Sentences with phrase «on everyday experiences»

The website includes games and activities based on everyday experiences for children aged under five years.

What Young People Need to Thrive: Leveraging the Strengthening Families Act to Promote Normalcy (PDF - 1,843 KB) Annie E. Casey Foundation (2015) Provides the perspectives of children and youth in out - of - home care on everyday experiences and normalcy interventions to facilitate the improved implementation of normalcy mandates.

Thinking Like a Lawyer Debuting in March of this year, this podcast focuses on everyday experiences by everyday people seen through a legal framework.

Kusolwong comments on everyday experiences, and current and historical political affairs.

We know now — based on decades of use in schools, on findings of hundreds of research studies, and on the everyday experiences of educators, students, and their families — that, properly used, technology can enhance the achievement of all students, increase families» involvement in their children's schooling, improve teachers» skills and knowledge, and improve school administration and management.

Based on our everyday experiences, however, it seems that people frequently intentionally mind - wander.»

She also based her business on her everyday experience.

Knowing the importance of a well - functional wardrobe, and based on everyday experience, I have built a list with the 10 best things every stylish woman should own by her 30's.

«I don't think anyone would anticipate a certain material, but I would hope that craftsmanship and a light hearted commentary on our everyday experience could be something people would expect from me,» he says.

I start a painting with a vague thought — it could be based on my everyday experience, or something else altogether — and from there a story begins to take shape.

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With over 18 years of commercial real estate experience, Mr. Miller is an innovator and champion for the everyday investor, focusing on the Fundrise mission to democratize access to real estate investing.

Ms. Shebiel said she and her colleagues risked or experienced retaliation «for shining a light on both significant and everyday experiences that left us feeling bullied, uncomfortable and intimidated.»

For him, the big takeaways from the experience centre on grasping how privileged his life is and realizing the wonder and goodness that exists in everyday people.

In short, my argument was based on careful examination of the evidence of everyday experience; in other words, on philosophy.

We need to build appealing subcultures rather than advance our own version of the Great Society or spend all of our energy on roiling national debates that stand far apart from the everyday experience of those Americans who could most benefit from what we have to offer.

The joy and excitement generated by the experience, the sense of commonality with fellow players from around the world, the opportunity to participate freely with one's entire being — this gave all the players a new outlook on their everyday world.

Although the formulation of the question was not always precise, the everyday experience of black suffering, arising from black people's encounter with the sociopolitical structures controlled by whites, created in my consciousness a radical conflict between the claims of faith on the one hand and the reality of the world on the other.

If you throw out scientific hypotheses, you must then deny simple, everyday life experiences like knowing that when you flip a switch a light goes on or off or when you heat water, it will boil over.

Nearly all of us, for instance, have probably experienced driving along the highway with so many thoughts about the future or the past on our mind that We were hardly living in everyday reality at all.

When such events are experienced personally, Berger argues, they seem to occur on the fringes of everyday reality, thus forcing us to reckon with broader questions about the legitimacy of that reality.

Funerals, weddings, and other religiously orchestrated rites of passage (e.g., christenings, baptisms, showers, hospital visits) thus maintain the stability of everyday life by providing occasions on which the nonordinary can be experienced.

Metaphor, which serves as a medium that provides insight into Jesus» parabolic language, is a comparison based on everyday objects or experiences.108 In the words of Wilder,»... a true metaphor or symbol is more than a sign, it is a bearer of the reality to which it refers.

Thus, in his comments on defining religion, Berger approvingly refers to Rudolf Otto's idea of the holy, and suggests in the light of that concept that religious experience must be recognized as distinct from «the experiences of ordinary, everyday reality.»

Wow, to me your life seems pretty lonely and void of purpose save one thing whereas I see my purpose for living everyday in my experiences and people I make an impact on.

This mode of consciousness is «present as a kind of feeling for life, in man's pre-scientific consciousness and has as such impressed itself on modern man's everyday experience of life».1 As a result «man's consciousness of his own identity has become weaker and more damaged in the course of human progress.

Is it not incontestable, a matter of everyday experience, that each of these, to the extent that he believes (and sees the other believe) in the future of the world, feels a basic human sympathy for the other — not for any sentimental reason, but arising out of the obscure recognition that both are going the same way, and that despite all ideological differences they will eventually, in some manner, come together on the same summit?

I have a bachelor degree in social studies and worked for many years with people at group homes in Denmark and experienced everyday how focused the doctors were on trying to cure the patients with drugs.

The experience and professionalism of seeing such stars train everyday will surely have a positive influence on the squad.

The thing I loved the most about wearing the girls in the Ergo on my back was the fact that our everyday tasks became shared experiences.

It puts huge strain on relationships, affects the ability to focus on everyday tasks, impacts performance at work, contributes to post-natal depression and generally makes what should be a joyous, miraculous time in life, a massively stressful and negative experience.

Mothers reported more symptoms of psychological distress24, 25 and low self - efficacy.26, 27 And, although mothers report more depressive symptoms at the time their infants are experiencing colic, 28,29 research on maternal depression 3 months after the remittance of infant colic is mixed.30, 31 The distress mothers of colic infants report may arise out of their difficulties in soothing their infants as well as within their everyday dyadic interactions.32 The few studies to date that have examined the long - term consequences of having a colicky child, however, indicate that there are no negative outcomes for parent behaviour and, importantly, for the parent - child relationship.

Children who have generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, experience constant, excessive, and uncontrollable fears about any number of everyday things such as grades, family issues, performing well in sports, being on time, or even natural disasters.

I'm always on the lookout for fun and engaging ways to bring Biblical truth into our everyday experiences in our home.

Whilst the media fuels the debate with sensationalist articles which highlight criticism of mums breastfeeding, we must remember that they concentrate on the stories that create the discord rather then celebrate the positive everyday experiences which go without comment.

While maybe not massively groundbreaking, or as visually compelling as those paintings that are famous for being an homage to victims of everyday horrors reported in the media (Goya's The Third of May 1808 springs to mind), the exhibition is in keeping with the museum's focus on the impact of war on the lives of ordinary people, and a welcome accompaniment to the excellent experience on offer at the museum.

to reconstruct one's patterns of beliefs on the basis of wider experience, and to render accurate judgments about specific things and qualities in everyday life.

2nd Avenue subway opens to the public Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, MTA chairman Thomas Prendergast and everyday New Yorkers experience the public opening of the long - awaited 2nd Avenue subway line on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, on Manhattan's East Side.

«Festivals appear to be on the rise as more people look for an experience out of their everyday lives,» Dr Bengry - Howell concludes.

At 15,000 square feet, it's billed as the largest traveling exhibit on the Maya ever mounted in the U.S. Hundreds of artifacts reveal both the art and everyday experience of the culture, while multimedia and hands - on displays give visitors a glimpse into ongoing field research that will further our understanding of this fascinating civilization.

Most research on epigenetics has focused on the way everyday experiences alter patterns of gene activity in DNA during life through a chemical process of gene tagging called methylation, which usually silences genes.

It is an everyday experience how much we depend on this filtering function: When a loud noise suddenly disturbs the quiet atmosphere of a library, you can not avoid being alarmed.

Based on our experience from everyday life, for instance, we know that gently rubbing or holding an injured extremity can alleviate pain in this area.

As stated by authors Carolyn Ehrlich, Elizabeth Kendall and Tara Catalano, people with a recent experience of stroke commonly rely on general practice for assistance to manage everyday consequences and associated disability.

Such a transition has been made possible by the convergence of several factors: a stream of new science showing an accelerating pace of climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national security).

They are based on the idea that the despite appearances, what we call space and experience as emptiness in everyday life is actually a highly structured medium that's full of stuff.

Much of the previous research on epigenetics has focused on the fact that everyday experiences alter patterns of gene activity in DNA during life through a chemical process of gene tagging called methylation, which usually silences genes.

Caregivers» experienced better health outcomes when they were older, caring for a spouse, had higher income, better social support, sense of control, and caregiving had less of a negative impact on their everyday lives.

On the other hand, with the ISA method, women respond to imagined everyday life experiences.

Many people living with schizophrenia experience a deficit in motivation — a loss of drive and initiation that impacts a person's ability to complete everyday tasks or function well on a day - to - day basis.

Research on the dynamics of the quantized model revealed an amazing result: processes modeled using the quantum theory on quantum spacetime turned out to exhibit the same dynamics as when the quantum theory takes place in a classical continuous spacetime, i.e. the kind we know from everyday experience.