Sentences with phrase «structures challenging education»

The honorees were nominated by their classmates based on who inspired them, impressed them, helped them gain a different perspective on the structures challenging education today, and created a climate that allowed for shared learning and intellectual growth inside and outside the classroom.

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Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

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This includes developing courses that challenge students with real higher education leadership cases derived from sitting presidents, provosts, and deans; creating opportunities for students to interact with the most noted senior leaders in higher education; developing course structures that allow HGSE students to interact with higher education students at other universities around the nation, in order to compare ideas; and developing opportunities for our students to visit different colleges and universities, exposing them to places and viewpoints otherwise not accessible by simply sitting in the classroom.

As a mentor, I feel that there is a fine balance to strike between structure and flexibility: We're working toward a common goal, which is to prepare teachers for the many challenges of delivering effective science education to a diverse group of learners, but we also want to respect the individuality of each teacher and nurture teachers so they can discover their own style and methodology.

In the resulting book, I will develop the theoretical concept of «borderless education»; present a series of narrative portraits that examine how transnational actors engage with the structures, content, pedagogy, and purposes of education in conflict settings; explore how this transnationalism is distinct from traditional aid and may address challenges of access to learning in conflict settings; and investigate the implications not only for conflict settings but also other situations of uncertainty, be that economic, political, technological, or related to globalization processes.

The content and structure of that course inform Framing Education as Art: The Octopus has a Good Day (Teachers College Press, 2005), a book in which Davis challenges non-arts education to be more connected to and like Education as Art: The Octopus has a Good Day (Teachers College Press, 2005), a book in which Davis challenges non-arts education to be more connected to and like education to be more connected to and like the arts.

Most of the required reading in college and workforce training programs is informational in structure and challenging in content; postsecondary education programs typically provide students with both a higher volume of such reading than is generally required in K - 12 schools and comparatively little scaffolding.

Yet not to confront the challenges of structure and governance in public education in our time is to accept the glum fact that the most earnest of our other «reform» efforts can not gain enough traction to make a big dent in America's educational deficit, to produce a decent supply of quality alternatives to the traditional monopoly, or to defeat the adult interests that typically rule and benefit from that monopoly.

A + Colorado is encouraged by the legislative efforts to update the accountability clock A + believes that a deeper challenge than the accountability policy structure is a lack of political will to intervene in even the most dramatic circumstances A + Colorado calls on the Colorado legislature, our Governor and the state board of education to enact...

«Ofsted, under a new regional structure that provides support as well as challenge for providers, is already promoting improvement as we work towards our ambition of ensuring a good education for every child.

A section at the end of the report lists the «various challenges autonomous charter schools face,» such as «small size, limited resources, and access to existing special education structures and supports.»

This is not a call for a new organization as much as it is a challenge for those in the reading teacher education community to become more visible and more active in research within existing structures such as IRA, NCTE, NRC, AERA, and AACTE.

Nonprofits from virtually every sector, including education, are exploring new strategies for surviving budget challenges by putting in place tools, programs, and structures that will yield long - term benefits.

She joined the Teacher Advisory Council to give voice to the issues that directly impact CPS teachers, and hopes to use this experience to better understand the challenges of urban education and advocate for the structures that promote teacher retention.

Focusing on the need for private schools to be heard, as well as the challenge of assisting parents in their search for appropriate special education alternatives, CAPSES pushed forward to create a structure that would grow into the statewide, private, nonprofit professional association that exists today.

Known for deconstructing institutional and academic books as a gesture of challenging historical and contemporary power structures, Jones unveils new paintings that incorporate found texts on black history, law and higher education.

For me, the School of Art's structure (or lack there of) challenged me to think about who I wanted to become and what I wanted from my education.

Jani Leinonen challenges us to question the structures and practices of art as well as politics and the world of education.

Since the collective's inception, Tim Rollins and K.O.S. have challenged the notion of individual authorship by working within a more collaborative structure that prioritizes social engagement and education.

To take effective action against existing and potential socio - environmental challenges, global society needs scientifically - based development of appropriate policies, education that raises collective awareness and leads to actions, investment to build new or improved technologies, and changes in economic and social structures.

Informants were asked about their views on current sexuality education policy; opinions about the design, structure, coverage and content of the program; experiences implementing sexuality education in the school system, including how to better support it and challenges faced; perceived sources of support for or opposition to implementation at the national, district and school levels; and monitoring and evaluation frameworks in place.

This chapter describes the policy and legal environment regarding sexuality education in Kenya, the actors involved in curriculum development, the structure and content of the sexuality education program, and challenges to program development and implementation, and offers commentary on program comprehensiveness.

Parents may receive parent education and training on how to provide positive nurturing, structuring, engagement and discipline for their child (ren) while managing difficult and challenging behaviors.