Sentences with phrase «students of subjects such»

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Such terms may be alien to the secular mindset, but they fit perfectly with the aims of the current Ofqual subject criteria in religious studies, which are to enable students to engage with religious beliefs intellectually and respond personally, and to enhance their spiritual and moral development.

The great advantage of such an approach is that it constantly reminds students that ideas do not exist in a vacuum, that what can too easily be presented as immutable facts are subject to revision, that science quite as much as any other subject is liable to paradigm shifts.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

When such issues are treated only in the opening and closing sections of a course, students tend to look on them as addenda «tacked on» to the main body of subject matter.

Our seminaries briefly introduce students to the subject through such classic texts as Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and through reviewing medieval and Reformation views of work.

Students of mine, such as Professor André Cloots, Abraham Koothottil, James Eiswert, Paul Thelakat and many others started to be interested in process thought and wrote doctoral dissertations on the subject.

While students will still be required to take core classes such as English, Math and History, they view all those subjects through the context of their academy theme.

During weekly meetings, parents may opt to teach a subject such as a foreign language or a science lab to a group of students.

Next, she'd push to diminish the role of standardized testing in the evaluations and develop alternate assessments, such as portfolios of student work for some subjects, she said.

Financial incentives of up to # 20,000 per student to attract the best graduates into teaching subjects such as maths, chemistry, physics and computer science in Wales, have been announced by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams (Mon 3rd April).

The minimum stipend for Research Council students has increased to # 9000 in 2003 - 04 and is set to rise further, to # 12,000 by 2005 - 6, with up to # 13,000 on offer to students in subject areas such as the physical sciences where there is a shortage of PhD candidates.

It has caused good schools to be labeled as failing and puts undue pressure on students and teachers to focus on passing standardized tests instead of engaging in other subjects such as the sciences, history, art, or music.

And the attractiveness of U.S. higher education to foreign - born graduate students is notoriously volatile, subject to external events — such as Tiananmen Square or 11 September — that have nothing to do with the scientific workforce.

First author Minyoung Kevin Kim, a graduate student in Princeton's Department of Chemistry, built experimental devices that mimicked common environments in which bacteria are subjected to the flow of liquids such as wastewater or bodily fluids: the interior surfaces of pipes, the crevices found in the lining of the intestines, and surfaces coated with biofilms, among others.

As part of the solution, the clearinghouse has published 18 «practice guides» that lay out what is known about subjects such as teaching students who are learning English or teaching math to young children.

When such students are allowed to explore a variety of subjects, she said, they often end up as STEM majors.

That is why at our massage school, nearly 80 percent of class hours are dedicated to our students to practice massaging other students, receiving massage, and observing the teacher demonstrate how to massage.The remaining 20 percent of class hours are spent discussing the theory of Raynor massage and other subjects such as hygiene, professional ethics, contraindications, the theory of hand and foot reflexology and the qualities of different aromatherapy oils, which are covered in the Diploma course.

Celebrating students» Design & Technology work through exhibitions should be a vital part of communicating to parents and the local community what Design & Technology is and why it is such an important subject.

Service learning can have positive effects on students» performance on subject - matter examinations and assessments and creates opportunities known to improve academic achievement, such as giving students the chance to act autonomously, develop good relationships with adults and peers, and increase personal self - esteem and feelings of self - efficacy.

For ten days out of each trimester, students take part in an intensive study of one subject or travel to such places as Alaska, Costa Rica, Mexico, Scotland, or Minnesota's Boundary Waters region to study and perform community service related to the environment.

At the launch event Sally Williams, head of the Design & Technology faculty, made the insightful comment: «With skills shortages in areas such as design, manufacturing, construction and engineering it is important that Design & Technology and arts subjects remain in the school's curriculum, the students of today will be the designers and engineers of tomorrow.

The concern was that some states would be starting with such low percentages of minority students at grade level that just requiring that as a starting point would subject the law to ridicule for having embarrassingly low standards.

Beyond ensuing students» knowledge of such subject areas as mathematics, science, reading, and writing, the Los Angeles program will promise employers that its graduates...

Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge in context, which can help students remember it, especially if the students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing, students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount of effort involved in learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.

At the same time we are seeing a decline in the popularity of subjects such as advanced mathematics and science and a decline in the performances of Australian students in comparison with students in some other countries.

First taught to teachers in special training sessions, then disseminated to students in the context of health classes, the subject matter includes such topics as recognizing suicidal behavior, providing immediate assistance to prevent an attempt, and how to obtain further help and counseling.

She explains that «creating more flexible modes of syllabus delivery... [making] adjustments to the assessment mode» such as oral assessment tasks and credit for topics studied «would help to engage Indigenous students by preventing them [from] failing unfairly or repeating subjects unnecessarily».

Data such as that presented by CASE suggests too many state school students are closing down their options at a very early stage by, for example, choosing combined science instead of the separate subjects.

Teachers can also use «I Wonders» to see themes and subject areas about which students are really curious, such as when fifth - grade teacher Brittany German noticed that she was getting a lot of «I Wonder» questions about outer space.

During such virtual tours, the students, along with teachers, can immerse themselves into the surroundings of the studied subject, varying from the ancient pyramids, or the ocean floor to the outer space.

For instance, reading fiction that presents children characters in the Great Depression, such as Leah's Pony, not only provides English language arts opportunities but help students connect with the subject matter through the power of stories.

The strategy followed by nations throughout East Asia and much of Europe has been to base admission to specific universities and academic programs (such as law and medicine) largely on students» performance on a battery of subject - specific examinations devised by a nation's ministry of education.

The possibility that G&T students are subject to such a mechanism suggests potential constraints on the benefits of programs that provide more similar peers and an increase in traditional education inputs.

Right now we are using proxy measures, such as whether a teacher has a major in the subject he or she teaches, but that does nt get at whether the students of that teacher are learning.

Students with increased NAPLAN scores are more skewed towards subjects such as interest in science, law, engineering, architecture, social work and arts, and students who consider their academic performance to be above average are more likely to choose medicine, a study of 6492 students from years 3 to 12 across 64 NSW public schools haStudents with increased NAPLAN scores are more skewed towards subjects such as interest in science, law, engineering, architecture, social work and arts, and students who consider their academic performance to be above average are more likely to choose medicine, a study of 6492 students from years 3 to 12 across 64 NSW public schools hastudents who consider their academic performance to be above average are more likely to choose medicine, a study of 6492 students from years 3 to 12 across 64 NSW public schools hastudents from years 3 to 12 across 64 NSW public schools has found.

Secondary sources that merely summarize such documents and the events behind them tend to simplify the subject and rob students of the opportunity to analyze and interpret them for themselves.

Too often, students treat subjects such as history as a never - ending onslaught of unrelated facts that happened to people in pantaloons or togas — people who are nothing like them.

Dozens of other NCLB critics have reached similar conclusions, and scads of proposals for that law's rewrite offer remedies, such as including more subjects in the accountability system and giving schools credit for student growth across the achievement spectrum.

Concepts that students my find difficult — such as solving equations in the basic Algebra area — are presented in a way that takes the mystery out of the subject.

A host of lesser questions arises, too, such as what's the meaning of an online course in science that affords students no access to or experience in laboratory settings, or in art, music, and myriad «applied» subjects that can not be fully mastered on a computer screen?

With greater exposure to subjects such as anthropology, political science, world history, and world literature — among other topics — students develop a deeper understanding of global issues.

Such a substitution would require a revision of the notion that each student's achievement must be continually evaluated or «graded» in every subject.

11 per cent of students, on average, were found to be struggling across all three subject areas, ranking the UK 21st out of 64 countries examined by the OECD, behind countries such as Poland and Vietnam.

The project will give 48 students the opportunity to experience a range of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, in partnership with Johnson & Johnson companies such as DePuy Synthes, Janssen Pharmaceutical, LifeScan and Noramco.

Though oral history projects are typically assigned to secondary school students in subjects such as English or history, they can work well in a variety of classes.

The limitations of multiple - choice tests are apparent in subjects such as writing, music, and visual arts — a good test score indicates very little about a student's ability to analyze or create an essay, a musical composition, or a work of art.

The online application allows students from any part of the world to potentially connect to an expert in their subject area such as an emeritus professor of mathematics based in the UK, toget the best and most exhaustive response to a question.

Like doctors who have been using VR to assist in surgeries and pinpoint ailments — by generating 3D models of real patient tumors from MRI scans, for example — science teachers are saying VR can help deepen understanding of subjects such as biology and anatomy, which require students to grasp the inner workings of cells and organs that are not visible to the human eye.

At Hogwarts, students of wizardry learn such subjects as potions, spells, defense against the dark arts, and other subjects necessary for students of wizardry.

Students answer ten questions that test their ability to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary related to family, domestic living, and academic settings; subject pronouns; and Spanish language in the US, the arrival of Columbus, and the Mexican population This printable quiz includes: • Five matching questions • Five short answer questions • Questions including key vocabulary words and topics, such as: la pizarra, el hogar, el rey, Mixtecos, and Mayas • An accompanying teacher guide with correct answers Need more resources?