The golden crowned sifaka, Propithecus tattersalli, is a lemur living in
small social units in the north of Madagascar.
A «natural grouping» is
a small social unit made up of people whose fives are in some measure interlaced and who provide for each other a stable context in which the orderly transmission of values can take place from parents to children.
There could be no ideal for a nation until there were
smaller social units ready to unite and there can be no ideal for a world society without a prior actualization of national communities.
Not exact matches
The five continents are broken down into
smaller regional, cultural and
social areas, down to village, house, and family
units.
The
small family
unit known as a nuclear family today is the typical family type of the modern era in Western cultures.1 During the last two hundred years, identity has been associated more with the family
unit than with larger
social units like a congregation.
Thatcherite Tories favoured scaling down the size of economic and
social units: breaking up the welfare state and dismantling the corporate economy into privatized
units run by entrepreneurs and business leaders operating within a
smaller — but stronger — state.
My telecollaborative project began with a
small idea — a
social studies assignment that I thought might beef up my humdrum government
unit.
«We love to connect players in our games, but until recently on Android there have been a lot of competing
social platforms without a single standout,» says Vector
Unit CEO Matt
Small.
Observed and assessed student performance and kept thorough records of progress.Implemented a variety of teaching methods such as lectures, discussions and demonstrations.Established clear objectives for all lessons,
units and projects.Encouraged students to persevere with challenging tasks.Set and communicated ground rules for the classroom based on respect and personal responsibility.Identified early signs of emotional, developmental and health problems in students and followed up with the teacher.Tutored children individually and in
small groups to help them with difficult subjects.Taught after - school and summer enrichment programs.Established positive relationships with students, parents, fellow teachers and school administrators.Mentored and counseled students with adjustment and academic problems.Delegated tasks to teacher assistants and volunteers.Took appropriate disciplinary measures when students misbehaved.Improved students» reading levels through guided reading groups and whole group instruction.Used children's literature to teach and reinforce reading, writing, grammar and phonics.Enhanced reading skills through the use of children's literature, reader's theater and story time.Differentiated instruction according to student ability and skill level.Taught students to exercise problem solving methodology and techniques during tests.Taught students in various stages of cognitive, linguistic,
social and emotional development.Encouraged students to explore issues in their lives and in the world around them.Employed a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction textual materials to encourage students to read independently.
Indigenous societies are typically characterized by an intense «localism», in which
social, economic and political allegiances are constructed around locally based and
small - scale forms and institutions, rather than in larger all - encompassing institutions based on larger socio - political
units.