Sentences with phrase «other academic developments»

The latest international research, as reported at the ICSP 2nd International Conference on Shared Parenting, along with other academic developments all convincingly demonstrate that the world wide inexorable transition to equal shared parenting is quickly gaining momentum.

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A range of other academic, industry and sector partnerships are now in development.

The State Department should begin by supporting three initiatives: the development of an academic sub-discipline of international religious freedom studies, the engagement of big business, and the building of partnerships with other, like - minded governments.

Because there is only a small amount of academic literature on religious freedom (including virtually no mention of it in the four major academic human rights journals) the State Department should make a short - term commitment to provide seed funds to better understand the linkages between religious freedom, national economics, political development, and other fundamental liberties.

In addition to hampering academic excellence, binge drinking also inhibits ethical development by focusing heavy drinkers inwards, on private self - indulgence, rather than outwards to service of others.

The constant danger existed that these seminaries might go so far in adaptation to recent developments in theology and in other academic areas that they would lose touch with the churches.

This led to a quasi-schizophrenic split in the Zeitgeist to which David Bohm has also alluded in his paper: I mean the contrast between the developments in physics on the one hand, and of academic psychology 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.

Fourth, we must also encourage the development of ongoing cadres of persons within the academic community whose own deepest commitments are decisively other than its meritocratic and rationalistic ideology.

A prominent feature of the CSWA Sustainable Winegrowing Program is the active participation of vintners, growers, regional trade associations, regulators, academics, environmental and social equity groups and other stakeholders in its development and implementation of the program.

A prominent feature of the sustainable winegrowing program is the collaborative effort in its development and implementation by vintners, growers, regional trade associations, regulators, academics, environmental and social equity groups and other stakeholders.

Students at Forest Bluff School not only exhibit academic excellence, but also the many qualities that constitute positive character development: empathy, integrity, grit, resilience, responsibility, initiative, self - discipline, self - reflection, and respect for themselves, others, and the environment.

It formed the Interagency Group on Breastfeeding Monitoring (IGBM) with other church groups, development organisations and academics.

So - called readiness tests tend to concentrate on academic skills, but most usually evaluate other aspects of development.

Balance emphasis on academic success with interest in other areas of your child's development.

Some are even suggesting the position be divided in two, or a vice president position added, with one role geared toward academics and the other on the side of industry and economic development related to the SUNY Poly research facilities.

One after the other, they all identified redundancy, inappropriate qualifications, poor academic development, declining productivity, questionable certificates, disciplinary matters among other as parts of the criteria for the disengagement of the affected teaching and non-teaching staff of the institutions.

Encouraging the social - emotional development of students while teaching traditional academic subjects builds a positive school climate focused on fairness and caring about others — and helps to foster healthy, confident adults.

Their role is to help academics and other members of staff identify sources of funding for research, teaching development, and other activities.

Wu Boda, director of China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center, says the new organization could learn from the experience of the European Union's Erasmus Programme, which was established in 1987 to foster student mobility and other educational cooperation within Europe.

They would also like to study whether policies regarding lunch and recess affect risk for obesity, success in academics and other markers of cognitive development in children.

The UW workshops offered professional development advice, in - depth discussions that included personal issues and life stories, interactions with other potential on - rampers and exploration of strategies for becoming the academics they wanted to be.

Like other big pharma companies, Pfizer is partnering with academic institutions to share the risk of drug development and take advantage of academic scientists» broad base of knowledge, says Boston - based Anthony Coyle, vice president of the Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) at Pfizer.

Whether you're interested in taking a closer look at the academic career path, changing jobs, or assessing other aspects of your work life, a personal development plan can help you define and explore your goals and map out ways to turn them into reality.

This also has implications for other aspects of development, such as social development and — further down the road — academics.

Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices, Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.

ResMed, now entering its 32nd year, is a week - long graduate - level course providing an accelerated program for medicinal chemists, biologists and other industrial and academic scientists who wish to broaden their knowledge of drug discovery and development.

GigaGen partners with leading academic and biopharmaceutical researchers to advance antibody - driven drug discovery and development programs for cancer, immune deficiency and other serious health conditions.

Analyses were conducted for all applications combined as well as separately for R01 applications (grant applications submitted by individual investigators), other R applications (academic research enhancement awards, exploratory / development grants, small grant program, small business awards), and applications in the K (clinical research training awards for junior and midcareer faculty), P (program projects and center grants), and F (predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships) series.

Increased understanding of the developing brain and how deviations from normal development can increase the risk of neurological and psychiatric diseases has created a rich landscape of opportunity for collaborations between leading academic medical centers and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies dedicated to identifying new drugs and other interventions to help children.

The same can not be said of those seeking to use important freedom of information laws to disparage academics and other public - sector scientists and abuse the freedom of information process to drive them away from ongoing important collaborations in the furtherance of sound, science - driven public and commercial policy development.

A collaboration of premier academic, medical and industry leaders in New York and other partners across the globe, the NYGC has as its goal translating genomic research into the development of new treatments, therapies and therapeutics against human disease.

After visiting the schools, Gustafson reported that all four — each an independent «mom - and - pop» operation with no links to national groups — faced a host of challenges, including strained budgets, low enrollments, curriculum problems, inexperienced staff, weak professional development for teachers, and board members ignorant of testing and other academic essentials.

Academic outcomes matter, of course, but so do civic outcomes, character development, respect for diversity and faith and myriad others.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

A Department of Education 2008 report determined that students who seek to master an academic topic with mastery - oriented goals show better long - term academic development than do their peers whose main goals are to get good grades or outperform others, thus the value of including feedback other than formal grades and of metacognition.

This question is for Marc - does your program offer any supports that speak to other areas of development and not just academic?

Less intuitively, they find that the development of fine motor and other «visuo - spatial» skills are also very strong predictors of later academic success.

«Since 2000, however, academic performance has declined when compared to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, suggesting that Australian students and schools are not improving at the same rate and are falling short of achieving the full learning potential of which they are capable,» he wrote.

Writing is also important for the development of reading skills and can improve learning in other academic content areas.

... No other professional development has even come close to providing a clear, complete picture of what it means (and what it takes) to lead a school to high levels of sustainable academic achievement.

Each such employee shall be required to complete at least one training course in school violence prevention and intervention, which shall consist of at least two clock hours of training that includes but is not limited to, study in the warning signs within a developmental and social context that relate to violence and other troubling behaviors in children; the statutes, regulations, and policies relating to a safe nonviolent school climate; effective classroom management techniques and other academic supports that promote a nonviolent school climate and enhance learning; the integration of social and problem solving skill development for students within the regular curriculum; intervention techniques designed to address a school violence situation; and how to participate in an effective school / community referral process for students exhibiting violent behavior.

Admittedly, the critical pedagogues have squarely confronted two of the most enduring issues surrounding the work of education: 1) To what extent should the mission of public schools be focused on character development, societal reform, and other such affective goals, as opposed to cognitive development and academic preparation?

This pressure will also affect university libraries and other academic resources, and the accelerating «open access» movement will do the rest.These developments amount to a «writing on the wall» for our traditional, universities.

Use of the app for these purposes acknowledges that learning — whether for academic credit, personal needs, or professional development — can occur any time and any place and via devices other than traditional desktop or laptop computers.

Cuts would cause financial harm as Impact Aid supports personnel and professional development, academic materials, transportation, technology, and other general operating expenses.

For other students, a history of academic difficulties and discouragement has impeded the development of these competencies.

«Providing facility aid would allow charter schools to concentrate even more resources on students» instructional needs, including academic programming, professional development for teachers, and other initiatives of direct benefit to students,» he said.

But it's only been in the last five years that district leaders worked to connect this academic growth with development of other skills needed for college and career.