Sentences with phrase «into challenging environments»

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It goes beyond the core skill work we do on Khan Academy, tying it into monthly challenges that are intended to be done in a physical environment, in your math class with your teacher.

Canadian companies should be doing everything in their power to tap into this burgeoning market, but without strong government support they can face huge challenges in navigating the Chinese environment.

Monthly, we will share a 1 hour insights based conference call and once a quarter we will send out an insights report focuses on the intricacies of investing into emerging market startups solving pressing social and environment challenges.

With its performance, VF managed to overcome the challenges facing retailers in the current environment, and investors hope that will continue into the future.

Some non-mechanical causative principle of order is required to explain, for example, why the molecules of living beings come together into specific shapes, why organisms develop specific characteristics or have the capacity to regulate their metabolism or readjust and reintegrate themselves holistically when injured or when challenged by their environment.

During the eons of evolutionary development his physical structures came into being in response to the challenge of the environment.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

It is designed to protect the environment from plastic pollution whilst fostering growth and innovation, turning a challenge into a positive agenda for the Future of Europe.

The program is designed specifically to equip the next generation of Sales leaders with the skills and capabilities needed both today and into the future to meet the personal and professional challenges facing Sales Executives in the Australian supermarket retail environment.

At New Legacy, language arts and social studies are combined into integrated theme - based humanities courses; math is taught in a blended environment that enables teachers to effectively support and challenge a diverse group of learners; and science is taught in six - week modules that focus on scientific inquiry and the scientific process.

One such challenge is how to dispose them into the environment.

One of the challenges we face is how to best design and change cities into smart intelligent and sustainable environments.

After having analysed the above mentioned aspects and focused on the role of China in the shaping of the climate change regime, this Occasional Paper gives some suggestions on how the EU may cope with this changing environment, and calls on the EU to draw a «European Grand Strategy» able to put into perspective its challenges and strengths for this first half of the twenty - first century.

He lists the municipal center's creation as another of biggest challenges facing the town, as well as preserving the town's natural environment into the future.

It made a lot of sense in the world I grew up in, where new challenges, like in the economy and the environment, were increasingly calling into question the capacity of nation states to protect their citizens alone.

In part two of «Views on an Interview,» Scott faces the most challenging of all interview environments when a meeting with his prospective boss turns into a panel interview with a number of key scientists, and Scott's contact Reggie turns quiet and won't disclose information about ABC's interest level.

«The challenge is to break down models that can no longer be reused into useful materials — in a way that doesn't harm the environment.»

Yet as the health - environment connection evolves into a national issue, foundations are stepping up to the challenge.

After combing through the library and the Internet, I found little guidance on how to establish your first laboratory, and that is why I wanted to contribute to this series and share my recent experiences: The challenge of transferring a new and empty laboratory into an efficient working environment!

Today we can only guess as to why a group of Neanderthals built a series of large stalagmite structures in a French cave — but the fact they did provides a rare glimpse into our extinct cousin's potential for social organisation in a challenging environment.

Discuss the challenges of expanding capacity and moving cell therapies from a pure research setting into a manufacturing environment

The team modelled how the membrane changed, enabling LUCA's descendants to move to new, more challenging environments and evolve into two distinct types of single - celled organism, bacteria and archaea, creating the deepest branch of the tree of life.

That's a challenge, because the moon is a hostile environment, full of charged and abrasive lunar dust that can get into equipment and destroy electronics, as Yutu's troubles demonstrate.

«The challenge of putting robots into real - life settings, like homes or offices, is that those environments are constantly changing.

Our vision, mission and approach for this research takes into account the complexity of climate science and the need for key advances that will help decision makers as they face policy challenges related to the environment.

The discovery opens new insights into the functioning of other «extremophiles» and how they adapt to their challenging environments.

However, that healthy kidney has been transplanted into a new environment, and that new environment, as you know, presents challenges to the immune system, leading to inflammation.

Like many professional singles, former It's Just Lunch member Brian Mitchell found the bar scene to be a challenging environment for meeting and dating women he could potentially enter into a relationship with.

Drop into challenging scenarios — from harsh jungle environments to severe arctic terrains, from unforgiving deserts to dangerous international city streets.

Another dramatization of a real - life story of unlikely survival within a harsh environment, Jungle attempts to dig into the inner life of its protagonist, while exploring and challenging the concepts of masculinity that got him in this predicament in the first place.

Moving out of the laid back town environment and into the challenge of real - time combat within the dungeons was a little jarring, but it also helped to articulate the dual nature of the life Will is leading: It's hard to be both an action hero and a mild - mannered shopkeeper.

A growing body of evidence suggests that providing students with simplified information, reminders, and access to assistance during critical junctures, like FAFSA completion and the summer after high school, can help students navigate challenging bottlenecks and transition into collegiate environments where they've already shown the potential for academic success.

Our own theories would suggest that companies offering one - off learning games or «the best» math activity that complements the main curriculum — in other words, companies that do not offer a full course worth of curriculum — will struggle to sell into public schools because their business model will remain challenged in the current environment.

Based in Houston, the nonprofit in which McDonald serves as national director of strategic initiatives places low - income, urban high school seniors into challenging work environments such as Continental Airlines, Exxon, and NASA.

The things they feel they would benefit from in a classroom and its facilities, the challenges they face in the classroom at present, and the things that would make a more comfortable environment for them are absolutely some of the most useful factors you can take into account.

We educate children so that they have opportunities, but the challenges that they face are numerous and their environment factors heavily into their expectations.

Needless to say, this gave me a glimpse into the exciting and complex array of challenges faced by administrators and students in a college or university environment.

Even with a school - within - a-school environment and low student - teacher ratio, teaching a «rough and tumble» population when he'd come from a school where, he says, «students stood up when a teacher walked into the room» was challenging to say the least.

Only a couple of weeks back, 10 forms of 30 students were propelled into a simulated working environment, challenged with the notion of developing a profitable business idea, that they can collectively operate for a four - month period.

For the next 25 years, Dockterman tested and created dozens of educational programs, among them the award - winning Science Court, an animated television show that aired on ABC Kids that taught the fundamental concepts of elementary and middle school science; the Great Ocean Rescue, a computer application where students face four challenging rescue missions that take them deep into the world's oceans; and Decisions, Decisions, a game that teaches students the complexities of topics like immigration, the constitution, environment, or building a nation through role - playing and informed discussion.

This Digest discusses how educators can ease students» transition into high school by providing challenging and supportive middle school environments and by designing transition programs that address the needs of students and their parents and that facilitate communication between middle school and high school educators.

The Teaching Systems Lab, situated within MIT's Office of Digital Learning and in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, works to tackle the exciting challenges of preparing teachers for the challenges of today's classrooms, and providing them with the opportunities and experiences to change those classrooms into the learning environments of tomorrow.

Kody, a student from Idaho Arts Charter School said that «the school allowed him to explore his creativity in a safe environment,» and the «school has prepared him to go into college... with a can - do attitude, and to challenge the normal way of thinking.»

Parents, advocates, educators, and providers who help children develop into active learners can face daunting challenges, especially in an environment of dwindling resources.

By bringing people together and creating an informal and balanced environment for discussion, Grantmakers for Education offers important opportunities for meaningful dialogue, collaboration and action on the most critical challenges in public education today and into the future.

Parents, advocates, educators, and providers who help children develop into active learners can face daunting challenges — especially in an environment of dwindling resources.

Rather than turn schools into punitive, zero - tolerance environments, the union is joining with community members to demand social workers, counselors, nurses, and other resources to support students who are facing challenges and trauma outside school.

Not only is there no evidence that a student's GPA in their sophomore year of college determines their future success but we do know that there is significant evidence that minority students face particular challenges as they move into the collegiate environment.

He challenges himself each year to turn words into action and help create a positive environment in his school, his district and his professional content area.

What we get is a profound insight into the creative - but sometimes destructive - tensions between a man and his environment, where once - held certainties are increasingly challenged, and what really matters in Perowne's life is underscored.