Sentences with phrase «teachers creativity in»

Teachers creativity in lesson planning is being restricted.

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Teachers, for instance, say they value creativity in their students but have been shown to actually prefer more docile and conventional pupils.

Another read aloud that whet appetites for more... set in 1948 in Alaska, this story of a teacher in a one - room schoolhouse inspires curiosity in art and literature and creativity.

It is being used in British schools by pupils and teachers to create calm classrooms, reduce stress around exams and foster creativity.

I've seen creativity in more than just fibre arts and the written word: I've met creative coders, out of the box business builders, imaginative project managers, doctors with ingenuity, resourceful teachers, pastors with vision for creative community.

He is critical of the way they defeat self - learning (the only real learning) and stifle creativity by their built - in coercion and by seeing the student as the passive, dependent recipient of the «knowledge» transmitted by the teacher.

For this former English teacher, however, I think there is power in words, and I'd rather see someone employ creativity in diction rather than resort to overused curse words.

Low student / teacher ratios enable students to learn in a supportive and individualized environment that nurtures curiosity and creativity while fostering global awareness.

examines the importance of play in early education, and how teachers can help children explore the world around them and develop their creativity.

At best, the harvest of salad greens (for example) can make a nice big salad that every student in one classroom can enjoy as part of a class lesson (and here the teacher's creativity comes into play — the lesson can be math, with the kids figuring what percentage of the salad is romaine and what percent arugula, or it can be science, or even spelling.)

Throughout her career, Beth has been in demand as a teacher of workshops on creativity, songwriting, grief, and healing through art.

Usually it is trotted out by non-teachers or by teachers so lacking in imagination or creativity as to make you weep.

The Empire State Excellence in Teaching Program aims to reward teachers who «foster creativity, instill a love of learning, and inspire independent thinking and student initiative,» according to an announcement from Cuomo's office.

Launched in 2014, participating schools were freed from some United Federation of Teachers union and Department of Education rules in a bid to foster greater innovation and creativity.

Leigh Evans (500 E-RYT) is a New York based yoga teacher and choreographer dedicated to awakening creativity and aliveness in the body.

Each teacher provides their own creativity and imagination to create a yoga class in a way that kids can understand and relate to the essence of yoga.

For Teachers, YogaDigital supports your creativity in offering students a variety of tools to support them.

From health, nutrition and fitness to creativity, productivity, spirituality, relationships and parenting, hundreds of extraordinary teachers are sharing their expert advice on everything that goes into optimizing our lives — all in one place!

I'm an artist, photographer, and teacher in love with creativity, visual storytelling, beauty, flowers, simplicity, and slow living.

«For his raw, complex and deeply human portrayal of middle - aged teacher and writer who tries to rekindle his creativity by plunging into an ill - advised affair with a student, the award for Best Actor goes to Alessandro Nivola, in Liz W. Garcia ’s

«For his raw, complex and deeply human portrayal of middle - aged teacher and writer who tries to rekindle his creativity by plunging into an ill - advised affair with a student, the award for Best Actor goes to Alessandro Nivola, in Liz W. Garcia's One Percent More Humid.»

In both cases, teachers used iPads to empower students» creativity, allowing them to create multimedia projects that would not have been possible using any other technology.

Over two thirds (68 per cent) think the use of VR technology to overcome financial or physical barriers that some students face is desirable and as well as these uses, three in four teachers (74 per cent) stated that there will be a positive effect on the design and creativity skills of students.

This series of three videos shows how designers and community volunteers helped a teacher at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco transform his crowded classroom into a space that fosters collaboration, creativity, and active student learning.

Photography is no longer reserved for the school prospectus or website - many teachers are using it to boost creativity in the classroom, help with behaviour and to engage gifted and talented students.

Files Included with this Lesson • Teacher Notes and Resources • Quick Getting Started Tutorial for Students • 3 Lessons for Projects with grading rubric including: o Create a Web Site o Create a Blog o Create an Online Portfolio • List of project ideas for each assignment Students love authentic work and sharing their knowledge with the world is a great way to teach creativity, pride in quality and the importance of copyright.

In those moments I would expostulate with myself about why my life at school seemed so ruinously vacuous, why I was so interminably miserable, why acts of creativity, and why displays of ingenuity and wit seemed to be off - limits and treated by so many teachers as unjudicious, as a type of impolitic epistemological breach.

The beauty of the game is in the way it unleashes the creativity of both students and teachers.

«I will be focusing on the ways in which our museum can support teachers who are hungry to make their classrooms incubators of creativity.

Adobe Spark empowers creativity and enhances digital literacy for teacher and students in classrooms and at home Adobe announced today that Spark for Education with premium features and additional functionality is now available to primary, secondary, and higher education students free of charge.

As well as the award for teachers, the Anti-Bullying Alliance is calling on students and school staff across England to showcase their creativity and harness their «inner Director» by entering a film - highlighting how important it is to use our Power for Good to stop bullying and create a world we'd all like to live in - with the chance to become the official film of Anti-Bullying Week 2016.

That is why it is vital that art and design teachers receive the recognition and support they deserve from policy - makers and the Government so that they can educate future generations with the creativity, talent and skills to drive our economy in the 21st century.»

The game opens with a colorful video that exposes first - time users to an amazing storyline, a host of characters and — most importantly for teachers — an endless variety of spaces in which creativity and collaboration are the theme and focus of the gameplay.

At a time when government testing of spelling, punctuation and grammar can lead to less creativity in the teaching of writing, the project provides compelling alternative approaches for schools and their teachers which will engage children and give them a strong investment in their writing, whilst also being able to satisfy curriculum demands and statutory testing.

Teacher trainer Sue Cowley looked at ways of promoting creativity in group teaching and promoting positive behaviour in students.

This year, we've got Andrew Coy, senior advisor for making in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, sharing why making is critical in schools today; Alixandra Klein, a Vermont - based entrepreneur who makes jewelry using a laser cutter and upcycled materials, talking about the importance of art and creativity; and Dr. Jorge Valdes of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (and also a high school science teacher here in New Jersey) discussing intellectual property, patents, and the inventor's mindset.

Computational thinking is a new idea for most teachers and is given great prominence in the new national curriculum which states: «A high - quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.»

And CCE's High - Functioning Classroom is used to train teachers around the world to engage their pupils in learning through creativity (like in these schools in Pakistan).

You want to give teachers agency so that they feel good about being in the school, and they feel that their creativity, experience, and knowledge about their students is valued.

But my biggest achievement of late is co-founding a school newspaper at my daughter's local elementary school and feeling even more in awe of teacher's daily sacrifices and creativity.

One of the things that I hear teachers worrying about is the disappearance of creativity in the curriculum.

In my prior work as a mentor for new teachers in a highneeds school district, I was often amazed and humbled by the impact that the creativity of passionate teachers, when combined with thoughtful planning and reflection on their practice, had on the students they serveIn my prior work as a mentor for new teachers in a highneeds school district, I was often amazed and humbled by the impact that the creativity of passionate teachers, when combined with thoughtful planning and reflection on their practice, had on the students they servein a highneeds school district, I was often amazed and humbled by the impact that the creativity of passionate teachers, when combined with thoughtful planning and reflection on their practice, had on the students they served.

The ideology behind the single - point rubric inherently moves classroom grading away from quantifying and streamlining student work, shifting student and teacher focus in the direction of celebrating creativity and intellectual risk - taking.

Started by veteran teachers who were exploring creativity in children, Key Learning's program is based on the theory of multiple intelligences, pioneered by Harvard University professor Howard Gardner, which holds that each individual possesses different forms of intelligence — verbal - linguistic, musical, logical - mathematical, visual - spatial, naturalistic, body - kinesthetic, intrapersonal (such as insight), and interpersonal (such as social skills)-- to greater or lesser degrees.

This month, our top teachers from around the globe talk about how 20 % time or Genius Hour inspires curiosity, innovation and creativity, and enhances knowledge in students.

However, many teachers don't know how to implement the teaching and assessment of creativity in their classrooms.

She adds when she started working with Do, they deliberately selected topics that weren't specifically highlighted in the curriculum or assigned to a particular year group to allow teachers more of a «sense of creativity» and get them to think of mathematics more broadly — and in turn encourage students to think creatively.

Despite this, Holton is encouraged by innovation and the creativity that she sees in schools and districts across the country, as well as by the teachers who are sticking it out in difficult circumstances.

The content list is broad enough to accommodate teachers» judgment and creativity, and is a good and potentially useful model for basic content standards in other Coalition schools.

A classroom where 28 people value creativity is 28 times more effective in encouraging creativity than a classroom where a teacher assumes sole responsibility.