Sentences with phrase «practice of a particular community»

Likewise, regardless of cultural norms related to agency, a lawyer practising in Canada will be held to the prevailing standard of care about from whom to take instructions, and will not be able to rely, as a defence, on the traditional practice of a particular community.

Not exact matches

Christians have also practiced their religion in a variety of ways and the expression of their service to the community has depended on particular historical, political and geographical situations.

A canonical approach, in Brevard Childs» words, «interprets the biblical text in relation to a community of faith and practice for whom it served a particular theological role as possessing divine authority.»

Others were quite consciously particularistic, dealing with the importance of particular practices, particular events, and particular communities.

We would go to the communities, my lead midwife and I and sometimes one of the hospitalists would go to the practice sites of particular community midwives and we would say «What did we do well?

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

I've come to believe that «local control,» embodied by a sense of deference to families, neighborhoods, and educators, respects the intricacies of public schooling, the particular histories of communities, and the wisdom of time - tested practices.

Some use perfunctory practices like zero - based budgeting, but others empower site leaders and community members to engage in thoughtful planning and budgeting guided by the actual needs of the particular flesh and blood students enrolled at each school.

Further, particular aspects of teachers» professional community — a shared sense of intellectual purpose and a sense of collective responsibility for student learning — were associated with a narrowing of achievement gaps in math and science among low - and middle - income students.14 Strong professional learning communities require leadership that establishes a vision, creates opportunities and expectations for joint work, and finds the resources needed to support the work, including expertise and time to meet.15 Collaborative teacher teams can improve practice together by: 16

While there's a rich scholarly literature on PLCs, Goldstein focuses on the «still speculative» idea, from scholars Jal Mehta and Steven Teles, that teachers» communities of practice should be linked to particular pedagogical approaches.

Policy leaders, in particular, can (1) support initiatives that expand broadband availability in all of the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers and in state and locally - funded afterschool sites; (2) encourage robust experimentation with digital platforms that allow expanded learning organizations to collaborate, share practices, and connect experiences that kids are having at various expanded learning sites; and (3) support pilot experiments in up to 10 % of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers that focus on integrating evolving technologies.

The Million Cat Challenge lays out a menu of proven best practices that offer hope for cats in general and community cats in particular.

When a game provides a compelling, engaging experience for a particular community of players, those player practices become conserved precisely because they are effective at meeting that community's play needs.

Invested in the artistic practices of both conceptualism and abstraction, Johnson's installations frequently include shea butter and black soap, materials that were present throughout his childhood and that carry a particular significance within Afrocentric communities.

It calls for the systematic design and use of participatory communication processes, strategies and community - media to share information and knowledge among relevant stakeholder, in a particular agro-ecological context, in order to encourage attitudes and practices that increase people's resiliency and offer livelihood options to cope with climate change.

The report states that «the focus on CRU and Professor Phil Jones, Director of CRU, in particular, has largely been misplaced,» and that Dr. Jones's actions were «in line with common practice in the climate science community,» and the CRU's «analyses have been repeated and the conclusions have been verified.»

«We started this blog as a way to inform the College of Law community about key legal - education, research, practice, and law - library news, including but not limited to items of particular interest to Maricopa County and Arizona.»

Meet your new «associates» If you are not already a member of the Canadian and your provincial Bar associations, signing up is one of the easiest ways to build connections with lawyers in your community, and joining a practice section is a great way to meet lawyers in your particular area of practice.

Often, small to medium law firms contain lawyers with highly specialised professional experience in dealing with particular legal issues, which can only be achieved through years of practice servicing a community.

In particular, I identify practice groups as a type of community of practice and add this as an area in which law librarians can play a role.

This blawg «seeks to inform the Cleveland - Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.»

In assessing such a risk, both objective and subjective factors should be taken into account (that is, that even when a certain religious practice is not prescribed by faith or the religious community, the fact that to a particular person a religious practice is an important element of his or her faith should be taken into account).

A less risky approach would be for a lawyer who is familiar with the particular financial practices of a community to make efforts to educate institutional clients about those practices.

Andrew has a broad public law practice with a particular emphasis on the fields of human rights, education, health and community care law, local government, planning and environmental law, professional discipline and regulatory law.

This annual event brings together some of the best offerings of the Practice Management Advisory Service and provides D.C. Bar members the unique opportunity to attend a full day of free seminars covering a wide range of topics that are of particular interest to law firm owners and managers but that are relevant to the entire legal community.

By reducing negotiation to a consultation about ways of minimising the impact of particular developments on native title rights, native title is given no role in the development of Aboriginal communities beyond permitting the practice of traditions and customs as they were practised by the ancestors of the native title party before colonisation.

That the Commonwealth develop a protocol for the recording and sharing of effective, evidence - based practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, in particular such practices that have relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

Pediatric medical homes should (1) strengthen their provision of anticipatory guidance to support children's emerging social - emotional - linguistic skills and to encourage the adoption of positive parenting techniques; (2) actively screen for precipitants of toxic stress that are common in their particular practices; (3) develop, help secure funding, and participate in innovative service - delivery adaptations that expand the ability of the medical home to support children at risk; and (4) identify (or advocate for the development of) local resources that address those risks for toxic stress that are prevalent in their communities.

In this presentation, panelists will provide an overview of various forms of c - intake systems (i.e. central, coordinated, and collaborative) that have been implemented across states and local communities with particular attention to use of existing universal risk screening practices, enrollment and engagement outcomes.

[80] Protocols include agreement on culturally informed practices that set rules for engagement with a particular community in relation to the delivery of services.

The essential practices presented in this course can be applied to individuals of all ages, but particular emphasis is on families, groups and communities from a culturally - responsive, trauma - informed approach.

It's unclear whether these substantial flaws are because of personal agendas (Hagen believes her own brother was falsely accused of sex abuse), because their initial works are about a decade old now and some things have changed (Dineen also hails from Canada which may trail behind the U.S. in psycho - legal trends), because neither of them considered what policies and practices move the big MHP divorce industry bucks, or because — hailing from the MHP community themselves — they have failed to see their own shared cultural biases with a majority of that community and how they themselves have been propagandized into a particular point of view.

You all agree that a particular businessperson in your community engages in ethically questionable business practices, and hurts the bottom line for all of you.

The practice occurs when a real estate agent directs a prospective buyer interested in particular properties to equivalent homes in a specific neighborhood or community based on one of the protected characteristics.