Sentences with phrase «see academic culture»

Engler understands and would like to see academic culture change to reward more diverse training.

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A culture of bullying has taken over in this area, and the idea of academic freedom, wide enquiry, and genuine debate and analysis is no longer seen as essential in university life.

Gramsci claimed many workers before the war «had seen in futurism the elements of a struggle against the old academic culture of Italy, mummified and alien to the popular masses.

«Seeing the culture from the inside is helpful,» he says, «because the industrial culture is very different from the academic culture.»

For more on implementing the UMN program, see the BioRAFT webinar and an article, «Student Involvement in Improving the Culture of Safety in Academic Laboratories,» in the Journal of Chemical Education.

What remains to be seen is whether widespread public support for universal academic achievement can be maintained when the youth culture is against it, when significant fractions of young people are dropping out of high school, and when others are failing high - school exit examinations.

But they felt they got to a whole new place and turned a corner when they came to see they had a hidden commitment to what they called «a povrecito culture,» a culture that took pity on these «poor little ones» by not heaping upon them the further «burden» of high academic expectations.

The adult culture of academic success could prevail more easily if the adults were better connected with each other by seeing each other on a regular basis at church.

By giving music and arts teachers a greater voice and supporting their work, the Meriden Public Schools has seen positive increases in academic and climate and culture indicators.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

For example, one school saw a dramatic improvement in five high - priority metrics included in the culture plan, including a 59 % reduction in the amount of out - of - school suspensions between the 2012 - 13 and 2013 - 14 school years, a 56 % reduction in classroom off - task / disruptive behaviors across nine grade levels, and an increase from 57.2 % to 59 % in Academic Performance Index in just one school year, with a Value Added grade of C for the first time in more than five years.

Having spent time with these two focused school leaders and seen the culture and climate created at these institutions, I gained a better insight into the academic advances they have been able to make and hope they have restored at these schools.»

This model helps schools garner interest from parents because they see it boosting academic rigor and student readiness for a diverse culture.

«At a turnaround school like ours, school culture and attendance have to be in place before you can see academic gains,» said Heckendorn.

TechBoston's Chief Academic Officer sees the immense value in instilling a school culture initiative with Kickboard.

Academic success will be seen as rejecting one's own culture in favor of the dominant culture.

According to a study conducted by Vija G. Mendelson, a program manager at Academic Programs International (API), many students studying abroad in Spain expressed their hopes of seeing the local culture from a different point of view.