Sentences with phrase «teaching about cultures»

«They babysit, they teach them about the culture, they give them money,» he says.

Who will teach me about his culture, country and language.

The activity helps ESL students develop English skills as it teaches about cultures and perspectives via the memorization and study of famous quotations.

Whether you're teaching about a culture, a country, or an historic period, or simply are looking for great books for students of a certain age, you can search this database of children's books by one of those categories.

«Another example is a new group called from the Torres Strait, which has put together a program that explores how learning games as a child teaches us about culture.

Eventually, I ended up at a bilingual school as a monolingual English teacher where my Spanish - speaking students delighted and fascinated me when they helped me improved my bilingual skills and taught me about their cultures.

When she returned home, her grandparents spent a lot of time teaching her about her culture, something Sunchild credits for helping her do the work she does today.

Not exact matches

There's no better time than the beginning of a career to teach a new team member about what makes your company and culture special.

Ridge passionately speaks about how creating a culture of trust (not fear), respect, and candor has been transformative: «Leadership is about learning and teaching.

Listening to their stories about our business and their lives teaches me about shared values, which form the foundation for a strong corporate culture that motivates people to do their best every day.»

«She helped me to understand Canadian business culture, she taught me a lot about Indigenous history, and gave me some very helpful advice as far as working with Peavine Métis Settlement.»

It wasn't a formal feminist education that taught me about rape culture.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

Their lived experience of the effects of contraception, abortion, divorce, and infidelity on their generation has made them passionate about the need for our entire culture - not only Catholics - to embrace the challenge andauthentic freedom embodied in the fullness of the Church's teaching on marriage, family, and sexuality.

This came as an irony to me later, because our wanderlust culture impressed upon me that travel should teach you that life is not ultimately about you; and yet, I traveled for me.

But... despite all their hard thinking about educational method and styles of teaching, and despite the bewildering multiplicity of subjects embraced in their higher culture, none of them really understood the assumptions on which his profession was based.»

As a culture, though, we teach about rape from the perspective that it happens in dark alleyways, committed by strangers.

Women of all cultures have much to teach black men about theology and the human struggle to be free.

There is nothing happy about a culture that teaches us to value our own, individual success over human life.

If you want to educate the citizens about Islamic culture, perhaps you could use these days as teaching tools and head down to the schools and clear up some misconceptions people have — like the Jewish parents and Islamic parents did when I was a child.

What should seminaries be teaching about contemporary culture and technology?

After much study, prayer and thought I am convinced that the idea that only men are allowed to teach scripture, be a pastor, be an elder etc. etc. was a teaching that came about due to the status of women during a particular time and culture and continued because of the patriarchal system that most churches have continued to operate under.

Within the context of special revelation, Niebuhr turned to two distinctive biblical teachings about man, man as creature and image of God, and used these two doctrines to clarify and substantiate his original assumption about man's paradoxical environment of nature and spirit, and to refute the competing anthropologies of modern culture.

Rob Bell's views may be more appealing in contemporary culture, but it falls short of faithfully proclaiming what the scriptures teach — just read Jesus» frequent comments about the afterlife and eternal consequences.

Because we don't have the capacity and time to teach them about everything, we teach them the tools on how to separate right from wrong and know this is something in culture that you don't have to follow and this is something that you should adopt because it is aligned with your religion.

As human beings, we need rituals to mark time and space, to give order and pattern to communal life, and to teach us about our distinctiveness as a family, faith community, or culture.

For example, such a culture may include some or all of the following; ongoing safety classes for parents, children and youth, sermons that teach about the value of children and that openly address issues related to abuse, ongoing child protection training for staff and volunteers, and the hosting of community wide events that address issues related to abuse.

Our last conversation about William Webb's Slaves, Women, and Homosexuals certainly generated a lot of responses, particularly concerning the role of women in church leadership, which means the post accomplished its purposes of highlighting the challenges of applying the teachings of Scripture in today's culture.

If the Bible teaches us anything about women, it's that women of valor can be found in all kinds of cultures, in all kinds of roles, and in all kinds of circumstances.

As we covered in a previous article, these instructions fall smack in the middle of words to men and women about false teaching and angry disputing over ways the surrounding culture is creeping into the Ephesian church.

Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have reiterated Church teaching on the disordered nature of homosexual acts, once again recall the line about the real reason for the culture wars: «It's the sex, stupid.»

He is not necessarily talking in these quotes about teaching theology through story, but by looking at his practice, I think that he would argue that the most basic «vernacular» of any culture is story.

Their stance for chastity and monogamy, often labeled as «unrealistic,» is actually much better suited to African culture, especially in its present troubled condition, than are modern Western teachings about sexuality emphasizing personal freedom and individual development.

Being naked isn't all «about sex» as many people (especially Christians) have been taught in our cultures.

Rather they have been happy to suggest, - more often by subtle implication and spin than with straightforward candour - that (i) the priesthood is fairly riddled with abusers, (ii) there is an international culture of cover - up in the Church which (iii) goes right to the top of the Church, and (iv) that Catholic institutions such as celibacy and hierarchy are to blame — even that Catholic teaching of children about its sexual morality is a form of intellectual abuse of large numbers of children.

The teachings of John Paul II about the culture of death don't get a look in.

It is perfectly true that there is a divine simplicity about Christ's teaching which is more readily grasped by the uncomplicated than by those whose minds have become so «cultured,» «conditioned» and «educated» that they are blind to the prime conditions of human life upon this planet.

Just when the culture starts asking questions about economic equality and issues of international justice for the poor, the church also starts teaching and writing about similar issues.

Our favorite reads this week taught us about all kinds of food traditions, from Boston's Chinese food and Sweden's sourdough starter culture to Hainanese chicken and the evolving tradition of soul food in the U.S.. Each story left us hungry for more, and we hope they do the same for you.

Smith on what mainstream movies can teach our children about gay culture and Lewis writes about his daughter now 3.

The book includes a Reading Guide that provides helpful historical context, and a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Educators about the importance of teaching LGBTQ history and culture to children.

What sets this book apart from others is that through the beautiful illustrations, the book teaches children about the world and other cultures.

Mexico will open their minds to new languages, food, and people, giving you valuable opportunities to teach about different cultures.

If your class is taught at your birthing location, you will learn a lot about the culture of birth at that location (or, how they recommend that you birth your baby), and your childbirth educator will do her / his best to provide a brief overview of coping techniques with any remaining time.

Use your imagination and these activities that teach your children about world cultures.

Teaching your kids about world cultures helps them appreciate the differences in people and their traditions.

Try origami crafts with your children and feast on steamed rice while teaching your children about the history and culture of Asian - Americans.

Barefoot Books started in 1993 with the beliefs that it's never too early to teach children about other cultures, that kids should be given the opportunity to appreciate high - quality art just like adults, and that children should be able to enjoy the music and meaning of language from an early age.

Talking about different cultures and customs and races and answering any questions they have teaches your child that it's okay to notice differences, and more importantly, it teaches him that it's good to talk about them.

This interactive map not only helps learn geography, but it also teaches your child about the people who live across the world, different languages, explains about each culture and has lots of fun learning games.