Sentences with phrase «social sciences class»

A sixth grade social sciences class began, and then it was later expanded to eighth grade science classes.

Scientific naturalists who take this line sometimes add that they do not necessarily object to the study of creationism in the public schools, provided it occurs in literature and social science classes rather than in science class.

Some books for religious and social sciences classes in use in public and private schools in several Muslim countries have included derogatory references to non-Muslims, glorified terrorist activities, and outlined students» obligations to defend Islam against the «infidels,» according to reviews by U.S. - based organizations.

While the introduction of FabLabs and makerspaces into schools tends to focus on the importance of hands - on projects in the STEM or STEAM fields, it's just as important that students engage in maker projects in their humanities and social science classes.

The analysis concluded that Rocketship's educational program is unsound because Rocketship relies heavily on uncredentialed instructors, lacks dedicated science and social science classes, and does not contain specific instructional strategies for low - achieving students and English language learners.

Close reading in elementary social science classes can include examining primary source photographs in the early grades and — as students get older — progress to more sophisticated analysis of print and visual primary source documents, such as the famous political «Join or Die,» mentioned in Chapter 4.

I've not read this book yet but am a great fan of Naomi Klein and her «Shock Doctrine» which was (both in book and film) a huge eye opener for me and I've used some of the material for my online social science classes which focus on event and movements of the 1960's.

The link to an on - line survey was distributed to an introductory social science class at a large Midwestern University, was posted to the Reddit.com subpage http://www.reddit.com/r/LongDistance, and was posted on an author's Facebook page.

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For the past two decades or so, the majority of those working in the humanities and the interpretive social sciences have witnessed the value of focused and sustained learning and the integrity of fields be progressively diluted and frittered away by an increasingly separate class of professional administrators.

Social science data have shown that the decline in morality affects the working classes to a greater degree than the upper - middle and upper classes.

Bradford Wilcox, in his National Affairs essay «The Evolution of Divorce,» discusses social science data showing a class divide in the percentage of Americans marrying and divorcing.

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As a social scientist Berger avoids taking the position that religion is an irreducible reality sui generis (i.e., in a class all its own), as does someone like Ninian Smart, the popular professor of comparative religions, in his book The Science of Religion and the Sociology of Knowledge (1973).

What actually happens with Gutiérez and others close to him is something like this: they turn to the social sciences for help in understanding the dynamics of the world in which they live; among those they read is Marx, who describes a world in which a «class struggle» is going on.

By contrast, in literature class we read poetry and fiction, and in social science we study the subjective beliefs of various cultures from a naturalistic perspective.

And, finally, they determined that race, gender, and social class were at the heart of all humanities and most social science subjects.

For, «political systems incapable of counter-balancing unusually swollen middle class, myriads of white collar jobs, non-local means of subsistence, irresistible passion for consumer goods and a social life making sense only in the idiom of science and technology hardly grant an easy walk - over for anti-development movements.

An intelligent eighteen - year - old in a sociology class who isn't a paid - up progressive quickly recognizes the ideological character of a great deal of social science.

In social - science class that day, however, they were learning complex material and behaving perfectly well — and not because they were incentivized with rewards or threatened with punishments, but because school was, for that period at least, actually kind of interesting.

In her paper, Contextualizing online human milk sharing: Structural factors and lactation disparity among middle income women in the U.S for the journal Social Science & Medicine, Palmquist points out that women involved in online milk - sharing are largely middle class.

It is indicative of how irrelevant class action has become to social science that we must get to page 328 of this volume to find mention of this!

Science would transform industry and people's prospects would be decided on merit rather than their social class.

On the other hand, if you really wanted scientific explanations for the cause of social classes I'm not sure if political science is the right field.

Unlike for most people, your science degree and associated middle - class social status do not necessarily translate into more respect for you as an individual.

«The higher an individual's socioeconomic background, measured in terms of parental social class or parental education, the more likely they are to work in science.»

He is described as «a Victorian thinker fated to live in an unsympathetic modern age», part of an «ultimately disappointing effort to turn the cloth of «science» into a wardrobe of a philosophy of life and a programme for social progress», a liberal on race who was «a reflection of elitist English upper - class attitudes towards the others, be they the races of Empire, the lower classes in England, or Blacks in the American South».

Also valuable are classes that focus on a particular group of people — African - American studies, Native American culture, for example — as well as social science and history courses.

Nonmajor classes draw students from the humanities, arts, social sciences, journalism, law, and every other discipline.

The researchers surveyed two groups: 333 college students from an introductory psychology class at a Midwest college and 437 adults participating in Amazon's Mechanical Turk workforce database, an online database of individuals who often participate in social science research, among other tasks.

We lead academia, government and industry to develop world - class genome sciences that deliver social and economic benefits to British Columbia, Canada and beyond.

Research recently undertaken by the Wellcome Trust showed that likelihood of visiting a science museum or centre is related to social class.

A social class is a set of subjectively defined concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification in which «These upper class toffs don't care about those on the breadline» - We asked the people hurting most if the new Universal Credit rules would ACTUALLY

At first I thought this would affect science textbooks and the theory of evolution, even though it's fact and not even a theory, but it also ends up affecting social studies classes.

The concept of a microcosm of society to demonstrate social unrest between classes is a well - worn idea — High - Rise may find a very close cousin in last year's Snowpiercer — but this is one of the more direct and slickly executed interpretations of the theme, only treading on the brink of science - fiction.

Events such as Election Day mock voting, Veteran's Day Memorial program, and our 9/11 Remembrance take place throughout the year and are integrated into our rich curriculum, which includes classes in physical education, music, Spanish, art, and technology in addition to the core subjects of reading, math, science, and social studies.

Surveys show that they are no different from public schools in the number of math, English, science, social studies, and computer - science classes that are required for graduation.

Working for a real - world client — an international non-profit — Alicia created a multimedia campaign using solid science and social science arguments and the advanced graphic design and media skills she acquired in her high school classes.

The game, which is focused on science standards, happened to fit the theme of community building in my social studies class.

It is appropriate for middle school social studies / history, science, or technology classes.

Subjects like science and social studies, not to mention gym class and band.

It is appropriate for middle school social studies / history, science, math, or technology classes.

At KIPP Ascend, regular class periods, or blocks, are twice as long as the average block — 110 minutes every day for core subjects like math, reading, social studies, and science.

And after learning that this year marked Hood River County School District's 150 - year anniversary, Sarah Segal, a HRMS sixth - grade literacy, social studies, science, and language arts teacher, created a museum studies enrichment class to celebrate their local history.

Parker uses the interactive whiteboard in class daily, often in conjunction with the Internet, she adds, «in all subjects: reading, literacy, math, writing, science, geography, and social studies.»

Practicing What He Teaches: Brent Coley references a class textbook to record a StudyCast, a podcast he records for his students as an audio review for their social studies and science tests.

She did lots of journaling in language arts classes, used various technologies in her science classes, and did quite a few Webquest - like activities in social studies classes.

At the end of a social studies or science unit, Coley breaks the class into groups of two or three students so they can develop podcast scripts by discussing and summarizing what they've learned.

Within a single school day, our pupils are enrolled in four core classes (English language arts, math, science, and social studies), one specialty class, one academic intervention course, and one extra-curricular enrichment course.

So producing students who are creative, who can navigate delicate social situations, who encourage their peers to perform better, who take extra science classes, or who can figure out the right questions to be asking in the first place is a lower priority than producing students who can nudge test scores higher.

Under a state plan to turn around James Lick High School, a persistently failing school in San Jose, low - performing students in those grades will be put in intensive skills classes, leaving some of them little time to pursue science, social studies, physical education,...