Essentialism is a relatively conservative stance to education that strives to teach students the knowledge of our society and civilization through a core curriculum.

Because essentialism is relatively conservative and focuses on disciplines which are relatively stable, it is a rather consistent form of education.

This is a relatively conservative date to begin the history of the nation, providing a contrast to the course taken by Thai historiography ( which reaches back implausibly far into proto-history ).

The construction of the dam was endorsed in 1959, however, after the purge of relatively liberal and nationally oriented leaders under Eduards Berklavs and their replacement by Moscow-oriented, ideologically conservative cadres led by Arvīds Pelše.

This move backfired to a degree, as Schweiker's relatively liberal voting record alienated many of the more conservative delegates who were considering a challenge to party delegate selection rules to improve Reagan's chances.

Bush had alienated much of his conservative base by breaking his 1988 campaign pledge against raising taxes, the economy was in a recession, and Bush's perceived greatest strength, foreign policy, was regarded as much less important following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the relatively peaceful climate in the Middle East after the defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War.

Hollings ' wit and experience, as well as his call for a budget freeze, won him some positive attention, but his relatively conservative record alienated liberal Democrats, and he was never really noticed in a field dominated by Walter Mondale, John Glenn and Gary Hart.

Alan Brinkley has suggested that " the gap between the expansive intentions of the War on Poverty and its relatively modest achievements fueled later conservative arguments that government is not an appropriate vehicle for solving social problems.

In particular, a conservative variety has changed relatively less than an innovative variety.

Unlike either Philip IV or Philip V, Charles is usually felt to have been a relatively conservative, " strait laced " king – he was " inclined to forms and stiff-necked in defence of his prerogatives ", but disinclined either to manipulate them to his own ends or achieve wider reform.

While his showy nature has often been considered charming and even charismatic by the west, in the relatively more conservative Chinese society it is often perceived as frivolous, pompous and lacking in character and substance.

Some Western scholars propose that the relatively well researched Ordos variety is an independent language due to its conservative syllable structure and phoneme inventory.

Its longstanding decision to respect " liberty of opinion on matters not affecting the substance of the faith ", means it is relatively tolerant of a variety of theological positions, including those who would term themselves conservative and liberal in their doctrine, ethics and interpretation of Scripture.

Use of the terms FCA or TCA usually indicate relatively conservative extensions of current management practices, and incremental improvements to GAAP to deal with waste output or resource input.

During the mid-1990s, UBS came under fire from dissident shareholders, critical of bank's relatively conservative management and lower return on equity.

By the time of Divine's birth in 1945, the Milsteads were relatively wealthy and socially conservative, adhering to the Baptist denomination of Christianity.

It represented a relatively conservative modification of ALGOL 60, adding string, bitstring, complex number and reference to record datatypes and call-by-result passing of parameters, introducing the while statement, replacing switch with the case statement, and generally tightening up the language.

On some matters, such as human sexuality, the church remains relatively conservative, while its stance on scientific discovery might be considered comparatively liberal.

Quinn took a relatively conservative line as Finance Minister, being conscious of his position as the first Labour Minister for Finance in Irish political history.

It is interesting to note that a relatively conservative body, Nolin Presbytery, ordained Woosley while a relatively liberal body, Kentucky Synod, opposed her ordination and instructed the presbytery to remove her from the ministerial roll.

Christian democrats are usually socially conservative, and, as such, generally have a relatively skeptical stance towards issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage.

Her children, especially Ned, tended to spend their money more freely – though it should be noted that both came through the Great Depression relatively unscathed by following Hetty's investment philosophy of conservative buying backed by substantial cash reserves.

Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the Assembly has the largest population per representative ratio of any state legislature lower house and second largest of any legislative lower house in the United States ; only the federal U. S. House of Representatives has a larger ratio.

In Canada, a third party usually refers to a relatively small federal or provincial political party that is not usually considered to have a realistic chance of forming a government, but has representation in the federal House of Commons or the provincial legislature.

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1966, scoring a relatively easy victory in the Winnipeg riding of St. Vital.

He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1958 election, winning a relatively easy victory in the southwestern rural riding of Souris-Lansdowne.

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1969, scoring a relatively easy win in the riding of Springfield.

He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1966 provincial election, winning a relatively easy victory in the Winnipeg riding of St. Matthews.

Concerned even about the relatively low rate of manumission, the legislature passed more restrictive laws.

This bill enjoyed a relatively easy passage through the legislature, when compared to its 2005 predecessor.

Because a person's DNA contains information that has been passed down relatively unchanged from early ancestors, analysis of DNA is sometimes used for genealogical research.

In several accounts, it was explained that the explosion of the planet Krypton had opened a " dimensional warp " ( similar to a wormhole in modern theoretical physics ) which allowed the vehicle carrying the young Kal-El to reach Earth in a relatively brief time, and a large amount of planetary debris had also passed through this " warp " and emerged near Earth at virtually the same time, accounting for the seemingly improbable abundance of kryptonite material and its availability to Superman's enemies.

But all this is something that is given only very indirectly and conditionally, and is therefore only relatively present, for it has passed through the machinery and fabrication of the brain, and hence has entered the forms of time, space, and causality, by virtue of which it is first of all presented as extended in space and operating in time.

Furthermore, cyclotrons are able to produce a continuous stream of particles at the target, so the average power passed from a particle beam into a target is relatively high.

While a single bolt of lightning carries a relatively large amount of energy ( approximately 5 billion joules ), this energy is concentrated in a small location and is passed during an extremely short period of time ( milliseconds ); therefore, extremely high electrical power is involved.

The throne passed rapidly through Philip's sons, who also died relatively young, and without producing male heirs.

The city has passed ordinances against billboards and regulates outdoor advertising, so the city is relatively free of advertising clutter.

Many relatively unchanged large country estates that have been passed down through several generations attest to the wealth of many of its residents.

Because the human Y chromosome changes relatively slowly over time and is only passed along the direct male line, it may be used to trace paternal lineage.

In 1933, with even this looking to many people like a relatively desirable business, the city's Board of Aldermen passed a law clearly intended to drive the Chinese out of the business.

The bill to authorise the canal passed through Parliament relatively easily, and became an Act on 17 April 1783.

During the Middle Ages, Aetolia was part of the Byzantine Empire and later passed to the Turks: after a relatively unsuccessful attempt at colonization they took a token amount of slaves and resources from the region, then departed.

In spite of the relatively successful box office returns of Clash of the Titans, more sophisticated technology developed by ILM and others began to eclipse Harryhausen's production techniques, and so MGM and other studios passed on funding the making of his follow-up story, Force of the Trojans, causing Harryhausen and Schneer to retire from active filmmaking.

At the time of its publication, De revolutionibus passed with relatively little comment: little more than a mathematical convenience that simplified astronomical references for a more accurate calendar.

The beliefs, practices and worship of the local churches follow the puritan form, and in their relatively short history have experienced turbulences ( positive and negative ) similar to those that have passed through Puritanism since the Protestant reformation.

This was a group that removed relatively early from the Southeast, rather than waiting for forced removal after the US Congress passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Genetic markers present on the y chromosome are passed down through thousands of generations in a relatively pure form.

Since many other particles passed through the gold foil, the positive center would have to be a relatively small size compared to the rest of the atom-meaning that the atom is mostly open space.

The Supreme Court Act 2003 passed its third reading by a relatively small margin – the governing Labour and Progressive parties, supported by the Greens, voted in favour, while the National, New Zealand First, ACT New Zealand, and United Future parties voted against.

Patronage of the church passed through several hands until in 1549 it was sold to the Wilshere family, who lived at The Frythe until relatively recently.

All goods to and from the Brill Tramway passed through Quainton Road station, making it relatively heavily used despite its geographical isolation, and traffic increased further when construction began on Ferdinand de Rothschild's mansion of Waddesdon Manor.

Party leadership passed to Jayewardene's nephew, Ranil Wickremasinghe, a relatively young politician with pro-west views and penchant for neo-liberal economic policies.

The tornado was relatively weak and caused only EF2 damage as it passed through Tulia.

The first Peace Days passed relatively uneventfully, and it was not until 2006 that " life-saving activities " began to take place on the 21st.