Sentences with phrase «about teacher pedagogy»

Now, the conversation is about teacher pedagogy that increases the rigor of scholar responses and supports scholars as they articulate their thoughts and creations.

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But at face value, whether a student can or can not carry a machine around all day tells us little to nothing about a school's actual pedagogy, about the quality of interactions between students and teachers, or about the rigor of the software programs delivered through those devices.

It is not surprising, then, that history and government textbooks, increasingly shaped by loose standards, incomplete assessments, and a generation of constructivist pedagogy, poorly serve the teacher's critical need for solid information about civil disobedience.

It has been possible, from about 1990 through to 2010, to improve outcomes in the classroom by making traditional teacher - centred pedagogy more efficient using technology.

«It's about supporting the child but also supporting teachers and schools to be confident delivering Aboriginal perspectives within the classroom and also asking educators to look at Aboriginal pedagogies and how they can use that within the classroom.»

The teacher would not need to know that home language, it is about a multilingual pedagogy.

If we're intentional about the process of a teacher's work (pedagogy, curriculum, and standards), then assessment of this work needs to align with the other work they do.

So, when I talk about modern pedagogy, what I mean is we have redesigned the teaching and learning of maths with a group of students and teachers, based on three parts.

I think all teachers are motivated by a passion to collaborate with each other and improve their pedagogy — which is exactly what our flipped classroom program is all about.

Teach the same curriculum to the same tests at the same speed with the same pedagogy with teachers who have fixed mindsets about student achievement - no wonder grouping to ability doesn't save the planet.

As AP Biology, Chemistry, and Physics teachers begin implementing these mandated shifts in content and pedagogy, this study will analyze the correlation among the types of professional development teachers select, teachers» level of participation and perceptions about effectiveness of this professional development, and their students» performance on the new AP exams.

With a combination of journalistic drama and well - merited concern about our current educational outcomes, Green sets out a compelling argument that effective pedagogy embodies a highly complex set of skills and knowledge that can and should be taught to teachers.

A successful classroom teacher, Lampert taught teacher education classes at Michigan State University, then returned to the classroom to conduct on - the - ground research about math teaching and pedagogy.

Whether a student can or can not carry a machine around all day tells us little to nothing about a school's actual pedagogy, about the quality of interactions between students and teachers, or about the rigor of the software programs delivered through those devices.

Tracey Mackin, Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy, adds: «Quite early on we latched onto the recognition that if any report is going to have any value for students across multiple year levels... it needs to be focused and specific enough to prompt questions, and to get the student talking to the teacher, or their parents, about what they might need to support their future [learning].

The books, we told them, can be fiction, non-fiction, humor, mystery, biography, pedagogy; for teachers, about teachers, for children, for parents; long, short, old, new... in other words, any book at all that you have enjoyed or learned from within the last few years.

Curriculum materials with detailed information that supports teachers in making instructional decisions may help teachers themselves learn about content, pedagogy, and student learning.

It is clear that schools need time to adjust to the introduction of one - to - one devices, and that the functions of the tablet need to be understood by teachers, together with the changes to pedagogy that are brought about by an increase in independent learning.

It's also about creating a spirit of inquiry and risk taking «encouraging students to think mathematically, to ask questions» and encouraging teachers to use engaging pedagogies.

Fourth, big changes are brewing in teacher preparation and licensure as ed schools come under fire, as «alternate routes» proliferate, as programs like Teach For America get greater traction, and as more attention is paid to what a teacher knows about her subject than to what pedagogy courses she took in college.

«It's about ensuring teachers know how to analyse data and interpret that data to inform effective pedagogy, so in turn every learner in their class is impacted positively in terms of their learning, [and] no one's left out,» she says.

Teacher chats to Claire Warden about Nature Pedagogy — what it is and how it works in practice, including lesson planning and risk management.

Teachers have the opportunity to learn about new pedagogy as well as cultures.

There is a real «buzz» here with teachers talking about possibilities for flipping content, lessons and classes.The conversation around pedagogy and student engagement was really important and we are so excited about all of the tools that you showed us as we were able to implement them in our classes straight away.We have even flipped our professional learning sessions for staff!

A Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Classrooms Education Elements This article is not about PBL per se, but it's full of resources for teachers interested in exploring issues of representation, race, and equity with their students.

As I reported this week's top story, Birds of a Feather — and learned about the corresponding research of Hunter Gehlbach on the importance of finding similarity between teachers and their students — I gained even greater insight into the magic of Ms. Fairbanks» pedagogy.

EdTechTeacher's mission is to help teachers and schools leverage technology to create student - centered, inquiry - based learning environments.We view technology as a «trojan mouse» that allows us to use new technologies to re-ignite conversations with teachers about learning goals, curriculum, pedagogy, and relationships with students.

We also need to make sure that when we help teachers learn about technology we are very explicit about what pedagogy a particular technology affords.

Constructivist pedagogies and prospective teachers» beliefs about the role of a teacher.

Coggins et al. (2003) found that instructional coaches who felt knowledgeable about pedagogy and subject area content were more likely to provide instructional support to teachers, including designing and / or facilitating professional development.

The teachers are assisted through a Cognitive Coaching process that utilizes school academic and discipline data to challenge their thinking about the efficacy of their Culturally Responsive Pedagogy.

Students learn about pedagogy in three distinct situations: in the college classroom where they interact with professors, peers, and texts, through observation opportunities in schools, and through an internship or practicum with a collaborating teacher (CT).

In many instances, online teacher educators need to consider whether the inclusion of collaborative work can provide a positive learning experience and if it can be conducted in a manner that subsequently impacts the teacher participants» own beliefs about pedagogy (Pajares, 1992).

Using the SURN Student Indicators of Engagement and Effective Teacher Pedagogy observation forms, we targeted feedback to the components, techniques, and structures for student engagement, which teachers learned about during their professional learning sessions.

She is passionate about innovative and emergent pedagogies and state of the art teacher education.

He concludes that teachers must get better not just in the rituals, routines, and relationships teachers have with students, but also in thinking about the student mind, and whether our pedagogy directly addresses student thinking.

Its components include things like consistent and well - defined learning expectations for children, frequent conversations among teachers about pedagogy, and an atmosphere in which it's common for teachers to visit one another's classrooms to observe and critique instruction.27

In my school, quite a few teachers know far more about pedagogy, curriculum, and student learning than I do, and I'm thrilled that they do.

Although teacher educators have effectively used place - based pedagogies to engage with these ideas (Ajayi, 2014; Dubel & Sobel, 2008), geospatial technologies offer another modality by which teacher educators can help teacher candidates learn about communities, schools, and their students.

Specialists are particularly well placed to help teachers understand the theory and evidence about pedagogy, as well as ways to extend subject knowledge.

P.J. McGrew says education is about more than what teachers learn in pedagogy courses — it's about forming relationships with students.

«For teachers, both that community college teacher and that K - 12 teacher, it's about arming them with deeper insights into where areas of struggle or where areas of acceleration exist within their student populations while allowing them to operate in the pedagogy and teaching style that works for them.»

I discuss my own use of geospatial technologies with teacher candidates in a social studies teacher education program as a method to prompt new ways of thinking about the world and the pedagogy they may eventually use in practice.

We've also provided a few articles that teachers can use to think about their own pedagogy and strategies to make Black students» lives matter.

To teach, teachers need to have developed an integrated knowledge structure that incorporates knowledge about subject matter, learners, pedagogy, curriculum, and schools; they need to have developed a pedagogical content knowledge, or PCK, for teaching their subjects.

With the input of colleagues who teach writing pedagogies and linguistics courses at my university, I designed an interview protocol meant to elicit a variety of information about curriculum, instruction, beliefs about teaching writing, and the particular qualities of their students from participating teachers.

Here's an example of how a group of teachers with a passion for professional teaching could collectively work on a question they have about their pedagogy: Let's say your students are struggling with learning new information.

Upperclass preservice teachers have a great deal of mathematical and pedagogical sophistication, and this expertise can be used to motivate and direct their learning about technology, pedagogy, and mathematics.

One teacher explained in an interview that «learning how to use technology without learning about pedagogy is worthless.

Today's preservice secondary education science methods teachers have been living in a digital world, but teacher educators may be making assumptions about their ability to translate their personal use of technology into effective classroom pedagogy.