Sentences with phrase «more on competence»

But for the 2015 general election, the Liberal Democrats appear to have moved away from this approach, placing less emphasis on their left - wing ideology and political change and more on competence and common sense values.

Not exact matches

«Usually customers want some more convenience,» says Felstiner, going on to list features that are common to many on - demand companies: «The customer may want access to other people's reviews of the [worker], they may want some guarantee of competence, or they want to know the person will arrive in 30 minutes, and then the service accepts payment on behalf of the person and takes a cut.»

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

For psychiatrists who are competent (or who can convince potential patients of their competence), private practice has been a more lucrative alternative to hospital or center work ever since the public accepted psychiatrists as experts on the problems of living rather than merely on psychoses.

Whereas Olds» work has focused on the challenges of becoming a parent (i.e. program limited to first - time parents), Webster - Stratton has targeted the late preschool period and the transition to formal schooling, when children's emotion regulation skills are becoming more stable and tested in the context of full - day school settings.6, 22 A central focus of Webster - Stratton's program is parent management training to promote child social competence and prevent the development of conduct problems.

A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35

The Tories can not win on strategy, but they can shout us down on competence - and we should not allow it any more.

Once more, political issues are economicised and neutralised and the stress is put on credibility and competences.

«No matter what» the Romney campaign manages to mangle in the last few weeks of the campaign more than 40 % of the electorate will still vote for him, which on campaign competence alone is much more than he deserves.

Once you have done your own little bit, as you have done for months now, to damage the Corbyn campaign, by your constant nitpicking of his competence and leadership skills and policy development shortcomings, and regular defence of the «soft Left» who have so blatantly failed to support him all year, from a supposed position on the Left (so much more effective in the current battle for the dominant narrative than criticism coming openly from the Labour right), will you too finally, (sorrowfully and with much hand - wringing») declare for Owen Smith at the opening of voting, David?

«If every CEO hired in the same way as Governor Cuomo — based on talent and competence alone — the gender balance in corporate America, newsrooms, and industries across the country would look a lot more like that of our senior staff.»

or more) behind on economic competence and Corbyn is roughly the same behind May in approval ratings..

On economic competence, Labour's lead is down to 8 points compared to 22 points at the general election and, perhaps surprisingly given the Conservative party is in the midst of a leadership campaign, while both parties are seen as divided, more people think Labour is divided than the Tories (70 % compared to 58 %).

When considering unprecedented political phenomena, Ed Miliband, and indeed Ed Balls, might want think more carefully about where the party stands with voters on economic competence.

It is important to realise that radical reform of the way Parliament operates is unlikely to happen, because incoming governments have too strong a vested interest in the status quo, unless there is a strong, persistent and well - informed demand from the public for action which gives them genuine participation in the parliamentary process, more direct transparency to overcome dependence on a highly distorting media, and the right to recall MPs for manifest breakdowns in integrity or competence.

Rationally, people should value competence, effectiveness and so on more in a potential Prime Minister than if they are a nice person.

Within the numbers there is more bad news for Ed Miliband and Ed Balls on the issue likely to dominate this parliament - the question of economic competence.

Male students, on the other hand, more often indicated what psychologists call «agentic» goals, such as «demonstrating skill or competence» and seeking «power,» «mastery,» «independence,» «recognition,» and «achievement.»

They also scored higher on two measures of their social skills and ability to function in the more regimented kindergarten classroom: self - directed learning and social competence.

As a result, participants were less influenced by the apparent competence of the reviewer, which would have been based on viewing a picture of him or her, and more by the actual content of the review.

In other words, the greater the disparity in social skills, the wider the gap in adult outcomes — kids who scored «well» on social competence were four times more likely to obtain a college degree than kids at the bottom end of the spectrum.

Nevertheless, there is still a story to be told, and the essential part of it is that the program that education reformers have tried to promote now for decades — introduce more choices of schools for students, enable competition among schools, open up paths for preparing teachers and administrators outside schools of education, improve measures of student achievement and teacher competence, enable administrators to act on the basis of such measures, and limit the power of teachers unions — has been advanced under the Obama administration, in the judgment of authors Maranto and McShane.

While the existing system of licensure for public school teachers is more rigorous than simply rubber - stamping someone's self - report on competence, most thoughtful people agree that the system is in need of a major overhaul.

Results of four experiments showed that women tended to perform as well as men on a math test when the test was administered by a woman with high competence in math, but they performed more poorly (and showed a lower state of self - esteem) when the test was administered by a man.

On the other hand, people who fail to develop this competence are considerably more likely to internalise stereotypes, prejudices and false heuristics about those who are «different».

The learners can eventually accomplish the higher level tasks on their own as the support and scaffolding gradually fade as they gain more competence.

Candidates who have not met the coursework requirements may demonstrate their subject - area competence by taking one or more tests — a policy that is reflected in a footnote on Page 50 of the report.

Atul Gawande: Excellence Is Recognizing Details, Failures Harvard Magazine, October 25, 2012» «What I found over time, trying to follow and emulate people that were focused on achieving something more than competence, is that they weren't smarter than anybody else, they weren't geniuses,» Gawande told an audience at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Forum on Wednesday.»

According to Kathleen McCartney, Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and co-investigator on this study, better training and smaller child - staff ratios «lead to better, as well as more, interactions between children and adults, which in turn lead to improvement in children's cognitive and social competence.»

One delegate suggested a more observational, profile approach like that used in the early years, while another said pupils should be assessed on a «portfolio of competence» and a broader range of skills.

Knowing what is going on in the world around you, or the fact that there is more to be known about life outside of your town can be the beginning of anyone's global competence journey.

From sessions on how to align district / program goals to SEL to building adult social and emotional competence, our training builds educators» capacity to teach more effectively.

But it said that «like more than half of the 80 countries» taking Pisa tests, it would not place an «additional burden» on schools with the new global competence test.

Among Losen's recommendations for the district are more regular monitoring of disaggregated data on identification, placement, and disciplinary action; training of adults in multi-cultural competence; and the use of intermediate interventions before special education placement and of alternatives to suspension (e.g., restorative practices).

An emphasis on planning, resourcing and training meant that teachers gained more confidence and competence when teaching core subjects and within two years the school was transformed.

Decoding experts suggest that for most children, about 30 minutes per day is necessary to teach decoding in grades 1 and 2 (more and with greater intensity for struggling students).23 Where schools spend 90 — 120 minutes per day on reading throughout the elementary grades, that leaves at least an hour per day that could be devoted to imparting the language and world knowledge that is most important for competence in listening, talking, reading, and writing.

And I think if we end up in a place... where we have no protection against firing for reasons other than competence, teaching — which is already a fairly unattractive occupation because of all the teacher - bashing that's going on — will become an even more unattractive occupation.

More than half of principals report that it is difficult to access and capitalize on school resources — including money and time — to provide opportunities for teachers to build their competence and skills.46 However, there are a number of different methods that states and school districts in varied contexts can utilize to ensure that teachers are provided the time and support they require to be successful.

More specifically, how do preservice physical educators, (general preparation, pre - student - teaching / internship, and post - student - teaching / internship) rate their own competence on (a) basic computer skill levels and (b) how well they could integrate technology into their learning, research, and future teaching?

They found that (a) teachers reported having more conflictual relationships with children exhibiting repeated impulsive behavior and (b) greater levels of conflict perceived by the teacher were associated with decreases in school engagement on the part of the child, as well as reduced academic competence in 1st grade.

Even though the core competence is of pedagogical nature, it is necessary for both teacher and designer to obtain and utilize a wider and more holistic set of qualifications on which to base pedagogical considerations, actions, and design decisions.

Teachers would learn to teach in these specialized residency schools, and they would gradually take on more responsibility as they showed more competence.

Making teachers» education more focused on practice will require many changes, from revised schedules to new methods for assessing the competence of novice teachers to new professional learning opportunities for those who are adopting this approach to teacher education.

More than ever these days, teachers need to buttress students» scores on large - scale accountability tests with evidence of their own classroom competence.

The dropout rate is high and achievement is low — more than half of the students are scoring below basic levels of competence on state reading and math tests.

Mercury's Topaz sedan, overshadowed by more exciting Lincoln - Mercury models and outsold 3 to 1 by its look - alike Ford Tempo cousin, has a tough time grabbing attention in the compact market.Still, Topaz soldiers on, a relatively low - cost family car that displays competence and flair.

Note that the above is simply my very approximate analysis of Glassbridge; asset managers are not really in my field of competence, so I would be quite happy if someone more knoweldgeable weighed in on this and pointed out where I am mistaken.

She pondered the impressive achievement and adaptive competence of living creatures who preceded humans, begetting more diverse and complex forms over 3.5 billion years on a fiercely wild and often inhospitable planet.

This point seems to be one that AGW fanatics either truly do not comprehend (due to lack of applicable training or competence) or, on a more sinister bent, overtly seek to deny.

On Friday November 13, 2015, while two more states adopted a duty of technology competence into their codes — and while Canadian law societies maintained unanimous silence on such requirements for lawyers — British Columbia's Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner and Representative for Children and Youth, released Cyberbullying: Empowering Children and Youth To Be Safe Online and Responsible Digital CitizenOn Friday November 13, 2015, while two more states adopted a duty of technology competence into their codes — and while Canadian law societies maintained unanimous silence on such requirements for lawyers — British Columbia's Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner and Representative for Children and Youth, released Cyberbullying: Empowering Children and Youth To Be Safe Online and Responsible Digital Citizenon such requirements for lawyers — British Columbia's Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner and Representative for Children and Youth, released Cyberbullying: Empowering Children and Youth To Be Safe Online and Responsible Digital Citizens.