Sentences with phrase «about teacher attitudes»

What about teacher attitudes and beliefs about teaching mathematics with technology?

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The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.

The attitude of the Qumran community to their revered «Righteous Teacher» offers no adequate parallel, and I can not think that, apart from the Resurrection, a fundamental change of mind on the disciples» part about the true significance of the crucified Jesus is historically probable or that it is sufficient to account for the origin of the Christian Church.

In terms of deep attitudes about oneself, others, and God, parents are the most important teachers of religion.

It's important that both men and women act as teachers and that individually they become aware of their own attitudes about sex roles and identities.

Conventional attitudes about boys permeate all aspects of society — parents, grandparents, teachers, and coaches — and has created... a «boy code»: myths that boys» behavior is driven solely by their hormones and not the environment, boys need to learn to be tough at an early age, and so on.

A yoga teacher with an attitude shares irreverent stories about addiction, heartbreak, and illness.

I want to embrace the attitude the yoga teacher was preaching about in yesterday's hot yoga session.

Teachers reported having more positive attitudes about arts integration and about teacher collaboration, and parent and community involvement increased.

The kind of trust I am talking about is that which forms the most basic attitudes of the teacher and his students — it means that I, as teacher, trust the student's capacity to learn.

Teachers were surveyed regarding their teaching attitudes and practices, and students were surveyed about their mindset, academic motivation and effort.

«I tell my friends when they question my sanity (which is quite often) concerning teaching and my ability to maintain a positive attitude, «I have a simple choice: I either can focus on whining about teaching or I can focus on winning as a teacher.

In fact, having emotionally close relationships with child - care providers as a toddler has been linked with more positive social behavior and more complex play later as a preschooler.3 Kindergartners with close teacher relationships have been shown to be more engaged in classroom activities, have better attitudes about school, and demonstrate better academic performance.4 Thus, teacher - child relationships appear to be an important part of children's social and academic success in school.

«I saw a lot of attitudes and criticisms about the unprofessional culture of teaching affect my mom and aunts — all teachers — and those attitudes greatly impacted my decision to pursue a teaching career,» she says.

We will also learn a lot about what schools and teachers in different countries are doing to promote the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that make people globally competent.»

«Whereas a lot of [teachers] are much more concerned about the social mission of schooling and battle through their frustrations, my attitude was, screw it,» Hess says.

In particular, states appear to have taken a wait - and - see attitude about changing their accountability systems or their requirements for teacher licensure to bring them into line with the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

When Gina Bettelyoun hears about a teacher who is getting negative and sharing his / her attitude with others, she initiates a conversation with that person.

The surveys gathered objective information about «inputs,» but they also asked about teacher and administrative attitudes and other subjective indicators of quality.

Along with academic proficiency data, schools also receive fascinating and useful survey data about their views and attitudes on classroom discipline, relationships with teachers, self - efficacy, and motivation.

Researchers from RAND studying the first year of Vermont's implementation of portfolio assessments for fourth and eighth graders found that the development of portfolios (work was selected by students with input from classroom teachers) had several positive educational outcomes: Students and teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning, teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented by portfolios), students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on student work.

Classroom teachers are among the most important components of environmental education — they act as a connection between education and society as a whole to help students develop positive attitudes about environmental issues.

If these were the ground rules, we think most teachers would have a very different attitude about PD.

Teachers were also involved and asked about their preparation and experience, pedagogical practices, use of technology, assessment, assignment of homework, school and classroom climate, and their own attitudes towards reading.

The study, from the leading provider of formative assessments to UK schools, looked at children's feelings about school and teachers as well as their attitudes to themselves as learners — their confidence, work ethic and how prepared they felt themselves to be, for instance.

We asked members of the Education World Teacher Team to tell us about their students» community - service attitudes and activities.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

Self - reflection techniques include journal writing and other assignments that ask teachers to think about their own family backgrounds, their assumptions about other families, and their attitudes toward working with families.

'... unless clear channels of communication are developed, teachers» attitudes toward and ideas about many problems may never get through to official leaders.»

«We've had hundreds, maybe thousands, of kids in the program, and the teachers tell us that being with the dogs changes their attitudes about reading immeasurably.»

Furthermore, anxiety relates to job performance and well - being economically anxious teachers tend to have more negative attitudes about their jobs, have worse attendance, and are more likely to be chronically absent.

«This raises serious questions about equity and the potential for prejudicing teachers» attitudes toward the academic capabilities of retained students.

He also has some ideas about improving the public's attitude toward teachers (hint: tax breaks and early boarding on airplanes).

A handful of national surveys released each year focus on education, including the Phi Delta Kappa / Gallup poll about public attitudes toward education and MetLife's annual survey of teachers.

Important characteristics of school culture include a caring atmosphere, significant family volunteering, and a supportive environment for teachers «work.158 Widespread trust among participants promotes collaboration within schools and communities.159 Parental involvement benefits students, particularly; it also seems to benefit families, enhancing their attitudes about themselves, their children «s schools, and school staff members.160

Technology has the potential to reshape teacher education: «It has become a catalyst for challenging our attitudes, long - held beliefs about the way things have always been done, classroom practices and the way students learn» (Willis & Raines, 2001, p. 3).

The survey is the first of its kind to ask for teacher attitudes and preparedness about college and career readiness for their students, which is part of the goals of the new Common Core State Standards.

Positive teacher attitudes about art in education, arts integration, and teacher collaboration.

This 2015 report renews our understanding about how teachers currently use digital instructional tools, teachers» attitudes toward digital technology, and teachers» perceived effectiveness of digital tools.

They further found that attitudes and beliefs about learning may hinder a teacher's ability to differentiate.

Erikka says her peers tend to have a «why should I care» attitude because they don't think their teachers care much about what they have to say.

A number of articles in this issue (pp. 26, 35, and 65) describe how schools that surveyed students, teachers, parents, and community members used their findings about values and attitudes to improve everything from grading practices to school climate.

Students respond differently to feedback depending on many factors, including their beliefs about intelligence, their experiences with other teachers, their attitudes about the subject matter, and their relationship with the teacher.

They talk here about how their bonds with each other and with teacher - advisors have shaped their attitudes toward academic work.

Dermody, Jose's teacher, realized that Jose's problem was his attitude about effort.

«Using Data improves teachers» knowledge about data use and their attitudes toward using data in their own teaching.

A meta - analysis conducted by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty (2005) found that several promotion - focused behaviors among school leadership are linked to higher levels of student achievement, including (1) serving as a change agent (challenging the status quo and leading efforts that have uncertain outcomes); (2) demonstrating flexibility (being comfortable with major changes and dissent); and (3) being an optimizer (encouraging innovation by portraying a positive attitude about teachers» ability to achieve what may seem to be beyond their grasp).

«Within school, I was that student who was talkative, had an attitude and even got into fights but it was special teachers who took the time to believe in me and show me things about the world!»

Energy Project professional development: Promoting positive attitudes about science among K - 12 teachers

Evidence suggests that teacher attitude and confidence is a significant element in achieving effective inclusion, which is why it is so important to think about the SEND training needs of all teachers if we want to ensure meaningful inclusive practices across all settings.