Sentences with phrase «academic conversation on»

To say it is the most important, or the sole measure, is without any validation in the mainstream academic conversation on teacher effectiveness.

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And while these words are commonly found in everyday conversations, Steven D. Cohen, an award - winning speaker who leads career and academic workshops on public speaking at Harvard Extension School, argues that «they often detract from the listener's ability to understand a particular message.»

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.

The conversation made an impression on Nicole, who is the president and founder of The Expectations Project, a national organization that mobilizes people of faith to support public education reform and close the academic achievement gap.

Thus the onus to foster the conversation is awkwardly placed on students or young faculty members, those living in the tensions between the academic and apologetic worlds and who feel the most pressure and enthusiasm for synthetic thinking.

Neither would it resonate with those academics and so - called liberals who reduce religion to mere ethics or diversity, to some inner psychoanalytic conversation, or some Marxist egalitarian view of heaven on earth.

In the longest sections on One Mediator, the primary, though not exclusive, addressee is the Catholic academic community in India and the East which the ODF thought was compromising the church's teaching on the Unique Mediator in its conversations with world religions.

For all that, of course, anyone who supposes that an academic life is chiefly one of leisured reflection and friendly conversation need only read your pages on teaching at Notre Dame and at Duke to begin to see how intensely politicized is the contemporary university.

The Conversation's FactCheck team will be in Adelaide for the next two weeks, working with academics to test politicians» claims against the evidence as South Australians prepare to vote on March 17.

«Launched in 2007, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long term development and success of children.»

Evidence Based Parenting: You Can Make A Difference Join us for Coffee and Conversation on Wednesday, November 6 at 8:30 am The discussion will be led by Dr. Anne Townsend, President and Chief Academic Officer of Mariposa Child Success Programs, and current WSB parent.

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But while it is easy for academics and other observers to demand that armed forces should «reach out» to insurgents, there is precious little guidance on the practicalities of initiating a meaningful conversation with the people determined to bomb the foreigners out of their homeland.

Prof. Joseph Mifsud admits knowing Papadopolous, who pleaded guilty to lying about their conversations to the FBI, but claims he is just an «academic» who never shopped Kremlin dirt on Clinton to the Trump campaign.

Since then, I'm helping to start a science advocacy group on campus in hopes of improving public trust in scientists and opening conversations between academic researchers and the local community.

My teachers noticed immediately that I was withdrawing from academic life, and through a series of roundtable discussions and weekly one - on - one conversations, they gave me a safe space to talk about what I was going through, helped me create a plan to get back on track, and reminded me how far I had come and how far I could still go.

Conversations about access to higher education often focus on affordability issues, but poor academic preparation is an equally significant barrier to success in college, says Long, academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

On the eighth - grade academic research residency, students use their language skills to engage Japanese natives in conversation.

This year, the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) launched «Community Conversations» that aim to focus the entire community on a particular series of dialogues for each academic year.

Commenting on more academic skills, Fox and Geddes say basic science concepts can be explored through play - based inquiry and the foundations for more formal literacy and language learning can be laid by adults immersing youngsters in meaningful conversations and taking the time to listen carefully and respond.

There are students who sound fluent in English, who can carry on conversations, but lack the fluency in English academic discourse to access complicated content or to express their understandings.

The Conversation, an independent academic and research source, produced a study in June 2017 which gives new insight on the role of play in the learning process.

I was recently told by an opinionated stranger, who was happy ignoring the etiquette of conversation whilst queuing, that outdoor education should certainly be part of a child's education, but it was not something that schools should be involved with; the time and effort of educators should be spent on the academic attainment of students, not on getting students up hills.

I plan to change the current conversations regarding strategies on narrowing the achievement gap and create more opportunities for the academic and social advancement of black male students.

«A Conversation on Empowering Parents» was hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics and included a Q&A with HKS professor Paul Peterson and opening remarks from Academic Dean Archon Fung.

If our reporting on statehouse conversations about what academic standards Indiana will use next have felt pretty abstract, try on this possible consequence of pausing Common Core rollout in Indiana: Tucked into the Office of Management and Budget report state lawmakers will discuss Tuesday is the possibility students could have to take two standardized tests in 2015.

Vision in Action: The ASCD Whole Child Award is designed to recognize schools that that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole child.

This award acknowledges those schools that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole child, making sure each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Summary: This article focuses on how social emotional learning can be infused into academic learning through strategies such as peer interactions and reflective conversations.

With these tenets, ASCD hopes to change the conversation about education from a narrow focus on academic achievement to one that promotes the long - term development and success of children.

Discussion Group on Facebook: All educators, and people interested in gifted education, are invited to join and contribute to the ongoing conversation about how to best serve the academic needs of our nation's brightest students.

Following our recent series on using Socratic seminars with English language learners to build oral language skills, we learned about an exciting new video series from the Teaching Channel focused on academic conversations with ELLs featuring... you guessed it!

SOAR supported teachers in planning and understanding language teaching practices, and supported coaches and administrators in observing, collecting evidence, and facilitating reflective conversations to improve delivery of instruction focused on student academic interactions.

ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an associationwide effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged within a sustainable approach to education and community engagement.

This award acknowledges those schools that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole child: a child who is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

She is a professional development provider in Lexington and teaches a course «Teaching with Academic Conversations» based on the work by Jeff Zwiers and Sara Hamerla.

Launched in 2007, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long - term development and success of children.

It gives us the ability reflect on our practices and have deeper conversations about what's going on with our students and how that relates to their academic performance.»

KTC uses these plans to guide individual conversations with all of our alumni in high school to ensure they are on track to graduate and are receiving the academic and social support they need to be successful.

«I am a firm believer that health and education are symbiotic, and ASCD's work on the Whole Child Initiative aims to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long - term development and success of children,» said Carter.

The WCN will be a hands - on field effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged within a sustainable approach to education and community engagement.

Substantive conversations are critical for English learners because they provide specific opportunities to practice and build on listening and speaking skills using academic language that coincides with language learning standards and converges common core and state standards.

June 4, 2015 (Hartford)- Educators 4 Excellence - Connecticut, a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, hosted a conversation at Real Art Ways with Hartford Superintendent of Schools Beth Schiavino - Narvaez, Ed.D. on improving academic services for unique student populations.

Also on view is KAPITAL: a two - screen documentary, which includes the artist in conversation with leading academics such as David Harvey and Stuart Hall.

We learned from this first undertaking that the inclusion of artists in the mix of authors, academics and other experts on the program helped broaden the public conversation and make the subject more accessible to a wider audience.

Artists, thinkers, activists, academics, and community leaders gather for a symposium of conversations, performances, and open studios exploring artistic, social, and political perspectives on the 50th anniversary of the extraordinary world - changing events of 1968 and the promise of the next fifty years.

In conversation with Natasha Becker, Mellon Assistant Director of Research and Academic Program, Bisi Silva will continue her dialogue on transnational curatorial practices and current research areas.

Hirshhorn Announces Conversation Series to Coincide With «Ai Weiwei: Trace at Hirshhorn» Hirshhorn and Newseum Launch Joint Series on Freedom of Expression This fall, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will partner with the Newseum to launch a series of conversations with critically acclaimed artists, journalists, activists and academics to -LSB-...]

I have always been on the academic art ropes about Wiley but after seeing his Conversations with Contemporary Artists lecture in the Woodruff Arts Center's Rich Auditorium I feel that now I can defend him as an artist.

The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program will present a series of free lectures this fall, as well as a symposium and conference, on the Williamstown, Mass. campus.The internationally recognized program, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Getty Foundation, maintains an active series of conferences, colloquia, symposia and scholarly conversations presented at venues around the world.