Sentences with phrase «social support structures»

Written specifically for college access practitioners, the paper synthesizes scholarly research and offers recommendations focused on building and strengthening students» social support structures through peers, faculty / staff, family, and the community.

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These are groups that upon joining, quickly become the most important part of our social network experience and an important part of our physical support structure.
R.S. Burt, «Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition» (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992); P. Caligiuri and M. Lazarova, «A Model for the Influence of Social Interaction and Social Support on Female Expatriates» Cross-Cultural Adjustment,» International Journal of Human Resource Management 13, no. 5 (August 2002): 761 - 772; M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties,» American Journal of Sociology 78, no. 6 (May 1973): 1360 - 1380; and M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited,» Sociological Theory 1 (1983): 201 - 233.
The suggestion is that in our current era we are in the middle of a profound paradigm shift, brought about by the emergence and now dominance of electronic forms of social communication and their supporting ideological and economic structures.
We all to some degree balance our social - support structures and our openness to spiritual realities.
The most remarkable aspect about this reaction is that the Moynihan report itself took great pains to identify white bigotry as the fundamental cause of the breakdown of the black family: «There is a considerable body of evidence,» says the report, «to support the conclusion that Negro social structure, in particular the Negro family, battered and harassed by discrimination, injustice, and uprooting, is in the deepest trouble.»
There are nightly news reports these days of the efforts by young persons, black and white, to change the fundamental structure of our educational, governmental and social institutions on the grounds that these institutions support racism and the military - industrial complex at home, imperialism and immoral wars abroad.
Called Syria's Lost Generation, these children have not only been traumatized, they've also lost the support structures — schools, social clubs, neighborhood activities — that generally provide a positive pathway to the future.
The Lord's Table open to people of different castes and tribes and sexes challenged the traditional spirituality that divided peoples into the ritually pure and impure and thereby supported social structures of caste, sex and other discriminations.
From familial, social, medical, and employment structures, there are many ways we can find and experience support.
Passions are nurtured, ideas are examined, and a structured support system is in place as students navigate the sometimes intense social and emotional experience at this time of growth and change.
These structured services include case management, referrals to existing community services, parenting and child education and social support to pregnant women among others.
The study also supports the findings that it is the relationship quality that is particularly important, rather that the social structure within the family.
«Rural communities that already have high levels of volunteering may be better equipped to absorb additional voluntary roles, as the social connections and support structures are already in place,» says Dr Rutherford.
On social interventions, he said he provided 100 bags of cement for rehabilitation of churches and mosques, purchased 10 packets of roofing sheets each for some 4 communities (Konkomada, Batiyok, Kpalsako - Champiani - Susudi and Basyonde), ensured absorption of all primary schools in the constituency into the Ghana School Feeding Programme with 90 caterers engaged, supported 7 elders to perform the the Holy Pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) and constructed some market structures at Bulpielise and Nagani.
But Brittan, who agreed with John Major's decision to secure an opt - out from the social chapter in the 1991 Maastricht treaty, believes Cameron would be wrong to overplay his hand in treaty negotiations by demanding repatriation of powers in exchange for supporting new eurozone structures.
The United States needs to retool the technological, economic, political, social and industrial structures that support the nation's manufacturing and other legacy sectors to open them to innovation and boost U.S. competitiveness, said two experts during a presentation at AAAS» headquarters.
Instead of measuring just the structure of social networks (who knows whom), marital status or membership in church or community groups, the functional social network index also measures social networks as a source of emotional and practical support from friends and relatives, as well as advice about weight management and physical activity.
By modeling its structure, articulating the architectural principles that have fueled its phenomenal growth, and discovering how social conventions drive online human interactions, Web science hopes to find mechanisms that will ensure the network continues to grow productively and in ways that support the basic social values of trustworthiness and privacy.
These children suffer tragically from 1) a meltdown of their metabolism; 2) a breakdown of social structures that should support healthful eating among children — our most precious national resource.
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Dungan founded DFS last year with the intention of providing peer support, social opportunities, and high - quality teaching to children and parents who have opted out of the conventional educational structure.
If you want to meet the needs of your diverse student body, below are tips on how NMSA structures, schedules, and staffs their daily support seminars, as well as tips on how they build study, social - emotional, and college readiness skills in the classroom.
Participating cities are launching ambitious plans for change that include components of the Education Redesign Lab's strategy for systemic change: creating student - centered, customized learning experiences for students; integrating social, emotional, and health services with education; providing easily accessible, high quality expanded learning and enrichment experiences for all children; and creating governance structures that will support this integrated model of services.
With application of neuroscientific principles, educators can pace instruction in ways to plan experiences for sensory input, allow for positive student experiences that support social - emotional connections, and also provide structure for student reflection, a part of the learning cycle.
The authors explore the challenges they have faced and describe how the development of conceptual and practical supports such as foundational frameworks, social structures, and programmatic approaches to design have been central in addressing those challenges.
Support is provided to leadership teams to align practices with the four domains of the STW criteria: Academic Excellence, Developmental Responsiveness, Social Equity, and Organizational Structures.
«This brief offers relevant, scholarly research directly from the education community to help college access practitioners mitigate the problem of low college completion rates, especially among underrepresented student groups,» said IHEP President Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D. «With an increased national focus on postsecondary degree completion, understanding the role of social supports can be the key to providing college access practitioners with strategies to create comprehensive structures and increase self - efficacy, which in turn, improves student success.»
Using knowledge of text features (e.g., headers and bolded text) and text structures can support students» ability to create summaries in social studies.
The FUNecole ® holistic solution is supported by a comprehensive and fully structured selection of lessons and activities, which integrate Computer Science and Social and Emotional Learning for grades 1 to 6.
This report describes how summer learning programs are intentionally structured to support participants» social and emotional development.
The book covers the nature of cooperative learning, the essential components that make it work, the teacher's role, the structuring of positive interdependence and individual accountability, teaching students social skills, group processing, and forming teacher colleagial support groups.
Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Interventions can be used to support struggling students through data collection, behavior change monitoring tools, social - emotional learning, and MTSS structures.
Social and professional support in the form of a cohort structure and formalized mentoring and advising by expert principals;
Similarly, we support students» social / emotional growth through differentiated behavior structures.
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His current research centers on the development of methods that support rigorous and efficient observational, quasi-experimental and experimental designs in education and social sciences with a specific focus on multilevel structures such as those commonly seen in schooling (e.g., students nested within schools).
CUSTOM E-LEARNING allows learners to advance at their own pace; however, those who require the structure of the classroom may need additional encouragement, and social learning can fill that need by providing peer support and additional routes to knowledge.
According to this framework, leaders play critical roles in identifying and supporting learning, structuring the social settings and mediating the external demands.
Moreover, disadvantaged students need effective teachers and within - school structures of academic and social support to succeed.
To our new secretary of education, and to all those who play a role in shaping the nation's priorities for school improvement, we offer a pair of suggestions: You should identify and call attention to effective, school - based approaches to social - emotional and character development, and you should advocate for structures, supports, and incentives that will allow such high - quality approaches to be implemented at scale.
Adolescent Narrative Thought: Development and Neurological Evidence in Support of a Central Social Structure.
We will also highlight one framework for structuring afterschool programming that will successfully help children cultivate strong social and behavioral skills, which we are defining as «the cognitive, affective, and behavioral competencies necessary for a young person to be successful in school, work, and life» («Supporting Social and Emotional Development Through Quality Afterschool Programs&raqusocial and behavioral skills, which we are defining as «the cognitive, affective, and behavioral competencies necessary for a young person to be successful in school, work, and life» («Supporting Social and Emotional Development Through Quality Afterschool Programs&raquSocial and Emotional Development Through Quality Afterschool Programs» 2).
We are structured to support ecological sustainability, responsible social development and respect for the culture and local community, enjoying transparent relationship with regulatory bodies.
The structures that allowed social welfare programs, government support, and government intervention into corporate practice began to dissolve, as there seemed to be no political or philosophical justification for their expansion, especially under the economic crisis of the 1970s.
Her practice encompasses a wide range of supports — including painting, video, sculpture, photography and installation — , through which she investigates certain power structures that underlie social and economic ties.
Now, this is a recipe for a pretty standard show, but what makes Sawyer's approach stand out is how his juxtapositions give us greater insight into a less pictured part of California — not just lower income neighborhoods, but the social and governmental structures that support them.
One of the starting points of her research is the study of «Support Structures»: through her practice, writings and theoretical reflections, Céline Condorelli investigates the complex apparatus made of objects, cultural and economic elements, social and professional relationships that constitute the net of relations we use to engage with the world.
Basquiat's works had strong social commentary and deeper truths about the individual and the power structures of racism, and criticism of colonialism and support for class struggles.
c3 provides a place - based support structure to nurture personal and social introspection to individuals and communities interested in engaging in thoughtful conversations.
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