Sentences with phrase «academic conversations with»

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!

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The Stanford professor knows the academic research, but many of his insights are drawn from the hundreds of conversations he has had with business leaders, including some of Silicon Valley's brightest stars.

We will continue our conversations with them into the next academic year.»

Others, perhaps those with a stricter, academic understanding of feminism, will be disappointed not actually to discover a valid segment of feminism that has been lost among the shuffling conversation Mobley primarily set out to interpret Montgomery's great theme» «The emancipation of women through the gospel of Jesus Christ»» but because he tangled his interpretation with the controversial vocabulary of feminism, he will not please everyone.

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.

I've had conversations with executives from 58 member dairy companies and co-ops, suppliers and retailers, as well as dairy farmers, academics, dairy economists and leaders of the major U.S. dairy organizations.

The Conversation's FactCheck team will be in Townsville during the Queensland election campaign, keeping track of politicians» claims and working with academics to test them against the evidence.

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.

When I overheard a troubling conversation at a recent dinner about a child's academic performance, it reminded me about the importance of the words we use when speaking with our kids.

While in hospital with Stella, I had had a conversation with an academic pediatrician whom I asked why, in his opinion, was milk production delayed beyond what seemed the hunger and thirst limit for the babies?

Aside from the extreme interest in academic considerations following a concussion generated by the presentation, another common area of conversation at the exhibit booth was what schools or districts without a certified athletic trainer (AT) do to monitor and manage student - athletes with concussions and other sport - related injuries.

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.

Also at 6 p.m., NYC Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, joined by local agencies and nonprofit organizations, marks National Bullying Prevention Month with a community conversation and resource expo, W.E.B. DuBois Academic High School, 402 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.

WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Roger Ferguson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA - CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields and a Fortune 100 financial services organization.

In - depth conversations with academic, government, and private research institution professionals helped me to see clearly my professional objectives that fuel my journey as an assistant professor.

«We need common guidance to have a conversation with others doing academic research.»

Conversations with these two have helped me to think broadly about the world and my place in it, going far beyond the expectations I could have asked for from an academic advisor.

In a classroom where students are doing the majority of the talking, where they are engaged with each other in rich, structured conversations and where they use academic vocabulary to support their ideas with evidence, I know two things are happening: Students are experiencing deeper learning, and this classroom is a step closer to ensuring educational equity.

Some of the schools I work with in Oakland, California, are aspiring to this description of academic discourse in the classroom: «Conversations in whole and small group settings are facilitated by students and consistently involve all students in academic discourse among students.

«The intent here is for these regular meetings to serve as a platform for conversation that would not be limited to students in leadership positions, but would also include kids with a variety of social and academic backgrounds from all walks of life.»

Join us for a conversation with the chief academic officers of the Broward County, Fla., and Cleveland, Ohio, school districts to better understand what schools really need and want from digital content providers.

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.

For example, I'll try and meet with each of my students once per semester at some point outside of class time and use the conversation to learn more about who they are, what their academic goals are, and whatever other concerns they have.

«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.

Hard - to - read parents need meaningful conversations that help them to understand their roles and ways they can parent academic achievers in partnership with the school.

(2) Initiate conversations with district, school board, and community leaders about this exciting opportunity and how it aligns with your vision of integrated health, services, and academics.

Research supports the need for academic conversation to provide students with the opportunity to build academic language and conversation skills while providing teachers with a formative assessment to assess student content understanding and language ability.

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.

Blackstone Valley Prep is committed to the academic success, social and emotional growth, and health and wellness of 100 % of scholars in an intentionally diverse school that celebrates the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, and sexual - orientation differences of our scholars, staff, and families by actively engaging in courageous conversations about the value of peoples» differences; raising awareness of self and society's structural inequities; and empowering all people to engage in an open and honest dialogue with an active voice.

Those conversations, he explains, led to a tightly coordinated effort between the district, the United Way of Greenville County, and other community partners to tackle poor attendance, raise academic achievement, and boost graduation rates in the White Horse Road community, a section of the county with the highest concentrations of poverty.

I have seen the conversations I have with families shift from behavior to academics.

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.

Then, think about the ways in which she supports her students to work toward speaking and listening standards while having these content conversations in Getting Started with Academic Discussions & ELLs.

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.

In her conversations with 65 students across the United States, the author got a clear idea of what high school students need to become engaged in their schools: a voice in determining course offerings; academic courses that relate to things they care about; respect for their nonacademic interests; inspiring role models; and opportunities to connect with the community.

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.

Their conversation continues, with students analyzing the text using academic language and their cognitive skills to predict, summarize, question, and clarify.

The best preparation for me is probably the fact that I've surrounded myself with smart, funny, slightly profane friends, and because many of my friends are either artists or academics our conversations can shift rapidly across subjects and levels of import much like Tommy's and Stacey's.

A wonderful and enlightening conversation with Layne Hanson of Semester at Sea, an academic program that allows students to travel, grow, explore, learn and build a community of...

South African Photographer David Goldblatt «In Conversation» with Susan Jahoda (UMass Professor of Studio Art), Stephen Clingman (UMass Professor of English and Director of ISHA), and Natasha Becker (Mellon Assistant Dirctor of Research and Academic Programs, The Clark Art Institute).

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.

Curated by Manu Park, the solo exhibition (22 February - 30 April 2017) includes PLAYTIME (Seven Screen Installation), 2014, which explores the dramatic and nuanced subject of capital, Kapital, 2013, a two - screen documentary, which includes the artist in conversation with leading academics such as David Harvey and Stuart Hall, and The Leopard, 2007, which brings together baroque pageantry and metaphor in a work that, referring to journeys made across the Mediterranean by Asians and Africans trying to enter Europe by sea, experiments with notions of cultural entanglement and the dissent between aesthetics and politics.

It includes essays by Director of The Fruitmarket Gallery Fiona Bradley and writer and academic Briony Fer, along with a conversation between Anthony Spira, Director of MK Gallery and Anna Barriball.

Through conversations with academics, curators and artists both in China and the UK, Julien uncovered a symbolic body of material which he has used to create a work that explores modern and traditional Chinese values and superstitions.

Nelson has more academic training than many artists, with an M.A. from Chelsea College of Art and Design, and it shows in conversation.

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.

Curated by Manu Park, the solo exhibition includes PLAYTIME (Seven Screen Installation), 2014, which explores the dramatic and nuanced subject of capital, Kapital, 2013, a two - screen documentary, which includes the artist in conversation with leading academics such as David Harvey and Stuart Hall, and The Leopard, 2007, which brings together baroque pageantry and metaphor in a work that, referring to journeys made across the Mediterranean by Asians and Africans trying to enter Europe by sea, experiments with notions of cultural entanglement and the dissent between aesthetics and politics.