Example sentences of "[art] peer group " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | During adolescence , the teenager may develop special meanings for certain words known only to the peer group and not understood by adults . |
| 2 | there is little point in correcting the spoken language of pupils in any general way and as part of their routine language use because it is unlikely to have a beneficial effect : against the pressure of home and the peer group , teachers can have little hope of changing how pupils speak . |
| 3 | Can we imagine a culture in which the peer group characteristics of boys and girls are reversed , boys being cooperative and other-oriented , girls being direct and confrontational ? |
| 4 | He argued that these were : a desire to secure career advancement or at least not prejudice career chances ; a willingness to push matters in order to measure his own cleverness and particularly dexterity at getting around the rules ; to experience the satisfaction which comes from having the power that goes both with high corporate status and criminally victimizing other organizations or persons ; a need to maintain his position within the peer group or family network . |
| 5 | The power of the peer group to control a deviant is known and used by both managers and union officials . |
| 6 | The dramaturgical metaphor would suggest that we look to the audience for the arbitration of the action , and it is perhaps no surprise that the peer group emerged as crucial in this respect . |
| 7 | This agency , called the peer group , is probably the first means by which children encounter ideas and ways of behaving different from those at home . |
| 8 | So , in the classroom , as in the family and the peer group , socialisation largely takes place as an unintended consequence of the interaction of its members . |
| 9 | I also work for the peer group for the Brook |
| 10 | The lack of fully bilingual teachers , the dominance of ‘ hearing culture ’ among the peer group , and the tendency for the home language of the vast majority of deaf people to be an inaccessible spoken language militate against full integration from birth . |
| 11 | The location of the environment is immaterial compared with the language environment , the breadth of knowledge of teaching staff and the peer group , and the fluency of communication . |
| 12 | Several people mentioned that fellow students had learned a great deal about many aspects of disability through having them in the peer group . |
| 13 | The sufferer is con-fronted with truth — as seen by the peer group of patients — rather than the version of it that corresponds to a false picture that only he or she perceives and finds acceptable . |
| 14 | Whereas the standards and styles set by the peer group can set highly influential markers around acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for young people it is in individual friendships that young people find support and security , negotiate their emotional independence , exchange information , put beliefs and feelings into words and develop a new and different perspective of themselves . |
| 15 | The role of the peer group |
| 16 | The adolescent uses the peer group to evaluate the perspectives of others , while developing his or her own values and attitudes . |
| 17 | The influence of the peer group appears to be particularly marked where parental influence is not strong . |
| 18 | The peer group gives out clear signals to its members both about style and about fundamental values and perspectives . |
| 19 | In assessing the comparative efficiency of non-hierarchical and hierarchical forms of internal organization , it is instructive to contrast the peer group with a simple hierarchy ( see Williamson , 1975 : Chapter 3 ) . |
| 20 | The peer group makes decisions in a democratic way , with all owners having a say in the final decision . |
| 21 | Williamson argues that , compared to simple hierarchy , the peer group is inefficient in both making and implementing decisions . |
| 22 | One way round this , that remains consistent with the democratic spirit of the peer group , is to have a central decision-making unit comprising , at any one time , only a few people , but to rotate membership of this unit , each person taking a turn . |
| 23 | But making permanent appointments to a group that has the authority to make decisions creates an elite , and effectively transforms the peer group into a hierarchy . |
| 24 | Again , the fundamental principles of the peer group would not be compromised if monitoring roles were rotated . |
| 25 | Questions that the peer group are likely to ask of a design could include : |
| 26 | I do n't know that the school 's is the right vehicle for this because in many ways , the children who are getting into these things pay more attention to the peer group , and it 's more important to have community groups , community cafes , things which are not seen as authority getting at them . |
| 27 | But the trust 's average discount to net asset value , at 18-20 per cent , is significantly ahead of its the peer group 's average of about 32 per cent . |
| 28 | ‘ What a relief to be able to relax and play/work , for the first time in a large gathering , with a peer group of equals . |
| 29 | Lack of a peer group . |
| 30 | We might select three and they would be a peer group for each other . |