Sentences with phrase «on academics the arts»

«It is incumbent on academic art museums to be reflections of the present.

I have always been on the academic art ropes about Wiley but after seeing his Conversations with Contemporary Artists lecture in the Woodruff Arts Center's Rich Auditorium I feel that now I can defend him as an artist.

In just a short time this new school has established itself as a school with strong focus on Academics the Arts and Student Athletics.

Not exact matches

By centering on Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math [STEAM], the program underscores the importance of bringing diverse women from various academic interests together at the developmental stages of their career to build a support network for future women business owners and leaders.

At this point one can barely make out the faded letters spelling out «postmodernism» on the dusty sign that precariously dangles from a rusty nail above the central mineshaft of academic commentary on the arts.

The bulk of academic writing in my discipline is not really writing but a collection of marks on paper put down in response to similar marks put down in response to other marks put down in response to... The authors of these texts do not have a conception of writing as an art, or of the need for the imagery, inflection, and rhythm that hold open the mind of the reader so that the thought can slip past them into his soul.

Why did they pick on the Academic [Arts and Sciences Division]?

Buridan was unusual in that he was a diocesan priest at a time when most academics were either Dominicans or Franciscans, and in that he remained in the Arts faculty as a philosopher when most intellectuals of his caliber saw philosophy as a stage on the way to a doctorate in theology.

«The world is divided on this question,» explains James Cuno, with «museums, private collectors and art dealers» on one side, and «archaeologists, academics, and source nation cultural ministers» on the other.

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.

We engage students with meaningful, rigorous academics, hands - on teaching, lessons infused with art, music and movement.

Through a curriculum based on the developmental stages of the human being and on the integration of art and academics, our children learn to meet the world with clear and creative thinking, compassion and moral strength, and with the courage and freedom to act.

We are dedicated to providing a rigorous, liberal arts education that focuses on academic excellence and creative, intellectual and spiritual growth.

This education, built on a strong academic foundation which incorporates the arts, also brings forth creative imagination, critical thinking, self - confidence, and a sense of delight, wonder and respect for nature and humanity.

February Open House, 2018, Snapd Burlington Halton Waldorf School prides itself on revolutionizing education by integrating academics and the arts.

By integrating academics and the arts, the Waldorf curriculum responds to the developmental needs of the child, focusing not only on what children learn, but how they learn.

We aimed to do two to three hours of academic work each morning; in addition both boys have music lessons at various times with other teachers, and an art class on Saturday mornings.

Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

All is set for the maiden elections of the Arts and Tourism Writers Association of Ghana (ATWAG) which will come off on Saturday, December 16, at the Academic City, Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

The proposed E-Bacc will measure success based on five academic subjects with no recognition given to the arts, IT or vocational subjects.

Having worked on yeast genetics during his academic career, when Mark West decided that he just wasn't happy in research any more, he realised that perhaps he could apply his skills in California's wine industry — an industry that is part art, part science.

Coss, who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.

or «Ph.D.», is an academic title awarded at the end of a course of not less than three years, admission to which is based on entrance examinations and academic rankings in the Bachelor of Arts («Laurea Triennale») and Master of Arts («Laurea Magistrale» or «Laurea Specialistica»).

As one of the colleges affiliated with the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LAPS), Founders College combines a strong emphasis on academic Speed Dating, Rapid Dates for Singles Speed Dating forSingles Speed Dating, Rapid Dating, Express Meet, Mini-Dates.

Much of the story centers on the smothering and painfully pretentious art world the trio inhabit and skewers the artistic community's grand delusions of changing the world with impenetrable academic theory, which makes the show sound unbearably dry.

05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP schools across the country operate on longer days — her school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

«There's lots of evidence that kids immersed in the arts do better on their academic tests.»

The partnership's research builds on educator Howard Gardner's seminal theory of multiple intelligences to indicate that arts education — including the visual arts, dance, music, and drama — enhances a student's ability to acquire core academic skills.

Arts and academics are not separate endeavors here; they are deeply connected disciplines, and teachers draw on the rigors of one to feed another.

In this randomized controlled study on the impact of the arts on performance in traditional academic subjects, theater arts were integrated into language arts and social studies curricula for fourth - and fifth - grade students (14 experimental classrooms, 14 control classrooms).

While the positive impact of the arts on academic achievement is worthwhile in itself, it's also the tip of the iceberg when looking at the whole child.

The book represents a culminating work of the ArtsLiteracy Project, a project that develops curricula and professional development practices based on the premise that linking literacy and the arts creates powerful learning opportunities for students both in core academic subjects and in the arts.

«For the first time in this country, we have agreement among 45 states and D.C. on a set of language arts and mathematics standards, which is critical in allowing us to share a common focus and implement a far more rigorous academic environment.

Robert Rosenthal, Professor Emeritus at Harvard and an expert in the technique of meta - analysis, calls the study, «A truly scholarly and scientific look at what is known about the effects of arts study on academic achievement... a major achievement.»

By far the largest and most comprehensive study on this topic ever conducted, «THE ARTS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHOWS,» confirms claims that listening to music temporarily enhances spatial skills (the controversial «Mozart Effect»), as well as claims that children who study music gain skill in spatial reasoning.

Student scores on language arts tests are the single most reliable academic predictors of later income.

Our findings are consistent with those of a recent study by Richard Patterson and Robert Patterson, which found that in - class computer usage reduces academic performance by between 0.14 and 0.37 points on a four - point grade scale among undergraduate students at a private liberal - arts college.

The young organization has already achieved notable success: in 2005 its first campus, Marin School of Arts and Technology (MSAT), was the highest - performing school in its district on California's academic performance index (API).

Including rap lyrics in a unit on poetry, or graffiti as a jumping off point to talk about the history of art establishes a bridge between youth culture and academic pursuits.

This is an important resource, because a majority of students stay after school on any given day to work on portfolio arts projects while taking a full academic schedule.

With all of the high - stakes testing in our schools, and the resulting judgments and consequences for students and teachers, it is no wonder that schools are taking time away from activities like recess, breaks, art, music... to spend more time on academics.

Music, along with sport, art or volunteering, is a successful way of expanding on already impressive academic credentials.

[v] For examples, see Meredith Adams and Paul Umbach, «Nonresponse and Online Student Evaluations of Teaching: Understanding the Influence of Salience, Fatigue, and Academic Environments,» Research in Higher Education, August 2012; Lillian MacNell, Adam Driscoll, and Andrea Hunt, «What's in a Name: Exposing Gender Bias in Student Ratings of Teaching,» Innovative Higher Education, August 2015; and Pieter Spooren, Bert Brockx, and Dimitri Mortelmans, «On the Validity of Student Evaluation of Teaching: The State of the Art,» Review of Educational Research, October 2013.

Miss Shipley's table works on academic skills while the other table works on creative hands on, science, art and cooking activities.

Schools focused on the arts also had negative impacts, perhaps because their focus is on an area other than core academic subjects.

Chris Darby Special Studies Hometown: Berkeley, California Then: Running arts and education think tank, NMBG, and working as an academic mercenary — tutoring high schoolers and consulting for students writing admissions essays Now: Continuing work with NMBG, with a focus on The Free Poster Program; working on FourthWrite, a writing consultancy founded while at HGSE that focuses on admissions essays

The arts have a measurable impact on at - risk youth in deterring delinquent behavior, while also increasing overall academic performance.

«We have an enviable academic reputation both locally and nationally, but it is through sport, music, dance, drama and art that we help develop the «whole child», giving them the confidence to take on the challenges of secondary education.»

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.