Sentences with phrase «active learning teachers»

I sincerely hope that active learning teachers aren't losing their jobs for the sake of a few points in a standardized test.

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SMART Technologies helps great teachers get outstanding results by taking learning from passive listening to active collaboration.

The teacher in me wants to make up learning games every day with Easton but he's a very active toddler so getting him to sit still for longer than 10 minutes is a challenge.

We implement our exclusive Balanced Learning Curriculum through our happy teachers by building the right foundation for active minds, healthy bodies, and happy hearts.

EL's whole - school reform model combines a highly detailed, interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on active learning, teamwork, and character education with training and coaching for teachers and school leaders.

Parents also need to serve as the primary teacher for the mastery of basic learning skills and encourage active discussion and experimentation of new concepts and skills.

Elia says school officials and teachers should work with students to make it a learning experience about civic engagement and what it means to be an active citizen in American.

There's too much expectation on the teacher to deliver, and with more active skills, children learn better.

Because learning is active — a learner must choose to learn — an effective teacher will also engage the audience in the presentation.

«Although some teachers may worry that social media distracts students from legitimate learning, we found that our Facebook group helped transform students from anonymous spectators into a community of active learners — and this has important consequences for student performance,» Dougherty said.

Because active learning requires practice and feedback on thinking like an expert (a scientist), it demands considerably greater subject expertise by the teacher.

«Researchers create new tool that measures active learning in classrooms: Analyzing classroom noise may help teachers improve teaching methods.»

With current national and state science education standards emphasizing hands - on and applied science learning, teachers need, more than ever before, materials they can use with students to foster and support active learning, but finding funding to pay for supplemental classroom science materials can be difficult.

All the teachers at her son's school — and ultimately across the district — began visiting their students at home, strengthening the parent - teacher relationship and helping parents become more active participants in the children's learning.

This series of three videos shows how designers and community volunteers helped a teacher at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco transform his crowded classroom into a space that fosters collaboration, creativity, and active student learning.

Active learning and active listening — in which students are thoroughly and thoughtfully engaged with each other or the teacher — represents the opposite of deadActive learning and active listening — in which students are thoroughly and thoughtfully engaged with each other or the teacher — represents the opposite of deadactive listening — in which students are thoroughly and thoughtfully engaged with each other or the teacher — represents the opposite of dead time.

To keep students involved and on their toes, try to move from teacher - centered learning to student - centered active learning, and vice versa.

As a result, I encourage regular teachers (like myself) to embrace this term and use technology to create a blended curriculum that combines engagement and active learning in the classroom with meaningful work done online.

Master teachers create an active - learning environment in which students are on task in their thinking and speaking or are collaboratively working close to 100 percent of the time.

Teachers are expected to make sure students are using digital learning devices in «active» ways.

In her synthesis of research on effective teacher professional development that has demonstrated a positive impact on student outcomes, Timperley (2008) identified 10 key principles, including: providing teachers with opportunities to drive their own professional development, allowing teachers to work collaboratively to learn and apply evidence based practices, establishing a professional learning culture that provides a safe and authentic environment for professional enquiry and ensuring school leaders take an active role in developing professional learning, and maintaining momentum within schools.

For long - term success, schools and districts need to cultivate a pipeline of competent teacher leaders who are trained to share their on - the - ground experience and play an active role in peer - to - peer learning and support.

For those of us who work in education, we naturally gravitate toward activities that engage our students in active learning experiences, so it's no surprise to find that teachers and students are some of the most enthusiastic fans.

Even more troubling is that 45 per cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives and ultimately, issues with confidence, self ‑ consciousness, the pressure of academic school work and lack of encouragement from teachers and parents, all hold teenage girls back from being physically active.

The New York City - based foundation said it hopes its new «students at the center» grant program will help train teachers to abandon traditional 40 - minute lectures for more - active approaches in the classroom, such as problem - solving, critical thinking, and hands - on learning.

A high school math teacher at a Title 1 school raised $ 478, funding two Gaiam balance ball chairs and four Learniture active learning stools through her DonorsChoose.org project.

Student - led conferences are emerging as a positive alternative to parent - teacher conferences by those who advocate active student engagement in the learning process.

The results also confirmed the positive relationship of key characteristics of professional - development design identified in previous studies over the past decade to student outcomes: sustained, active teacher learning that is coherently aligned with the school's organization.

The report, two years in the making, calls on America's high schools to evolve into smaller communities where students and adults know each other well, the curriculum emphasizes depth over breadth, and a flexible, active learning process replaces the factory - era model of teachers lecturing to rows of students.

Lesson study is a means for teachers to take an active role in generating new knowledge about teaching and learning.

In fact, teachers must be an active part of designing online learning's rigor and quality or they will be left in the dust.

I have been active in the field of Social / Emotional learning for more than 20 years; training students, parents, teachers and anyone who comes to a lecture or workshop (I've even presented at Senior Centers).

A total of 54 research and policy documents were reviewed and four major themes emerged: teacher capacity, integration of STEM disciplines, active learning, and student engagement and participation.

Watch for more posts in Edutopia's Summer PD series that will address strategies for active learning and teacher facilitation throughout PBL.

We designed a free three - day teacher - training workshop to give educators active - learning tools, showing them how to conduct action research, gather data and analyze their own teaching practices, engage students with critical - thinking exercises, and more.

In addition, administrator support for professional learning and teachers playing an active role in their own learning are critical for these systems to work.

The HPE learning area, teachers and schools are aware of the responsibility to support students through education to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens.

Teachers use positive words and tone to promote active learning, a sense of community, and self - discipline to achieve goals.

During the year, the teachers model positive language and tone to promote active learning and self - discipline.

Teacher's Comments: This project promotes an active, constructivist learning environment.

Boys learn more when competition gets them excited, when they need to learn so as to do well for their team, when they get to be active, when they get breaks, when they are having fun, and when teachers make the point of the learning activity clear.

An American teacher working in Japan argues that this also «forces teachers to care about their jobs and be active in their professional learning [because] when you move schools, there's a whole new set of kids [and] they may have certain expectations you have to live up to.»

It shows me that they are willing to take an active role in their learning and not just sit by and passively rely on the teacher for everything.»

This is an active, discussion based learning class * The file includes 6 pages; - Facebook profile page, - teachers instructions, - teacher questions, - student feedback, - student homework page - solutions page.

The active participation involved encourages students to take ownership of their learning and aids both the teacher in explaining complex topics, as well as helping the students to understand them.

Remove the teacher's desk and students feel more comfortable and less intimidated, teachers feel more active and engaged, and classroom learning happens in a shared space.

I recently spoke with Rami — who is active in the Connected Learning in Teacher Education network, to which I also belong — about how teachers have adapted Minecraft in their classrooms.

Teachers» enthusiasm for the learning, for engaging with students, with simply being active consumers and producers of information can be contagious.

The active participation also encourages students to take more ownership of their learning and aids both the teacher in explaining complex topics, as well as helping the students to understand them.

The end result is that learning becomes more personalized for students, parents take on a more active role in their child's learning process, and the teacher works more closely with colleagues.