Sentences with phrase «use of a sense of community»

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Behar uses the characters in the book to illustrate the keys to success, culture, and building a sense of community.

Leaders can look at these relationships, learn from them and use them to help build a sense of community in the workplace and foster office culture.

Aside from eating, Square uses the area to hold events and daily activities to create a greater sense of community.»

The neighborhood is a great example of «new urbanism,» designed to promote a sense of community through the development / use of a small town square, common green spaces, a community pool and gym, and retail and dining options.

The interview format used by the Oliner team had over 450 items and consisted of six main parts: a) characteristics of the family household in which respondents lived in their early years, including relationships among family members; b) parental education, occupation, politics, and religiosity, as well as parental values, attitudes, and disciplinary approaches; c) respondent's childhood and adolescent years - education, religiosity, and friendship patterns, as well as self - described personality characteristics; d) the five - year period just prior to the war — marital status, occupation, work colleagues, politics, religiosity, sense of community, and psychological closeness to various groups of people; if married, similar questions were asked about the spouse; e) the immediate prewar and war years, including employment, attitudes toward Nazis, whether Jews lived in the neighborhood, and awareness of Nazi intentions toward Jews; all were asked to describe their wartime lives and activities, whom they helped, and organizations they belonged to; f) the years after the war, including the present — relations with children and personal and community — helping activities in the last year; this section included forty - two personality items comprising four psychological scales.

In any case, I wish to make clear that both terms are used here in a broader sense, such that the liberal view of interest (or self - interest, or happiness) is simply one of the alternatives.2 In speaking of a private view of self - interest, I mean that human community is thought to be solely instrumental to, i.e., not constitutive of, happiness.

A second danger is inherent in one of the strategies commonly used in the radical response: living in community in the sense of shared or communal living.

Some scholars suggest that the book of Matthew was developed to serve as a catechism in some early Syrian community, but that is to use the term «catechism» in a broader sense.

They also include shifting from the use of the private automobile to more environmentally sound means of public transportation, dwellings that insure sufficient privacy while fostering a greater sense of community and interconnectedness in the manner of Paolo Soleri's model city, Arcosanti, and decreased use of non-renewable sources of energy and the increased use of solar energy.

These interpreters hold that Jesus used the phrase only in its ordinary sense of «man,» and that some community in which the Gospel tradition was being formed, itself thinking of Jesus as the apocalyptic Son of Man, read that meaning back into Jesus» words.

And yet the specific Hebrew term for covenant, berith (as in B'nai B'rith = «children of the covenant») is not once employed in a passage of undisputed authenticity for the covenant between Yahweh and Israel («Israel» now in the sense in which Isaiah commonly uses it, for the total covenant community)

In the widest sense, then, we may say that liturgical worship is any worship in which, through the use of established and accepted forms, the Christian community as a whole engages in the adoration of God.

The same sum of money can accomplish more if its use is planned with a shared sense of the diverse needs of the community.

The church and the ancient Hebrew - Jewish community, with which it is continuous, together form the historic stream of which the event, in the stricter sense in which we have for the most part been using the term, is the center.

Imam — in the most general sense, a Muslim head of a movement, community, or state; also used to designate a recognized religious leader.

Any type of rehabilitation or vocational work is of great value to the residents as it provides the individual with a sense of pride and achievement that they can use their time for the benefit of themselves and their community

We want to know those that you know, that you have a relationship with as you are the community that use Folksy it makes sense to reach out to our «friends of friends».

Tips on how to use Pinterest effectively are slotted between the projects in sidebars — how to see who is pinning your images, how to collaborate and build a sense of community and how to create original content are just some of the topics covered.

That made sense: these were a new set of tools that were being used to create connections between people, develop communities and in general allows us to be social online.

«My general principle is, unless the rezoning or land use action that's proposed is totally off the wall and doesn't make any sense, or if there is no community buy - in, which may be the case in Inwood from what I'm seeing, I try to get to a place of yes,» Johnson said.

Yet, the response of the international legal community towards the use of remote sensing data as substantive evidence that establishes an impugned fact beyond reasonable doubt has been tepid.

Their technology is based on research funded by the SENS Research Foundation, using donations from the community given a couple of years after this 2006 post was written.

Yoga can be adapted for the elderly using only a chair; it provides a sense of community, and offers some cardio benefit as well.

I also use the phrase that Amanda Ogden uses, that you are «recreating the cave» to create a sense of community that supports mamas at every step.»

The vastness and the wide angle lenses in certain moments, I think, intended to show the main character's sense of isolation within his community, so we tried at times to use framing devices and use camera movements to amplify that sentiment to have a very meaningful impact.

Restorative practices are used as an alternative to punishment, but these group circles also work to foster a sense of community.

If there are factions or tensions I sense in a group of adults I'm working with, I'll use secret admirers or other community builders to surface the strengths and assets in the group.

Classroom meetings are used to address questions or concerns and build a sense of community.

Use it to decorate the room, create a sense of community and Chinese New Year spirit in your classroom.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

Teachers use positive words and tone to promote active learning, a sense of community, and self - discipline to achieve goals.

These current students and recent graduates are the ones who will use social - networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to build a sense of community among those who have grappled with dropping out.

But it isn't just chronic pain that is driving use of prescription painkillers; evidence suggests it is the sense of disconnect, of lost opportunity, of the dissolution of the traditional community in rural and remote parts of America, that is driving people to seek solace in drugs, both prescribed and otherwise.

Summary: This article talks about the use of «Genius Hours» as a way to personalize learning and develop a sense of community in the classroom.

SSP believes that these practices are strongly aligned with EFS, and their use cultivates a strong sense of community and engagement for students.

I accept that there is a strong case for revamping the stakeholder model by making greater use of co-opted governors with insights gained from outside education such as business, social services, police, health etc but without sacrificing the common - sense and commitment made by local people, especially but not only parents, with a strong interest in their community's, not the academy trust's, schools.

Some teachers also use «community circles» to build a sense of community and deepen a culture of connectivity in their classrooms.

At Gardena High School, Principal Rosie Martinez said the school began using restorative justice last year, with all teachers asked to hold discussion circles to build a sense of community and trust.

By the time they complete middle school, they speak three languages; use iPads as learning and presenting tools; take educated risks; and have a strong sense of both self and community.

We examine how, using MALP, the teacher was able to encourage active participation, develop a sense of community, and reduce the cultural dissonance (Ibarra, 2001) that students were experiencing.

She said using small groups enabled students to develop a sense of independence that they may not necessarily have had with whole group instruction and the peer - collaboration work fostered a community where students helped each other troubleshoot and work through problems.

Schools can use the associated FREE eLearning program (demonstration site: https://sooced.com) that aims to foster school community discussions about Digital Citizenship and incorporates the fine educational resources of Common Sense Media and others.

It describes ways in which districts engage parents and the community in their school - improvement efforts; it explores the impact of such engagement on students; it tells how districts develop school leaders «sense of efficacy; it explains what districts can do to ensure productive leader succession; and it describes ways in which typical and exemplary districts use school data.

Why not, instead, approach the wonders and try to use these «disabled» (I agree with joyces on them not being disabled in any normal sense) stars and use it to publicize the plight of the disabled community.

Regarding my comment before, this is literally the closest thing you will even find to a general definition of BYB anywhere; «Backyard Breeder is a term used for breeders of dogs in a largely pejorative sense by the Animal Welfare community, ASPCA, larger established breeders and dog club.

Because dogs used to live in packs when they were wild, that sense of community is deeply engrained in their behavior.

Make sure they see you are genuine and use the cause as a way to build team spirit, morale and a sense of community among your team.

Using a built - in level editor, Rizzer hopes the user created levels will «foster a sense of community.»

I need some help creating a «side - battle view» (think PA 3 n 4, final fantasy, etc...) combat script... I've tried to ask for help on the RPG Maker forum, but everyone just directs me to Tankentei's battle script... Which is not exactly what I need... With mostly all of these scripts (ones developed by the community) you have to import the corresponding resources in order for the script (and sometimes the game itself) to work properly... This is what I want: I want to be able to use my «own created» resources with a side battle system script that can work with whatever resources I desire... Apparently this is an issue on the RPG Maker forum as I have yet to find a script that works with whatever resources you happen to be using in your game... I hope I'm making some sense to you, Mr. Boyd as I'm confident that you will understand my plight, and help me out anyway you see fit.

Organized by Erika Vogt as a community - building effort using the screen as a site for experience, the screening is a chorus of parts: moving parts, speaking parts, skeletal parts, muscle parts, parts for the eyes, parts for the senses, parts for thought, and parts for the imagination.