Sentences with phrase «informal education provided»

Each reporter was to follow a common format covering the science content in his or her national curriculum, the local and national politics of how it is delivered, the recommendations of how it is to be taught, the kind of informal education provided by museums and science centres, the training and status of science teachers and equality of opportunity for all pupils — including race, immigrant group and handicap.

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This collection of his best writings provides an informal, folksy financial education for investors of all stripes.

The Philippine organizers of the Global March mention following: widespread poverty and social inequality resulting in the erosion of the family's capacity to nurture and protect children, the rise of informal economy requiring simple skills and technologies, globalization of capitalism where underdeveloped nations provide the rich with cheap labor, disrupted family patterns due to migration, AIDS, etc. and inadequate basic services from government, including education, due to cut of the state budget of non-profit sectors to follow structural adjustment programme dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.

Questscope has worked with at - risk kids in the Middle East for over 30 years, providing mentoring and informal education programs to kids who need a second chance.

However, case law (Philips vg Brown (1980) unreported) established that an Local Authority may make informal enquiries of parents who are educating their children at home to establish that a suitable education is being provided.»

We're part of an informal community of breastfeeding advocates (and me, although I do consider myself a breastfeeding advocate, albeit a strange hybrid of one) where we discuss ways to better serve all mothers and provide REAL support and education.

The metro mayor should use his or her influence and informal powers to better link businesses with colleges and universities to ensure that courses and vocational education match the needs and opportunities of the city region's businesses, and provide residents with higher skills and better access to opportunities in the future.

NRAO also provides both formal and informal programs in education and public outreach for teachers, students, the general public, and the media.

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

Girlstart Evaluation: SEDL provided evaluation support to Girlstart, a Central Texas informal education program dedicated to empowering and equipping K — 12 girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Definitions of college and career readiness are formal and informal statements on what range of academic knowledge and cognitive and practical strategies states believe that their systems of education should provide to students so that they are successful in college, the workforce, and society.

This collection of his best writings provides an informal, folksy financial education for investors of all stripes.

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It provides resources relevant for learning about both formal and informal education on climate change at primary and secondary level.

ARCUS» efforts to improve the national recognition and support of Arctic research include formal and informal education, liaison with other national polar research entities, working with government agencies, providing a central point of contact for inquiries, facilitating community science planning efforts, and disseminating information through reports, a newsletter, and the ARCUS website.

The Climate Literacy Framework Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science is an interagency guide that provides a framework and essential principles for formal and informal education about climate change

Lennox credits all of the Ottawa judges, led by then Senior Judge Paul Bélanger, with guiding him in his new role as a judge — and providing ample informal education to him.

BDS» Education Unit provides legal representation and informal advocacy to our school - age clients.

SELF - HELP Self - help generally refers to groups or meetings that: involve people who have similar needs; are facilitated by a consumer, survivor, or other layperson; assist people to deal with a «life - disrupting» event, such as a death, abuse, serious accident, addiction, or diagnosis of a physical, emotional, or mental disability, for oneself or a relative; are operated on an informal, free - of - charge, and nonprofit basis; provide support and education; and are voluntary, anonymous, and confidential.

The Network, which comprises 1,500 real estate professionals in 51 countries, provides education, informal business generating services, and networking events.