Sentences with phrase «with teaching him a philosophy»

He credits his Minnesota coach, Bernie Bierman, with teaching him a philosophy of success.

«I chose Harvard because I knew I would learn to create and implement structural reforms benefitting urban students that align with my teaching philosophy.»

For those not up to speed with these teaching philosophies, they all appear to mean the same thing at a quick glance.

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I have been lucky enough to teach this curriculum in both a General Assembly class and as a mentor at the Kaplan / TechStars EdTech Accelerator, and now I am happy to share my startup metrics philosophy with the interwebs.

While the title implies that this book deals only with how to achieve monetary wealth, the author explains that the philosophy taught in the book can be used to help individuals do or be almost anything they want in this world.

Nye said he has no problem with it being taught in Philosophy or Religious Studies classes, but Religion has no business being taught in a science class.

Of course, that would be a lot to ask for, given the serious gap between hermeneutics and philosophy as practiced and taught today» the breach between the Gadamer who told us that philosophy is «the conversation of the soul with itself» and the Gadamer the academy is equipped to bring us.

Teaching the philosophies of men mingled with scripture is not God's law... what a joke.

Philosophy is typically taught to undergraduates in survey courses which jump from Aristotle to Descartes (with perhaps a brief detour for Marcus Aurelius or Thomas Aquinas), leaving a gap of almost two thousand years.

Elmer John Thiessen, who teaches philosophy at a public university in Canada, deals with each of the accusations and shows how they all rest upon either an ignorance of the facts or a misunderstanding of the issues, and often upon both.

Bloom's book (subtitled How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students) is an attention - grabber, mainly because the author, who now teaches philosophy and political science at the University of Chicago, is a polemicist with an obvious scorn for understatement.

He maintained, with perfect sincerity and considerable ingenuity, that his philosophy advanced a rational articulation of the teachings of the Bible.

This philosophy or metaphysic led immediately to an ethic, and the ethic was identical with the teaching of salvation.

With Palmer's hiring of Royce, Harvard found someone interested in teaching the philosophy of community; however, much was lost.

He contrasts this 44 percent with the mere 9 percent who believe in a «naturalistic evolutionary process not guided by God,» and goes on to say that «the philosophy [sic] of the 9 percent is now to be taught in the schools as unchallengeable truth» (again, incorrect — science is not presented as unchallengeable truth).

After ten years of teaching medieval thought at Yale (mostly in the philosophy department), I was selected by the Lutheran World Federation to be a delegated observer to the Second Vatican Council (1962 - 65), and since then have done most of my research and writing in the context of participation in national and international ecumenical dialogue, mostly with Roman Catholics.

Backed by an old culture, endowed with a rich civilization, and acquainted with logic, philosophy, and other intellectual pursuits, the people of Iran became familiar with the teachings of Islam.

(Although, as a life long student of history, social and political philosophy and jurisprudence, I must admit that I had long been enamored with the moral teachings of Jesus, and I suppose that I had always hoped that His Messianic claims were true.)

As he was approaching retirement, after a lifetime of teaching mathematics, with publications in mathematics, the philosophy of nature, and logic, he was offered a chair in philosophy at Harvard.

If philosophy among other vagaries were also to have the notion that it could occur to a man to act in accordance with its teaching, one might make out of that a queer comedy.

Insofar as I promote a public philosophy designed to reinforce the authority of traditional culture, I'm necessarily «judging» those whose lives aren't in accord with that authority teaches.

In any case, the problem of defining the nature of personal identity has been with me during all of my teaching years, especially since a good part of my efforts have been focussed on borderline issues in the philosophy and psychology of personality.

In ancient Greece there was a widespread popular teaching of philosophy, with Cynics, Stoics, and Epicureans preaching a rule of life.

Well, Ted, I heartily agree with much that Gotama Buddha taught in his «noble eightfold path,» but I find the total philosophy of life underlying it completely unacceptable.

«The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is... nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture... The belief in the immortality of the soul came to the Jews from contact with Greek thought and chiefly through the philosophy of Plato its principle exponent, who was led to it, through Orphic and Eleusinian mysteries in which Babylonian and Egyptian views were strangely blended» (The Jewish Encyclopedia, article, «Immortality of the Soul»).

The degree to which modern philosophy represents a radical break with all traditional ideas is only gradually becoming clear, in part because the early modern philosophers were concerned to disguise the full implications of their teachings.

It was the firm conviction of secular philosophy as well as religious teaching in my youth that morals and rational reasoning lead to the same conclusions, and this was the basis of the trust in progress I was brought up with.

In case you were wondering, those with degrees in zoology, anthropology, philosophy, art history and the humanities are least likely to fin jobs, while those with more practical degrees, like accounting and teaching, are more employable.

Readers would be suspicious, and rightly so, of Catholics presenting an otherwise convincing public philosophy that does not square with the teaching of the Catholic Church.

Although he had been interested in science from a young age, it was while teaching dogmatic theology in the United States that he became increasingly fascinated with the connections between his own subjects and those of science and philosophy.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from the University of Texas and Masters of Arts in Humanities from the University of Chicago, Scott found himself teaching language arts and writing, giving him a greater understanding of how to communicate with the masses.

I was the only «experienced» farm girl among the participants, and I was chosen in part because I come from a conventional agriculture background while the teachings and discussions were in line with Slow Food's philosophy of food that is good, clean, and fair.

Some players can be moulded and taught to play in the system and with that philosophy and some are just made for one style of play — and they may probably well be «world class» in that particular style of play, but outside of that... well they're just «good».

During the playing career of William Gallas, he spent 4 years performing with the Arsenal jersey and the Frenchman believes that Arsene Wenger needs to stop attempting to implant his own philosophies and teach his team to scrap for points in their away games.

With Mourinho trying to teach his lessons sporadically and publicly, has he forgotten one of his own philosophies — that no man is greater than the team.

That was one of the topics discussed at a workshop in Vancouver, B.C., on love put on by Carrie Jenkins, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia, that featured many wonderful speakers besides Jenkins, whose thought - provoking book, What Love Is And What It Could Be, comes out in a few weeks, including Marina Adshade, UBC professor of economics, author of of Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and entertaining TEDx speaker; and Mandy Len Catron, who teaches writing at UBC and whose Modern Love essay on how to make anyone fall in love with you was one of the most - read Modern Loves, and that lead her to write a book on love essays that comes out in 2017.

The teachings and philosophy take a complete approach to learning — «head, heart, and hands» — and address each child as an individual with innate talents and abilities.

The teachings and philosophy of Waldorf education take a complete approach to learning — «head, heart, and hands» — and address each child as an individual with innate talents and abilities.

This program enforces Camp Lejeune's philosophies by teaching coaches how to create a fun and safe youth sports environment through topics like keeping players active at practice, building confidence, the role of winning in youth sports and working with parents.

There are several classes to choose from, each with its own philosophy and teaching method — but all share a common goal: to provide pregnant women and their partners with tools and information that'll make the birthing experience as positive as possible.

I am doing a homeschool preschool with my twins with some friends, and I don't know what «philosophy» it falls under, but when I teach, I really like doing a wide variety of activities (songs, games, puzzles, books, drawing, coloring, art, etc) all based on a theme (which is based on a letter).

You'll probably need a description of your teaching approach and philosophy, with plans for the future and a teaching self - assessment.

Most teaching portfolios begin with a statement of your global teaching philosophy.

To continue the conversation about neuroethics with current students who will continue to work with neural engineering technology or participate in research, Specker Sullivan taught a UW course called «Neuroethics» during spring 2017 that was offered under «Advanced Topics in Philosophy.»

With degrees in philosophy and comparative religion, Beryl has traveled extensively in India, has been teaching the classical system of ashtanga yoga for 33 years, and training yoga teachers as «spiritual revolutionaries» since l980.

He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in philosophy, and is a public speaker, certified nutritionist, and Small Steps Coach — teaching people around the world his unique Small Steps approach to healthy living at smallsteppers.com.

By enrolling, you'll have access to teachings by world - renowned functional health experts and practitioners, including Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Frank Lipman, Holistic Nutritionist Kelly Leveque, Dr. Vincent Pedre, Dr. Joel Kahn, Dr. Taz Bhatia, and Dr. Amy Shah, who will show you how to implement this philosophy into your life, and equip you with the tools you need to achieve greater health and prosperity.

The mindfulness philosophy and breath - based teaching style incorporated by Spira's teachers resonated with him and challenged his practice to evolve in new ways.

Ben and Hilly teach what they practice, an anatomically informed, alignment based, breath centered class that is infused with pranayama (yogic breathing / breath control), meditation and philosophy based on the 8 limbs of yoga.

The intelligence of Kristin's teaching and practice has earned her a reputation of being a teacher with great command of alignment, anatomy and philosophy.