matter testing for each subject area within these disciplines (see «Secondary Teacher Preparation in Science and Social Studies» analysis and recommendations).

By allowing general social studies and general science certifications — and only requiring general knowledge exams for each — Nevada is not ensuring that these secondary teachers possess adequate subject - specific content knowledge.

States that allow general social studies certifications — and only require a general knowledge social studies exam — are not ensuring that their secondary teachers possess adequate subject - specific content knowledge.

Oregon also permits another significant loophole by allowing both general science and general social studies licenses, without requiring subject - matter testing for each subject area within these disciplines (see Goals 1 - G and 1 - H).

The state's required general social studies assessment combines all subject areas (e.g., history, geography, economics), and its required general science assessment combines subject areas that include biology, chemistry and physics.

General social studies candidates must pass the Praxis II Social Studies content test.

However, as stated above, Idaho can not guarantee content knowledge in each specific subject for those secondary teachers who add general science or general social studies endorsements.

However, as stated above, Washington can not guarantee content knowledge in each specific subject for secondary teachers who add general science or general social studies endorsements.

Pennsylvania offers secondary certification in general social studies.

Unfortunately, Idaho permits a significant loophole to this important policy by allowing both general science and general social studies licenses, without requiring subject - matter testing for each subject area within these disciplines (see Goals 1 - G and 1 - H).

Unfortunately, Hawaii permits a significant loophole to this important policy by allowing both general science and general social studies licenses, without requiring subject - matter testing for each subject area within these disciplines (see Goals 1 - G and 1 - H).

Typically, students take general social studies in elementary school, then move to more specific areas of study in middle school, and even more in - depth subjects in high school and college.

This is a general social studies award that you can present to your students for any occasion: completing a research project, doing well on an exam, giving an oral presentation, or improvement in class.

Commendably, South Dakota does not offer secondary certification in general social studies.

By allowing a general social studies certification — and only requiring a general knowledge social studies exam — Virginia is not ensuring that its secondary teachers possess adequate subject - specific content knowledge.

Although Virginia requires that its secondary teacher candidates pass a Praxis II content test to teach any core secondary subjects, the state permits a significant loophole to this important policy by allowing general social studies licenses, without requiring subject - matter testing for each subject area within this discipline.

In addition, many states are already requiring Civics education as part of the social studies curriculum, whether integrated in a general social studies course, or as a stand alone.

Not exact matches

When Spreng read a Journal of General Internal Medicine study on elder abuse in New York that found more than half of financial exploitation is carried out by a person the victim knew, he wondered: Just how well are older adults navigating the complexities of their social environment?

The study, which was published in the September issue of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, also indicated that one's perception of available time led powerful people to be, in general, less stressed.

Overall, the study, which surveyed 1,801 people, found that social media does not stress people out, in general.

A 2010 study from Carnegie Mellon found that, when people engaged on Facebook — posting, messaging, Liking, etc. — their feelings of general social capital increased, while loneliness decreased.

In general, the social platforms studied provided some significant benefits on the average, particularly in the areas of emotional support from others, awareness of others» experiences, self - expression, self - identity, and community building.

«A study in the United States, published in the Social Forces journal and conducted by Sociology researcher Lisa A. Keister while she was at the Ohio State University, found that adherents of Judaism attained the most wealth, believers of Catholicism and mainline Protestants were in the middle, while conservative Protestants accu - mulated the least wealth, while in general people who attend religious services achieved more wealth than those who do not (taking into account variations of education and other factors).

More than half of the general public think using the word «extreme» isn't helpful in social and political discussion, according to a new study.

The primary contribution of these studies is to suggest some of the specific social processes that intervene between general social or cultural conditions and the appearance of an ideology.

GDMP — E. W. Menzel, Jr. «General Discussion of the Methodological Problems Involved in the Study of Social Interaction.»

My own inclination is to think that the attention given to certain new developments, and their effect on the general theological scene, are largely explicable in terms of the social climate, but that the ideas themselves can only be understood by study of their separate histories.

So we took survey results from the General Social Survey (GSS), the LifeWay Research (NAMB - sponsored) National Evangelism Survey (NES), and our Transformational Discipleship Study (TD) and broke them down by region.

The latest study from Pew Research Center, released this week, and the General Social Survey, released just a month ago, reveals what I have termed the «evangelicalization» of American Christianity.

Andrew M. Greeley, «Religious Imagery as a Predictor Variable in the General Social Survey,» paper presented at a plenary session of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, 1984.

As noted above in connection with the inroads and impact of Maslowan humanism, human / social studies peaked in the twentieth century and have had a profound impact on Christian education as well as American education in general.

In the U.S.A., for example, there have been the 1928 National Committee for the Study of Social Values in Motion Pictures, the decade - long Senate hearings on the role of the media in juvenile delinquency in the 1950s, the 1968 National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, and the 1972 Surgeon - General's Scientific Advisory Committee's Report on Television and Social Behaviour.

A group of social scientists who analyzed the NIMH study for the Public Opinion Quarterly stated: «We are convinced, in general, that the NIMH report presents a reasonable summary of current knowledge about television, its effects and its potential....

The committee included an international group of academics with expertise in various aspects of food culture and gastronomy such as Joxe Mari Aizega, General Manager of Basque Culinary Center; Jorge Ruiz Carrascal, Professor of the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen; Marta Miguel Castro, a Research Associate at the CIAL Institute of Research in Food Science, who studies how food components could prevent disorders such as diabetes and obesity; Melina Shannon Dipietro, executive director of Rene Redzepi's MAD project; and Dr F. Xavier Medina, author, social anthropologist and leading scholar of Food and Culture at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona.

In fact the authors point out that there are no studies of meditationamong children in a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schools.

Using the Australian Early Development Census instrument, children in the study were assessed in five domains: physical health and wellbeing, language and cognition, social competence, emotional maturity, and general knowledge and communication.

Women in the study who did not have a partner reported having higher levels of general social support, according to Kjerulff.

Key points to this study: This study suggests that the protective effects of social support against postpartum depression are not mediated through a general reduction in the mom's feeling of stress.

The courses taught at the primary or basic school level include English, Ghanaian language and culture, mathematics, environmental studies, social studies, Mandarin and French as an OIF associated - member; as further languages are added, [166] integrated or general science, pre-vocational skills and pre-technical skills, religious and moral education, and physical activities such as Ghanaian music and dance, and physical education.

Witness (es): Carl Emmerson, Deputy Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Gemma Tetlow, Programme Director, Pensions, Saving and Public Finances, Institute for Fiscal Studies; John Cridland CBE, Director General, CBI, Professor Doug McWilliams, founder of the Centre for Economics and Business Research and Nicola Smith, Head of Economic and Social Affairs Department, Trades Union Congress; Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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The quiz, to be moderated by educationist Madam Yaba Haffar, will cover three main areas, namely literature, social studies or current affairs; general knowledge or applied Knowledge.

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has admonished the governing party to enroll its members in the NDC's school known as the Institute of Social Democracy to study critical thinking and logical reasoning.

«It's shocking to see how few articles discussed risk to the general population, and when they did, they typically characterized risk as low,» said Pascale, who studies the social construction of risk and meanings of risk in the 21st century.

Deaf people who sign have poorer health than the general population, according to a study led by researchers from the School for Social and Community Medicine at the University of Bristol.

There is a general interest in studying species with this social structure.»

The center interviewed 1,340 Americans for a report entitled «Troubles in America: A Study of Negative Life Events across Time and Sub-Groups,» as part of its semiannual General Social Survey.

In their modelling study, the authors combine clinical information collected in a primary care (general practice) surveillance scheme over 14 years in England and Wales with information on social contacts, and with information on immunity to flu viruses in the population.

The South Asian population in the UK has a higher incidence of diabetes and poorer health outcomes from treatment than the general population, but studies in the past have not focused on the role of social networks or assessed beliefs about diabetes to explore self - management behaviours in this population.