Sentences with phrase «human commonalities»

The obelisk is a classic Egyptian motif symbolizing the connection between heaven and earth, and Calle's monument can be viewed as a conduit, forging connections across time and generations — uniting us through shared human commonalities, including our inescapable universal end.

Student progress reports (there are no traditional report cards) are based on Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and Ernest Boyer's theory of human commonalities.

That work incorporates Ernest Boyer's eight «human commonalities,» which, in practical terms for Key Learning students, includes multimedia compositions, participation in school governance, a major project related to diversity, mutual trust, and respect, and other projects.

Unfortunately, in a story about overcoming reflexive fears and animus to discover human commonalities, they're relegated to the background of a narrative that asks the audience to believe in sudden reversals and changes of heart, as well as nearly every ambush, abduction, near - rape and showdown in the Western playbook.

Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the crowd shortly after 3 p.m., saying that rallies and demonstrations like those held Sunday helped show human commonality.

Both artists employ open spaces and vast horizons, cultivating a feeling of human commonality and oneness in the face of the harshest elements.

In an exploration of relationship and communication, these works picture the human commonality and intimacy that comes with dining together.

Not exact matches

«The meaning comes from human relationships, collaboration and commonality.»

I am not sure that a practicing believer of any faith, taking a break from verbosity about their religion, will be any less religious... or gain much insight into the commonality of humanity and human experience.

There is some commonality between a quantum of energy and a human experience.

Points of commonality still exist in the broadly Western understanding of human dignity and destiny that can provide a majoritarian basis for public morality.

A congregation's appreciation of its own labor of embodiment, its recognition of its own attempt to fuse its many actions, can also, as I have said, deepen its sense of commonality with efforts of human societies throughout the world to gain their own shalom.

Certainly God is concerned with each of us personally, but yet, precisely because we are persons who are necessarily open to and dependent upon others in the commonality of our human experience, that concern is with us as persons - in - society.

The culture in which the global society finds its cohesion needs to be able to draw all human groups and individuals into some form of shared life, a degree of commonality that allows for harmony between peoples and also with the planetary environment.

Possibly the human species, by successfully responding to current challenges, could become so united in love and goodwill that there would be some kind of spiritual center linking all humans together in a commonality of consciousness.

I would love to hear more from Buddhists, Hindu, Taoists etc. as I still believe there is a core commonality in all human experience.

Given this commonality among all events, an evolutionary process productive of complex human experience is understandable.

As a Christian, I embrace him not because of my belief in universal human goodness or my perception of the commonality of our faiths, but because I am trying to follow a Master who came to me, a stranger, and embraced me as a brother, and who bids me do the same to others.

This need stems from the mammalian brain, a commonality that affects cats, dogs, mice... and humans!

At the heart of our education lies the goal to bring students to an understanding of the commonality of the human experience of all of the world's people, transcending the stereotypes, prejudices, and divisiveness of classification by race, religion, sex, nationality, and ability.

First, there is a fundamental commonality of human beings in that our nature can be understood and described in neuroscientific and neurochemical terms.

Stark noted some commonalities between the 3 - D game the humans played and the environment the rodents explored — qualities lacking in the 2 - D game.

«At a biochemical level, there is a lot of commonality between the molecular machinery in Drosophila and that in mice and humans,» said Dr. Ferguson.

These geographic and environmental commonalities play a key part of shaping human societies in the region, which is currently home to about 40 % of the world's population, the authors add.

In other places, we are told humans have 98 or 99 per cent commonality of genes with chimps.

This symposium will highlight factors that can improve or impede neonatal health, identifying commonalities relevant to both human and animal health.

Growing a mini human inside your belly is an experience that's unique to every woman, but one commonality is the inevitable body transformation: skin stretches, sags and marks, belly's grow, there's fat gain and sometimes even fat loss, and many a hormonal shift or mood swing.

Well, there's commonality between human beings, even where you think there would not be, and that's what makes interesting cinema.

When we share a personal narrative, a story that brings forth our commonalities as humans, we connect on the most intimate level, because we can begin to empathize, feeling what it must be like to walk in the clothing and shoes of another.

Practicing quality differentiation is much more about knowing what matters to teach, realizing that learning happens in us rather than to us, continually reflecting on the «particularness» of each of our students, and pondering how to develop both the commonalities students share as humans and the singularities students bring as individuals.

- Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments and The Odd Woman and the City «This book is for anyone interested in a dazzlingly brilliant, uncommonly compassionate, and often hilarious study of human nature... for a writer so gifted at locating the excruciating commonalities of isolation, Jamison manages this greatest feat of magic: when I read her words, I come away feeling less alone.»

The author looked at many different areas of human endeavor, looking for commonalities for when leaps of progress were made.

Having immersed himself in many different cultures, Perez has a unique perspective on the human experience and strives to explore people's commonalities and differences in his work.

Collectively, the exhibition celebrates the commonality of human experience through a sport that embodies one of the few common languages worldwide.

Using this seemingly mundane subject matter, Rusty explores the commonality of the human experience through images of family vacations, yearbook photos or children at play.

You might not think it to look at them, but prairie dogs and humans actually share an important commonality — and it's not just their complex social structures, or their habit of standing up on two feet (aww, like people).

As a new generation of biologists continue to explore the notions of some emotional commonalities between humans and especially other primates, it seems that the evidence of such is virtually indisputable — which then raises a host of ethical questions.

Machines are not really copying intelligent human behaviour, software is being created that can «learn» by comparing recently uploaded data with previous models and establishing commonalities.

So how do you discuss human variety, acknowledge discrimination and bias — and celebrate our commonalities and our differences?

They also develop an understanding of the commonalities between the underlying values across all cultures including common human rights values.