Sentences with phrase «research and the policy context»

The brief summarizes related research and the policy context.

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His research examines questions of presidential power in the contexts of administration, personnel, and public policy.

Looking primarily to models based on quantitative research methodologies to provide a clear direction for policy in regulating media and violence can also distract policy makers from coming to grips with other difficult but more important value questions that impinge on the issue of media and violence, such as the purpose of broadcasting, issues of ownership and control of media, the international context of Australian media, the dominant economic nature of most of Australia's social communications, the distinctive ways in which the media reproduce and reconstruct myths and symbols of violence from within the culture, and how audiences use and respond to media myths and symbols.

This challenge is significant when viewed through the context of future land, water, energy and nutrient availability; water quality concerns; policy barriers; and a general decline in the research investment that drives productivity.

The Central Valley Health Policy Institute (CVHPI) was the research and program management body behind the Task Force, coordinating statewide surveys, in - depth interviews, and quantitative analysis to explore the current maternal mental health context in California.

I have argued this case in a range of contexts from multiple Next Left posts to academic articles in Public Policy Research and British Politics.

«Children's free play in this context revealed many similarities, but also some compelling differences among the communities,» said Sandra Waxman, the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern and faculty fellow in the University's Institute for Policy Research.

The knowledge system in schools is ultimately a normative standard that can only be understood in a social and historical context,» explains Lucien Criblez, the overall manager of the SNSF project and since 2008 Professor of Education at the University of Zurich with a focus on historical education research and analysis of education policies.

The online tool provide additional information geared toward students, including a glossary defining potentially unfamiliar words or words used in new contexts, previous research in the field, further information on the scientists» methods and techniques, a breakdown of the papers» results and conclusions, links to news about the research findings and information about policies influenced by this research.

In this context, policy - and decision - makers should be consulted on the research questions if they are to see these as a viable means for decision - making.

In a context in which debates and policies on immigration and border controls are increasingly divisive, we believe that research on these issues is absolutely necessary.»

«We thought it was crucial, with the science advancing incredibly rapidly, and as intellectual property policies evolve in East Asia, to examine our 2010 global recommendations for proprietary issues in stem cell research in that regional context,» Mathews says.

For example, achieving and sustaining progress toward the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) will require more and better - quality research on the policy and community contexts of reform.

In an effort to better understand what is happening in these spaces, I have spent a significant amount of time researching the socio - historical context that has shaped our contemporary policing policies and prison system.

Other research projects by Yoshikawa include how public policies, parental employment, and transnational contexts influence very young children's development in Chinese, Mexican, Dominican, and African American families.

After she graduates, Brooks will spend the summer working at the Strategic Data Project at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard, and she hopes to continue to explore the freedom of movement as a human right in the context of expanding globalization.

Research on employment - related BTB (and similar) policies suggests that some employers may react by statistically discriminating against groups with high rates of criminal involvement; however, this type of discrimination is less likely to be an issue in the context of college BTB.

To characterize the nature of literacy policy research, we examine the literature on standards and assessment in relation to the policy, measurement, and literacy contexts from which it arises.

Each of these sections has two parts: a brief discussion of background, situating the research in its larger context, and a review of the literacy policy research within each perspective.

Literacy researchers need to become knowledgeable about policy research and about the policy contexts in which their research is conducted.

Although research can shed light on how policies play out and how context matters, studies of particular merit - pay or school - choice plans are unlikely to answer whether such policies «work» — largely because the particulars of each plan will prove crucial.

Amanda's research interests center around accountability in P12 and Higher Education context with specific interest in the idea of P20 policy and practices and the relationship between accountability demands and those that must make sense of them.

Rod ¹ s research examines how public policy affects schools as organizations, and the identity development of school leaders within organizational contexts.

But I would point to the fact that many teacher preparation programs don't offer future teachers as much clinical training as they ought to receive — especially training in high - needs schools; that districts are by and large not as effective as they might be at teacher induction and professional development; that teachers are generally under - compensated and specific individual excellence isn't rewarded; and that the policy contexts in which teachers work are being constantly revised in ways that are sometimes contrary to research evidence.

Superintendent Joshua Starr of Montgomery County Public Schools and Ron Rode, the Executive Director of Accountability in San Diego Unified School District, discussed how this research is being used to support policy and practice in their districts, as well as the larger policy context.

We also conduct research and analysis on a variety of policies that affect talent supply and infrastructure and shape the context in which education leaders do their work — including school leadership, school governance, and accountability.

The curriculum reflects the College of Education and Human Development's mission to understand and enhance the various contexts in which learning takes place through research, new program implementation, and policy work.

Milbrey W. McLaughlin is the David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy at Stanford University, Co ‑ director of the Center for Research on the Context of Teaching (CRC), and Executive Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities.

Participants received a briefing book of resources and literature that included information about the Oakland context, research and policy about SEL, current SEL progress in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), information about OUSD's SEL instruction and curriculum, strategies for how to transform adult behavior and culture, equity and SEL, and how to assess and report SEL competencies.

We have found little further research that builds upon and extends these early studies in the evolving context of state education policies and standards - based reform.

A key difference between early and current research on the school district role in educational change relates to variation in the policy contexts in which the research was conducted.

His research examines factors that affect teacher and teaching quality, with a focus on professional learning, the organizational context of schools and districts, and accountability policy.

It addresses a range of issues, such as how statistics often is misused, how scientific progress is made in general, that the «scientific method» is not always as straightforward as one might like to think, the influence of stake - holders, the importance of knowing the context of the research, relationships between science and policy, and ploys designed to bypass logic.

Justin Gillis has written a news article putting the paper in context with other recent research on Antarctic dynamics and sea level, as well as with policy debates about the current value of fossil fuels against the momentous costs that could attend greatly expanded use:

Policy briefs are developed as a specific tool for awareness raising and policy uptake, as was done in the context of the research project Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa (SarnPolicy briefs are developed as a specific tool for awareness raising and policy uptake, as was done in the context of the research project Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa (Sarnpolicy uptake, as was done in the context of the research project Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa (Saresearch project Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa (SaResearch Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa (Sarnissa).

It is in this fluid international context that The Australia Institute has joined with two other think tanks — the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in London and the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington DC — to establish a high - level International Climate Change Taskforce.

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Problem - oriented basic research will evaluate the possible effects of CE on natural and social systems and international relations, study the challenges in research and governance strategies and communication between scientists and the public, and analyze the possible impact on climate policy in the context of CO2 reduction and adaptation.

EUBCE is a major event in the biomass sector calendar, being a platform to share research results, latest developments and innovative bioenergy applications from industry and the policy context.

20 November: Guardian: Climate sceptics claim leaked emails are evidence of collusion among scientists by Leo Hickman and James Randerson «It does look incriminating on the surface, but there are lots of single sentences that taken out of context can appear incriminating,» said Bob Ward, director of policy and communications at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics.

Context thus appears to be a focal point for legal informatics research, at the levels of theory, policy, and systems development.

A new report from uOttawa's Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) prepared in collaboration with Carleton's Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) proposes a strategy for protecting traditional knowledge that is shared in the digital and online context.

The key to understanding all these issues and presenting a robust case is attention to detail, a clear understanding of the policy context and an appropriate level of targeted research.

In the context of a globalizing legal pluralist landscape, IP Osgoode cultivates interdisciplinary, comparative and transnational research, collaboration, policy - thinking and practice.

initiate a national discussion by raising awareness and advance understandings of the impact of racism on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing across policy, practice, research and community contexts

The Childhoods in Changing Contexts Research Group focuses on early childhood education and care workforce; evaluation of early childhood programs, policies and initiatives; cultural and multilingual contexts and childhoods; and young children's rights and citizContexts Research Group focuses on early childhood education and care workforce; evaluation of early childhood programs, policies and initiatives; cultural and multilingual contexts and childhoods; and young children's rights and citizcontexts and childhoods; and young children's rights and citizenships.

The Health Psychology Section of APA Division 17 is dedicated to the science and practice of counseling psychology in health related contexts either through research with medical, rehabilitation, or related populations, direct service to individuals across their lifespan (e.g., prevention, adjustment to and recuperation from illness, healthy lifestyle changes, psychological concomitants of medical illnesses), teaching and training of graduate students or the education of other health care professionals, or involvement with health policy.

Dr. Schindler's current research program focuses on how interventions and policies can best target family and school contexts during early childhood to prevent behavior problems and promote mental health in vulnerable populations of families.

1 BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION 1.1 The policy context 1.2 Pregnancy, childbirth and mental health 1.3 Maternal mental health and child outcomes 1.4 Longitudinal research 1.5 How the study will contribute to the evidence base

Her research and evaluation efforts have concentrated primarily on understanding the policies and contexts that shape children's development early in life, particularly on the role that families and caregivers play in supporting children's social and emotional well being.