Using such group-specific terms as the "bamboo ceiling" might seem to bring people of common experience together under an umbrella of shared understanding, support and purpose.
That's what Winning Words is all about: the joy of inspiration and of shared understanding.
Development of indicators and their use in monitoring can support learning about the system as input for strategic debates, as well as social learning in terms of developing shared understandings and coordinated action plans.
It is important to mention that other professional development models (such as Loucks-Horsley et al. 1998) have similar frameworks in terms of common goals and characteristics (such as: shared understanding of effective classroom pedagogy; opportunities for teachers to learn content in a similar manner as their students; and, continuous reflection and assessment of professional development).
The lack of a shared understanding of terms PST or problem solving in the context of general practice treatment of depression, suggests a key starting point, for both education about PST and its use in clinical practice, should be clear information about PST; what it is and is not.
To perform more complex searches, to go beyond the term, we require the search engine to understand the semantic level of legal documents; a shared understanding of the domain of knowledge becomes necessary.
The sequencing of three studios builds a shared understanding of urban theories and terms, design tools, and research methods essential to urban design thought and practice.
The most important prerequisite for such coordination is a shared understanding of legal terms, such as the notion of a tax subsidy.
First of all, saying there is a "digital divide" presumes a shared understanding of that term and there's not one.
When I next spoke to the CEO, I asked him what he meant by "excellent performance". He was clear: "It means at or above budget". We then talked about a shared understanding of common terms.
While it took time to reach a shared understanding of the terms, it was also clear that fair decision making is considered to be important by district level stakeholders.
