Sentences with phrase «reflection on the practice»

Paradoxically, a commitment to more formal content creates another tension, as faculty members struggle to balance modes of learning from reading and discussion and the sort of theological reflection on practice and experience that the new program seeks to inculcate.

2) Readings: No one doubts that reading texts is essential for the program, but few if any of us know how to combine reflection on practice with discussions of readings.

We start with the important practices, we do rigorous theological and biblical reflections on those practices, and we always push toward the goal of improved practice, improved community, and improved lives.

Each involves the acquisition and employment (or practice) of certain abilities, and each involves reflection on the practice of witness, normally with the practical aim of making better practice.

What does reflection on practices tell us about the task of preaching?

Reflection on practices can be one way of drawing the pieces of theological education into larger and more coherent wholes.

Teacher reflections on the practice of teaching computer science, as well as broader educational issues

In my prior work as a mentor for new teachers in a highneeds school district, I was often amazed and humbled by the impact that the creativity of passionate teachers, when combined with thoughtful planning and reflection on their practice, had on the students they served.

And I discovered that doing it well means respecting what we know about teacher learning, which has to do with self - assessment, reflection on practice, and professional conversation.

Danielson cautions that evaluation must include self - assessment, reflection on practice, and professional conversation.

Additional investigations are necessary to explore these and other technology avenues that encourage reflection and pave the way for sustained reflection on the practice of teaching.

- Revise the Formative Assessment Rubrics, Reflection and Observation Tools to Support Professional Reflection on Practice (FARROP) to reflect the new dimensions of the revised FAST definition.

Rich forms of inquiry unfold when teachers engage in inquiry cycles across time, interweaving learning and reflection on practice.

Provide sustained professional development that might include peer observations, reflection on practice, and shared planning;

Yerrick et al. (2005) recognized that «engaging preservice teachers in a process of recognizing children's ideas and examining preservice teachers» personal belief systems during their reflection on practice is a promising area of research for understanding how to make change among tomorrow's teachers» (p. 352).

Strengths: Realistic assessment of a teacher's current practice; quicker to organize than other cycles; lighter preparation load for teacher and coach; encourages personal reflection on practice.

These early career educators will receive rigorous training, mentoring by trained teacher mentors, access to current research, peer support and targeted high - quality professional development to help create teacher leaders who will help new teachers achieve expertise in curriculum planning, assessment, and using data and reflection on practice to improve teaching and learning.

Realistic assessment of a teacher's current practice; quicker to organize than other cycles; lighter preparation load for teacher and coach; encourages personal reflection on practice.

His art associates the use of simple and common materials that redefine the nature of the object and its space with a constant poetic reflection on the practice of sculpture, evident in the numerous texts in which the artist has always related thought with experimentation in new practices.

Her residency will be a period of reflection on her practice to date, which has centred on video performances, to explore creating a live art performance.

It reminded me of our need for constant reflection on our practice and experience.

Sharing our reflections on practice.

These include: having a dedicated space and time for critical reflection on practice, professional dialogue and collaboration with colleagues; support from management and from colleagues not only to «attend» professional learning but also to implement what has been learnt; and continuity of staff.

Effective group discussions consolidate learning, encourage further reflection on practice and highlight opportunities for extended learning.

Participants will be required to put all learning into practice and allow reflection on this practice to further develop same.

Not exact matches

The rejection of the «clerical paradigm» in favor of a reflection on Christian practice broadly based in the whole Christian community requires a changed concept of pastoral leadership and a new pattern of preparation for it.

In our reflection on the notion of a social practice in chapter 6 we noted that all practices are inherently and inescapably concrete in this way, that is, institutionalized, materially based, and socioculturally located.

Is it not at least as true to say that «having to do with God» is first of all itself a set of practices that gives form to subsequent critical reflection on it?

The influence of Bloch led Moltmann to reflections on Marx and to the incorporation of Marxist insights about the relation of theory and practice into his thought.

For as well as theoretical reflection on the moral significance of a decision, there are other ways and means by which a human being can either become clear about the rightness and conformity to God's will of a decision, or at least improve the conditions for its correct formation: the general cultivation of courage, unselfishness, self - denial, the practice of the art of making vital particular decisions which can not be deduced by purely theoretical consideration as this art is taught by the masters of the spiritual life.

The evangelical community seeks to leap from piety to practice with little reflection on guiding principles and practical goals.

In his reflections on theology and politics, Catholic theologian William T Cavanaugh has focused attention on how Christian liturgical practices embody and inform — or should embody and inform — Christian political witness, His book Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics and the Body of Christ (Blackwell) is about the Roman Catholic Church's responses to the rule of Augusto Pinochet in Chile during the 1970s.

The evangelical community, to paraphrase social critic Michael Novak, seeks to leap from piety to practice with little reflection on guiding principles and practical goals.

The essential task of theological education at Candler is to intensify a student's reflection on the nature of that commitment to Christian life and to the practice of Christian ministry.

But surely none of these assessments of that bellicose era can hold a candle to General Robert E. Lee's reflections on it: «had forbearance and wisdom been practiced by both sides,» it might have been prevented.

Such an identity appears to be possible because, as Walsh claims (most clearly and emphatically in The Third Millennium: Reflections on Faith and Reason), following Heidegger and Voegelin, the transcendent must be utterly «differentiated» from our worldly or secular existence: the withdrawal of the divine into utterly transcendent mystery relieves existential - theological practice of any ends «higher» than humanity.

Theology, understood as critical reflection on religious practices, can serve an indispensable integrative function within our divinity school and seminary curricula.

That judgment is convincingly vindicated by the Novaks, who, while focusing on his religious belief and practice, cast new light Washington» a man whose gravitas, contrary to some accounts, was not a pose but a reflection of his deep humility before the God of history Whom he sought to serve.

What if there were a congregation that adopted the self - description «in Jesus» name» but never, as a part of its practice of worship in that name, engaged in critical reflection on its own faithfulness to that norm?

It requires what might best be called «theology of culture,» theological reflection on critical implications of cultural change for congregations» practices, and it calls for envisioning possible constructive reshaping of a congregation's practices insofar as they are ways in which the congregation tells its story in and to its host culture.

Transformed by God's Word combines the ancient Western practice of lectio divina (sacred reading) with the Eastern Orthodox tradition of visio divina (sacred seeing) by pairing reflections on twenty gospel readings with a series of beautiful, never - before published contemporary icons.

Although I dispute his apparent view that recognized» as opposed to fanciful» norms of international law or codes of professional conduct would restrict actual practice under the regimen ridiculously called «enhanced interrogation,» as described in the Office of Legal Counsel memoranda profligately disclosed by the current administration, I have nothing against «conscientious reflection» on the issue and lively discussion of it.

Each season is marked with a reflection by farmer Lora Lea or her husband Rick about life on the farm as well as knowledge of sustainability practices that can be incorporated, no matter the location, or lack of farm.

In lay and play mode, this Gym allows baby to lay on their back and look up at their reflection in the mirrored sun or swat at and practice grabbing the five dangling toys that spin, clack and smile back, all while chubby baby feet kick at the large buttons on the piano to hear the music.

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The course supports the practice of reflection regarding the possible impact on breastfeeding outcome, behaviours and the infant's life as a whole.

«There are re-estimates on hiring practices, there are re-estimates about the spending that's a more accurate reflection of how we are moving forward.»

We work to integrate reflection on ethical implications of neuroscience and neural engineering into the structure and practice of science.

Brian shares the staples of his own daily routine (meditation, movement, reflection, appreciation and joy), as well as killer vignettes such as «Blisters & Bliss» (why John Wooden showed his National Championship athletes how to put on their socks on the first day of practice) and «99 % is a Bitch.100 % is a Breeze» (Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup for the Soul's awesome line on commitment).

During our pre-wedding practice, Rebecca shared some of her own thoughts and perspectives on my imminent marriage, and I was extremely moved by her poignant reflections.