Sentences with phrase «academic teachers also»

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It is also an assurance that these absolutely respected leading intellectuals from the 20th Century scholarship, of whom most were religious, have agreed to have each other's names associated with their own and that they felt comfortable with what each other were saying in an academic setting and commanded world - wide respect as conservative, careful, and sincere, life - long teachers, academics and scholars.

A teacher determines the atmosphere of the classroom, but he also influences the goals and norms of the academic community.

My reflections arose, as I have indicated, in part from formative books and teachers, but they also grew out of grappling with Scripture (one of the lightning bolts here was the simple but profound insight of realizing once again the ineradicable connection of form and content — for instance, what is said in a parable can not be said in any other way), and with the complex business, endemic to academic theologians, of, as Kierkegaard would put it, becoming a Christian (not in general or for someone else but in particular and for me).

The CSRP kids also had better vocabulary, letter - naming, and math skills, despite the fact that the training provided to teachers had included no academic content whatsoever.

Instead of just thinking about the academic content that they are delivering to their students, school leaders should also be thinking about the messages that students are receiving implicitly and explicitly from their teachers and their school environment.

Because preschool teachers know that when kids use their imaginations, they also are working a host of other important academic and emotional muscles.

The research that Tough explores also undercuts claims by Klein, Rhee, and other signers of the Education Equity Project manifesto that we can get impoverished students where they need to be educationally through higher standards, stronger teachers, and other academic reforms alone.

Also, in the so called «Direct Instruction», teachers «followed script to directly teach children academic skills», so no fancy studying methods were introduced, just plain boring school - like teaching.

Teachers are not, and I know this because my husband is an academic administrator here in North Carolina he was also an academic administrator in Chicago public school and that was something that I was working in Chicago public schools is because in health education we teach about sex, we teach about STI's we teach about all these other public health issues.

«The outcome of the investigation which was also proven by academic research undertaken was that there was a decline in the quality of teachers we had in our secondary schools.

Students will also receive more academic time with the core subjects, and teachers will have the opportunity to teach students, in special classes, something different about their passions.

«We also will be calling on the Government to recognise the Bahrain Teachers» Association and to allow teachers and academics to organise freely as trade unionists in accordance with international convTeachers» Association and to allow teachers and academics to organise freely as trade unionists in accordance with international convteachers and academics to organise freely as trade unionists in accordance with international conventions.

«We also appeal to our teachers and school administrators to redouble their efforts so as to cover the second term academic calendar,» Eke said.

The quality of standardized tests and the English language proficiency of students also need to be considered, Rumore said, as well as how to evaluate teachers on the academic performance of special education students.

Baker thinks this kind of information could ultimately help teachers and guidance counselors figure out not only which students are at risk of academic problems but also why they are at risk and what can be done to help them.

The Laboratory's education arm also includes an academic publishing house, a graduate school and the DNA Learning Center with programs for middle and high school students and teachers.

Penn State University researchers also confirmed that teacher retention is problematic and, as a result, student academic performance and social adjustment suffer.

Research conducted by GreatSchools (and others including the Fordham Institute and Education Research Alliance at Tulane University) shows that parents want nearby schools that provide safe environments, but also strong teachers, a solid academic curriculum, and enriching experiences for their children.

Teachers who are engaged in service - learning tend to be more positive about the work they do, and we also see a higher level of parental involvement, which is key to academic achievement.»

At Saturday sessions, students do some academic work, such as SAT practice, and also help teachers organize community activities, like a carnival on the athletic field and a door - to - door outreach campaign, both designed to build the school's relationship with its neighbors.

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.

According to research from New Zealand and Australian academics, published in the Asia - Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, a staffroom not only functions as a physical space, but also a social, cultural and emotional space for its occupants (Hunter, Rossi, Tinning, Flanagan & Macdonald, 2011).

Thanks also to the many pre-service teachers who wrote to tell us how they're using the articles to support their practice on teaching placements and as a source of information for university assessments, and academics who are recommending Teacher content to their pre-service students.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL The state - sponsored Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an accredited, online virtual school has a rigorous system of teacher support and evaluation that emphasizes not only academic content but also student engagement, collaboration, and critical thinking.

Boys also had fewer positive reactions to their academic subject when taught by an opposite - gender teacher.

We also used new data to see whether the academic performance of students in traditional public schools and the influence of teachers unions affect the strength of charter school legislation in a state.

There are also articles about obstacles to greater progress: a study reveals that teacher expectations impact students» likelihood of completing college and are often lower for black students than for their white counterparts, even after accounting for students» academic and demographic backgrounds; and a look at how allowing laptop use in the classroom actually distracts from student learning.

Founded in San Francisco in 1978, Breakthrough's goal was not only to increase academic opportunity for underserved students, but also to inspire and develop the next generation of teachers.

Increasing the stakes attached to the MEAP assessment also improved the academic environment by focusing the efforts of teachers and students on a good test.

As writing teachers, we were also surprised at how highly students reported valuing their academic writing.

Steiner — an academic with Oxford and Harvard degrees who also had pioneered new teacher training programs as head of Hunter College's School of Education — had «charged out of the gate galloping,» observes Meyer, instituting greatly tougher benchmarks for the state's 3 - 8 tests and initiating a major effort to write a statewide curriculum.

«The number one issue that came up, and that I saw as a teacher as well, is when kids are learning the language, at the same time, they're also learning the academic content, and that's really difficult,» says Yassine.

On the other hand, in higher - income schools these parents seem to respond to the relative abundance of academic resources by seeking out teachers who also increase student satisfaction.

A blended environment affords teachers the opportunity to connect individually with each student and differentiate to both their academic but also, when necessary, personal and emotional needs.

Highly effective teachers also «invest students and their families in working hard for extraordinary academic achievement.»

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.

Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.

ACEL's members are mostly school principals but also assistant principals, system leaders, consultants, academics and teachers.

Academic institutions that grant advanced degrees to teachers would also suffer under this plan.

Department for Education data also reveals that children in many English secondary schools are being taught other core academic subjects, including chemistry, geography and languages, by teachers lacking subject expertise.

The study released last week by Public Agenda also found that teachers share the public's support for higher academic standards, but do not rank such standards among their highest priorities.

BASIS, which offers students a chance to pursue world - class academics at their own pace, also grants its students (and teachers) world - class freedoms.

(Colorado's new evaluation system also calls for half of a teacher's rating to be based on student academic growth, but the state is still finalizing this process.)

Summit also has an internal mentorship program, which consists of weekly ten - minute, student - led, one - on - one meetings with an assigned teacher who becomes a student's academic coach, college counselor, family liaison, and advocate.

, but we also have to make a real dent on the history of teacher preparation, in the sense of its focus on one side of that equation — its focus on the academic, textbook preparation of teachers as opposed to the clinical practice.

The academic adds that teachers in rural, remote and isolated areas also need support.

They didn't have any access to students, so I've gone straight to the students, but also included the teachers and the university academics.

She also encourages her players to seek feedback from coaches as well as their classroom teachers, as a result fostering communications skills that will help them succeed in their academic endeavors.

Mark Rhatigan, Executive Head Teacher, said: «At Erdington Academy our focus is not only on improving academic standards, but it is also on delivering innovative initiatives to help focus their minds on their future and raise their aspirations.

Choice parents were also far more likely to report being «very satisfied» with virtually all aspects of their children's school: its safety, teacher quality, class size, clarity of school goals, teaching moral values, academic quality, teachers» respect for students, and so on (see Figure 2).