After
studying other cultures, assign cooperative groups to create a culture.
As I have a heart for missions work abroad, I think I have developed a joy of
studying other cultures and learning how to live, as a Christian, within them.
If you have never traveled or
studied other cultures academically you should keep your pithy replies to yourself.
Gelfand decided she wanted to
study other cultures during a semester abroad in London.
If you speak more than one language, have expertise in ancient literature,
study other cultures or have any other experience where you could be considered an expert, this is the section to list those traits in.
Not exact matches
Shiva Rajgopal, an accounting professor at Columbia Business School, teamed up with three
others from Duke's Fuqua School of Business to conduct a
study on corporate
culture.
The classic anthropological picture, largely drawn from the
study of primitive societies, of tightly - woven patterns of
culture, each element of which has to be understood in relation to all the
other interconnected elements, is decreasingly relevant to the understanding of man - in - relation.
The author of Sexless in the City: A Memoir of Reluctant Chastity, she holds an M.A. in religious
studies from Arizona State University and has written for The Atlantic website, Books and
Culture, Paste, The Journal of the History of Sexuality, Christianity Today, Beliefnet and
other publications.
By the time I had graduated, the field had become «one that maintains its interest in literary texts but explores all forms of aesthetic speech and that views performance as an art and recognizes its communicative potential and function» There were three challenges to those of us graduating with doctoral degrees in this discipline: 1) to locate which performances within art and / or
culture we would focus our attention on as scholars and performers; 2) to interpret the core concepts generating from the cultural turn in our discipline to
other studies of
culture and human communication and 3) to develop «performance - centered» methods of research and instruction in whatever parts of the university we found ourselves.
Consideration of examples such as this may help to dispel the prejudice against the
study of manners within the formal curriculum, by showing that people in
other well - developed and successful
cultures have considered the refinement of interpersonal relationships the central objective of education.
Students may still be encouraged to come to their judgments as to what is the best way to
study the phenomenon of religion, the solution of certain historical puzzles, the relation of religion to
other aspects of
culture, and so forth.
Besides
studies on Hegel, Marx and Kierkegaard, he has published works on religion (notably The
Other Dimension: A Dubious Heritage and Transcendent Selfhood) and on modern
culture (Passage to Modernity).
Start with the
studies done by Jane Goodall, and then continue with a HUGE variety of
other animal
studies that PROVE animals have morals, they use tools, build societies and
cultures, have their own languages (such as the prarie dogs... simple little rodents right?
Programs of
study that focus on Jewish history and
culture, as well as
other aspects of Judaism, are available from many venues.
This tentative model for understanding the causes of problem drinking is offered in the report of the Cooperative Commission on the
Study of Alcoholism: «An individual who (1) responds to beverage alcohol in a certain way, perhaps physiologically determined, by experiencing intense relief and relaxation, and who (2) has certain personality characteristics, such as difficulty in dealing with and overcoming depression, frustration, and anxiety, and who (3) is a member of a
culture in which there is both pressure to drink and culturally induced guilt and confusion regarding what kinds of drinking behavior are appropriate, is more likely to develop trouble than will most
other people.»
As a recent
study conducted by Pew Research Center makes clear — and this is supported by
other studies including a significant
study released last fall, «A Survey of American Political
Culture,» by Dr. James Davidson Hunter, who wrote the book
Culture Wars — White Evangelical Protestants are not, as the Washington Post famously called them in 1993, «less affluent, less educated, and more easily led than the average American.»
David G. Roskie's compelling
study Against the Apocalypse: Responses to Catastrophe in Modem Jewish
Culture discusses the cross symbol's use not only in Chagall's painting, but in the literary work of Der Nister, Lamed Shapiro, Sholem Asch, S. Y. Agnon and the poet Uri Zvi Greenberg (Harvard University Press, 1984 [pp. 258 - 310]-RRB- In literature written before World War II (and under the influence of biblical criticism that had emancipated Jesus» image from its doctrinal Christian vesture), these authors used the cross symbol variously; for Asch, the crucified figure in all his Jewishness symbolized universal suffering; for Shapiro and Agnon, on the
other hand, the cross remained an emblem of violence and a reminder of Christian enmity against Jews.
The
study of ancient liturgical materials is a potent antidote to the cultural captivity of Christianity in this or any
other culture, for liturgies embody ancient wisdom.
If it is the recurring patterns as presented on the major social forms of communication which are effective in the molding of
culture, greater attention needs to be given to the
study of the dominant patterns and images shown on religious television programs and how these relate to
other and traditional expressions of religious faith.
Second, when one turns to anthropological
study of primitive
cultures, one discovers a somewhat startling revelation; namely that the economic factor of life more than any
other factor has dictated the ethical behavior norms, particularly those norms which relate to the various generations.
Although he recognizes strands of the
other approaches present in each theological position, he argues that a particular interpretation emerges in most situations as the most prominent, 22 and he enjoins Christians to reach their own «final» choice.23 The
study of the struggle of congregations to grasp the relationship of Christ to their own
culture suggests, however, that all four motifs are constantly in play: it is difficult to find one theme dominating the
others.
Hence also this responsibility is not met merely by the addition to theological
studies of courses in the old or the new humanities — the
study of literature, history and philosophy on the one hand, of
culture, psychology and sociology on the
other.
For example, the historical and theological areas may be combined into an area described as «Interpretation of Christianity» while the older «practical» field is divided into two, one dealing with «Church and
Culture» (sociological, psychological, and philosophical studies of church phenomena in American culture) and the other dealing with the practice of ministry construed as the application of social scientific and psychological theory to clergy responsibi
Culture» (sociological, psychological, and philosophical
studies of church phenomena in American
culture) and the other dealing with the practice of ministry construed as the application of social scientific and psychological theory to clergy responsibi
culture) and the
other dealing with the practice of ministry construed as the application of social scientific and psychological theory to clergy responsibilities.
From these traditions, we have inherited not only the specific substantive emphases that distinguish each from the
others but a legacy of common themes as well: (1) a theoretically grounded rationale for the importance of
studying religion in any serious effort to understand the major dynamics of modern societies, (2) a view of religion that recognizes the significance of its cultural content and form, and (3) a perspective on religion that draws a strong connection between
studies of religion and
studies of
culture more generally — specifically,
studies of.
According to a number of recent
studies [1,2,5,13,18], while the
culture of sport (including influences from professional and
other athletes), as well as the media and
other outside sources play a role in the decision of student - athletes to report experiencing concussion symptoms, it is coaches and teammates, along with parents, who have the strongest influence on the decision to report a concussion during sport participation, with coaches being one of the primary barriers to increased self - reporting by athletes of concussive symptoms.
Simple lessons in
other cultures don't have to be limited to textbook
studies, though.
In addition,
studies done in
other cultures about the effects on children of nighttime child - rearing practices have shown that attachment object use was less common when children slept in the same bed or in the same room as their mothers and were breastfed longer (Gaddini & Gaddini, 1970; Hong & Townes, 1976; Litt, 1981).
Anthropologists who travel throughout the world
studying infant - care practices in
other cultures agree that infants in babywearing
cultures cry much less.
Fang is among a small yet tenacious group of scientists who
study the
culture of academic science alongside their
other lines of research.
He had considered industry and
other schools to continue his
studies in human - computer interaction (HCI) and how
culture affects the way people develop, use, and implement new technologies.
And Robert, I wanted to follow up on something — your
studies with
other cultures.
Therefore, during the visit I discussed with people the comparative
studies of the Eastern and Western
cultures and the theories and principles advanced by Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Archimedes, and
others.
Without the typically assumed variables as the cause of obesity disparities in women, Sen says
other factors like
culture or genetics could be to blame, but more scientific
studies are needed.
Sequence of causal and timing factors According to Hill, who has
studied hunter - gatherers in South America for nearly 30 years, whether by shell beads,
other kinds of gifts or through female transfer, the traits of cognition,
culture and cooperation would eventually lead to specializations and government.
Some of the
study participants used a biological definition to discriminate native from non-native species («species from a different biogeographic region»), while
others referred to
culture («species not familiar to local people»).
«By
studying the maps of
other cultures we can begin to understand how different
cultures viewed the world in different periods.»
The authors caution that because the
study was conducted in Norway, which has a relatively homogenous and well - educated population, the findings should not be generalized to more diverse populations or to
cultures with
other feeding and eating practices without further
study.
Xie notes that similar favoritism in science has been found in
studies of
other cultures, and emphasizes that this latest work «remind [s] us that science is ultimately a social institution affecting, and affected by, human behavior.»
Next, the team used
other mouse models in which part of the lung was removed and single cell
culture to
study the plasticity of cell types during lung regrowth.
The poverty intervention had already been trialled successfully in Bangladesh, and the
study's researchers say it shows the approach works in
other cultures too.
They showed in previous
studies with cell
cultures that when adding RK - 33 to malignant lung and
other cancerous cells that highly express DDX3, proliferation slowed or halted, and the cells» ability to form colonies was impaired.
The
other facets of linguistics include sociolinguists, the
study of the role languages play in the sociology of a
culture; an example is how language is used to demonstrate social status.
Professor Veissière, a cognitive anthropologist who
studies the evolution of cognition and
culture, explains that the desire to watch and monitor
others — but also to be seen and monitored by
others — runs deep in our evolutionary past.
While parents use DVDs and
other media in an attempt to teach their infants to read, these tools don't instill reading skills in babies, a
study by researchers at New York University's Steinhardt School of
Culture, Education, and Human Development has found.
Dr Clint Perry, another lead author of the
study, added: «Despite the obvious differences between humans and
other animals, understanding social learning and
culture in animals holds a key to understanding the evolutionary roots of the peculiarities of social learning and
culture in humans.»
Studies by Bausch and
others have also detected live Ebola virus in sexual fluids that can successfully grow in cell
culture, suggesting it could also lead to infections in
other individuals.
Researchers said that their
study has some limitations because it does not contain information about
other school factors that may affect students» well - being during a transition, such as changes in school
cultures or institutional heritage or traditions, or changes in available extracurricular activities.
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Culture affects how people deceive
others,
study shows: People's language changes when they lie depending on their cultural background..»
This pattern is more common in some
cultures than
others, which helps explain why some
cultures have more aggressive behavior problems in children than
other cultures, according to the
study.
McAleer and his colleagues are now replicating their
study with female voices, and they plan to do so across
other cultures.