Sentences with phrase «in educational power»

Q: What changes are necessary to better the position of teachers in the educational power hierarchy?

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«Besides looking at a top - down strategy to recognize the power of design in organizations, the other side is to encourage a bottom - up look by promoting educational and traditional design craft, and introducing design thinking into engineering or MBA programs, where people don't think of themselves as designers in the traditional sense of the word,» said Hayes.

It puts food on their tables — but they still have to be responsible... in fact, I suspect that if you don't have the power to give someone some opportunity to grow and learn, then you either have gutted the educational system and load up your bank accounts, or you have abdicated your power to someone who does.

While our founders greatly valued religion as a public instructor of virtue, Rousseau thought that religions should only have educational power in spheres not relevant to society at large, and further that the state should determine those precise boundaries.

If parents have more power in shaping where and what their children study, they will be more involved in the educational progress.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

There are still way too few women in politics, the judiciary, the educational hierarchy, in power in business, in religions.............

In our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changeIn our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changeIn this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changein this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changes.

Some of the areas to be covered will include economic realities in the global village, capitalism and the distribution of wealth, an examination of the multinational corporation, a case study of neocolonialism, power realities with a developing country, educational realities in the third world, a comparison of values — particularly East Africa and North America.

Rather, the man who had first worked at the intersection of ideas and power during his World War II service at the British Embassy in Washington was a Russo - English exponent of classic American New Deal liberalism: a liberal who believed that government had an obligation to secure the economic, social, and educational conditions under which people could truly exercise their liberty.

Editors also believed in educational programs, church activities, and the law's power to effect change.

As a mom and an educational consultant, I believe in the power of play.

Oftentimes the Super Mom's arsenal of super powers is commiserate with her financial and educational station in life.

I set up the Little Blossoms Project, working alongside Love Support Unite Africa Foundation, aiming to harness the power of parents, families and communities to improve mother and baby health and early brain development in children aged 0 - 3 years, through educational programs and nutrition.

Argentina believes it is a young successful economic power (as in 1930) but, in spite of good human resources and a rich territory, its surreal policies have left broken cogs in each social, educational and economicl layer.

An Orthodox Jewish leader in the Senate, Simcha Felder (D - Brooklyn), a hypocritical Democrat who keeps the Republicans in power by voting with them, demanded that Orthodox parochial schools not have the same educational mandates as everyone else.

The payments were made to Lisa Toscano - Percoco, Mr. Percoco's wife, who was ostensibly employed as a consultant to Competitive Power Ventures's educational outreach arm starting in 2012.

Kelly is accused of channeling the payments to Percoco through Percoco's wife, who supposedly was employed by Competitive Power Ventures as a consultant in the company's educational outreach program.

It authorizes $ 150 million in a tax credit offsetting donations to educational scholarship funds, reauthorizes mayoral control of New York City schools for three years, legalizes mixed martial arts, and transfers the Canal Corporation from the Thruway Authority to the Power Authority.

«I'm delighted that Hadley Exhibits, a Western New York firm, was chosen for the comprehensive renovation of one of Western New York's key educational and tourist destinations — the Power Vista Visitors Center, in spotlighting the historic role of hydropower along the Niagara Frontier,» said Senator George Maziarz.

The complaint says that in one alleged scheme, Competitive Power Ventures, which has for years been building a controversial gas - fired power plant in Orange County, paid more than $ 287,000 to Percoco in part by providing his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, with a «low - show» job developing an educational curricPower Ventures, which has for years been building a controversial gas - fired power plant in Orange County, paid more than $ 287,000 to Percoco in part by providing his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, with a «low - show» job developing an educational curricpower plant in Orange County, paid more than $ 287,000 to Percoco in part by providing his wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, with a «low - show» job developing an educational curriculum.

De Blasio came into power promising to address inequlality in a variety of forms, including income, educational, policing, racial, and opportunity inequities he identified during his 2013 campaign.

That's «not exactly a ringing endorsement of the report,» wrote Stephen Dean, director of the educational foundation Fusion Power Associates, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in a 10 October letter to FESAC.

In addition to educational settings, the power of cartoons to persuade can be of value to agencies working to educate the public about a science - laden concept — one for which they would like to change opinion, intentions, or behaviors.

«I don't think in the end they can come out and kill ITER based on what the Senate subcommittee did,» says Stephen Dean, president of Fusion Power Associates, a research and educational foundation in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

School trips have the power to complement the excellent work being done in schools, put the Games into context and make learning about the Olympics fun, highly educational and memorable experiences.

School leaders need to understand as Principal Kelly finally did, that the practice of religious indoctination can no longer be viewed in any sense to be an educational program, it is merely a missionary exploitation of the executive power we place in schools, and depends on subterfuge, misdirection and deceit.

Of course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parents.

Ironically, this misguided and shortsighted opposition has ensured that the fight for the future of quality educational access (and the production of future black leaders like Obama) will be between African Americans of one generation who found prosperity working in public education and who possess the lion's share of the political power, and the minority students whose futures are sacrificed on the altar of the nation's ossified urban education systems.

We need to decentralize power to recognize the legitimate diversity of needs and approaches that exist in our educational system.

Marbury discerned the power of judicial review in the federal constitution in 1803, but no court attempted to find a constitutional definition of educational adequacy until 1989.

For example, if I believe that human societies are inherently amoral, unjust, and governed by powerful elites who rig the economic, political, and educational game in their favor, then I might endorse the late Brazilian social activist Paulo Freire's «pedagogy of the oppressed,» wherein students are taught to view social relations in terms of power and domination.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, guest host Iman Rastegari speaks to Chan about her new podcast, «One in a Billion,» and the educational power of storytellinIn this edition of the Harvard EdCast, guest host Iman Rastegari speaks to Chan about her new podcast, «One in a Billion,» and the educational power of storytellinin a Billion,» and the educational power of storytelling.

Only a select few incorporate technology into curriculum design in such a way that allows students to take control of the learning space, engaging social media to facilitate creation and curation of educational content, honoring and harnessing the power of peer evaluation, and most importantly of all, allowing students to collectively decide on accuracy of educational information.

Now, I am a huge believer in distance learning and the power of online tools, but I deeply believe that by sending the message that real - time teachers are only needed as a luxurious plug - in and not a fundamental fixture of this next educational chapter, we are doing a disservice to our students and the quality of these growing programs.

And this, according to Papert, is where the computer's true power as an educational medium lies — in the ability to facilitate and extend children's awesome natural ability and drive to construct, hypothesize, explore, experiment, evaluate, draw conclusions — in short to learn — all by themselves.

Admittedly, online learning is spreading more rapidly within the higher educational system than it is among high schools, and that could be due in part to weaker union power and greater competitiveness among colleges and universities.

Unlike the Charter Schools Act upheld in Booth, which provided for a mix of state and local powers, the voucher program gave the local school board, in the court's words, «no substantial discretion over the educational program embodied in the voucher program,» thus violating the state constitution.

In addition to making friends and refining my own skills as an educator, [I'm pleased] to know that my projects have shown the global educational community the power of collaboration.»

As Caldara said, «[for] anybody who cares about educational choice, about the incredible power of unions nationally and locally, about how a state that was red turns blue, this Douglas County fight is all of that in one tiny, explosive battle.»

I left Macromedia to work at Odeo — which became Twitter — because I believe strongly in the power of Open Source as an educational tool.

This technology demonstrates the power to enhance remote learners» educational experience in many ways.

Boys learn more in structured, authoritative educational environments, under clear teacher control, which provide them with safety and security from the power plays and put - downs of other boys.

The emerging generation of educational technology has the power to accelerate learning productivity in ways we can scarcely imagine.

Lisa Delpit, an African American literacy researcher and 1990 MacArthur grantee, has written persuasively for many years about the «culture of power» in American schools and classrooms and the «schism between liberal educational movements and that of non-White, non-middle class teachers and communities.»

I will leverage my positionalities as an educator, a school counselor, and as an Asian American woman with an HGSE master's degree, to work alongside youth to center their voice and power to transform educational systems and larger society in which we all live.

While those in power have employed very different means, the net result has left low - income and working - class African - Americans with fewer high - quality educational options.

This theme — that greater state control over funding will lead to greater state power with respect to local educational programs and policies — is a recurrent one in the literature on financing public education.

Over 20 of our Award - Winning Stories for Kids, such as Two Brothers, Haku's Power and The Three Princes, have been featured in educational textbooks all over the world, including such major publishers as Cambridge Press, Oxford University Press and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Yet, opponents of parent choice and other transformational education reform initiatives continue to place one obstacle after another in the path of parents seeking the power to choose the best educational environment for their children and / or to fundamentally change some of the systems that purport to educate their children.