Sentences with phrase «based learning advocates»

Project - based learning advocates are confident that the model can succeed in Philadelphia by providing students with skills that translate equally to both postsecondary and career options.

True project - based learning advocates for deep inquiry into the content, rather than mere coverage of that content.

According to brain - based learning advocates, evidence supports the notion that the work in embodied learning can lead to increased student achievement.

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Learn who the main players are, and what their role is, in building afterschool meals into afterschool programming: School Nutrition Directors, Anti-hunger Advocates, Community - based Afterschool Meal Sites, and State Agency

Nowhere in the article, did anyone advocate for changing kindergarten back to a play based, non-academic setting where children can socialize and learn in a developmentally appropriate manner.

Over the past decade, much progress has been made nationally to increase enrollment in afterschool programs — programs advocates say keep children safe, inspiring them to learn and supporting working families between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Vermont and Massachusetts have made the list of Top 10 States for Afterschool, prepared by Washington, D.C. - based After School Alliance.

Sylvia speaks, writes, and advocates for student - centered, project - based learning, gender equity in technology, computer programming, and life - long learning.

Thornburg, a futurist and long - time advocate of project - based learning, calls the Holodeck «a theater without an audience.

He uses those lessons daily in his work with Big Picture Learning, a Providence, R.I. - based nonprofit that advocates an individualized approach to education, including a «Who Am I» project that challenges students to write a 50 - page autobiography.

In his book «Building Learning Power» Guy Claxton advocates setting targets for developing learners based around the 4Rs — resilience, resourcefulness, reflectiveness and reciprocity.

Even Plato, that advocate of mental discipline as the basis for learning (Bigge, 1982), commented that «early education [should] be a sort of amusement; [for] you will then be better able to find out the natural bent.»

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is dedicated to improving the K - 12 learning process by documenting, disseminating, and advocating for innovative, replicable, and evidence - based strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives.

The Future Teacher Foundation are advocates of Project Based Learning (PBL), Cross-Curricular Learning, Independent Learning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning (PBL), Cross-Curricular Learning, Independent Learning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning, Independent Learning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning and Engagement - Based Learning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportuLearning - all of which are included in this bundle (along with a whole host of other thinking, writing and learning opportulearning opportunities).

The experiential learning philosophy on which this model is based addresses multiple learning modalities as advocated by theorists such as John Dewey (1916) Howard Gardner (1989), John Miller (1996) and Peter Jarvis (2009).

Instead of the party line, Russian educators are now advocating for a student - centeredcurriculum using project - based learning that has much in common withthe global movement toward twenty - first - century skills.

ACHPER would like to advocate strongly for HPE as a learning area and other enrichment activities such as sport, dance, outdoor education and evidence - based health programs, to be a crucial element of your school.

As an advocate for passion - based learning, Rafranz uses her experience as a secondary math educator to help teachers integrate technology using innovative teaching strategies aimed at empowering students to be autonomous learners.

One of America's most celebrated educators, James Paul Gee, in his classical book What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy he has advocated a set of 36 learning principles that designers of game - based eLearning content should adLearning and Literacy he has advocated a set of 36 learning principles that designers of game - based eLearning content should adlearning principles that designers of game - based eLearning content should adhere to.

In communities across the nation, faith - based organizations (FBOs) provide out - of - school learning programs designed to help students attain improved education outcomes, and faith - based leaders use their voices to advocate on behalf of the needs of the students and families they serve.

In a 2012 article, «Civil Rights, Charter Schools, and Lessons to Be Learned,» Black suggests that charter schools have succeeded because of their ability to make moral claims, whereas civil rights advocates have tended toward data - based claims in recent years that do not always resonate with local communities.

If you're interested in seeing a school makerspace in action, check out this curated list from Bob Pearlman, a longtime advocate of project - based learning and innovation in education.

Enthusiasm alone isn't enough of a justification to advocate project - based learning, but the results of that enthusiasm argue in its favor, say educators and researchers who have studied or used project - based learning.

Advocates of game - based learning for K - 12 students cite the value of digital games to teach and reinforce skills that prepare students for college and career, such as collaboration, problem solving, creativity, and communication.

In choosing and advocating for the most powerful learning experiences for their kids, they might keep in mind the Nellie Mae Education Foundation's definition of student - centered learning: that which is personalized and competency - based; that happens anytime, anywhere; and that encourages students to take ownership of their own learning.

Today, she advocates for the implementation of project - based learning units to engage students, and to give them voice and choice in what and how they learn.

Martinez speaks, writes, and advocates for student - centered, project - based learning, gender equity in technology, computer programming, and lifelong learning.

Learning opportunities: Educators plan for learning that accommodates differing access levels and individual student needs, for example, providing homework alternatives for students who do not have internet access at home, providing competency - based or other opportunities to demonstrate learning, scaffolding student learning to challenge and support individual students where they are and advocating for an equitable system for all sLearning opportunities: Educators plan for learning that accommodates differing access levels and individual student needs, for example, providing homework alternatives for students who do not have internet access at home, providing competency - based or other opportunities to demonstrate learning, scaffolding student learning to challenge and support individual students where they are and advocating for an equitable system for all slearning that accommodates differing access levels and individual student needs, for example, providing homework alternatives for students who do not have internet access at home, providing competency - based or other opportunities to demonstrate learning, scaffolding student learning to challenge and support individual students where they are and advocating for an equitable system for all slearning, scaffolding student learning to challenge and support individual students where they are and advocating for an equitable system for all slearning to challenge and support individual students where they are and advocating for an equitable system for all students.

Although I am an advocate of project - based learning, I am not unaware of its challenges.

When will the advocates of school - based management learn that education bureaucracies will not devolve without a fundamental change in authority that extends beyond creating local school councils or adding a few more prerogatives for principals?

Advocates» calls for competency - based education are growing louder, particularly as online and blended learning unlock new opportunities for students to move through material at their own pace.

Bob Sornson is the founder of the Early Learning Foundation, and an international advocate for the importance of early learning success and competency based lLearning Foundation, and an international advocate for the importance of early learning success and competency based llearning success and competency based learninglearning.

Ms. Boss is also an advocate for Project Based Learning.

Summary: The NBFA teacher must be committed to and advocate for its mission to provide students a meaningful, high - quality education through experience - based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional and critical - thinking skills.

We strive to be a national leader and advocate for individualized and student - led project - based learning;

When we make these changes and communicate the why to students, they become the best advocates for making the change to standards - based learning and grading.

The strands advocate for: a) synthesizing our knowledge base and developing guidelines for a repertoire of supervision and mentoring practices; b) examining essential practitioner roles occurring in today's new partnerships and models; unpacking the teacher educator's boundary - spanning roles and practices; and teacher educators learning from others about current research and practices in professional development schools.

By the 1960s, there was growing interest in many of the ideas Hahn advocated — things like experiential education and project - based learning and social and emotional development.

Conditions and Considerations for Effective Development and Implementation of Personal Opportunity Plans by the Commonwealth, Districts, and Schools contributes to the movement to shift from standards - based to supports - based reform that provides necessary resources so that every student has the opportunity to learn, succeed in school, and craft a productive future with the support of counselors, teachers, and personal advocates.

Being an avid game - based learning (GBL) and games for learning (G4L) advocate, I was particularly interested in how this might impact larger education reform.

Many (for example, see iNACOL, KnowledgeWorks, and The America Forward Coalition) are advocating using the opportunity to foster greater innovation and implementation of learner - centered and personalized approaches to learning that focus on mastery in a competency - based environment.

«We want to capture the changes people make over time — it's a process,» said Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, the San Francisco - based nonprofit think tank that advocates for blended learning, and that launched the Blended Learning Universe learning, and that launched the Blended Learning Universe Learning Universe project.

An international advocate for project based learning, he has worked with educators throughout the United States and in China, Taiwan, Brazil, Greece, Romania, the United Kingdom, and many other countries to help them learn about and implement high quality PBL.

Instead, the schools have adopted an approach that's become increasingly popular among education advocates and funders: project - based learning.

School psychologists are uniquely positioned to advocate for evidence - based initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels, which create safe and supportive learning environments that naturally prevent violence and ensure that students have access to the supports they need to be successful both inside and outside of the classroom.

She has spent her career ensuring equity and excellence in education (P - 20) and is a tireless advocate for ensuring that every student in America has the chance to learn and grow under teachers whose knowledge and skills have been verified through a peer - reviewed, performance - based process.

Stanford physicist Carl Wieman is a leading advocate for project - based learning in HigherEd (listen to his recent NPR interview).

He advocated an experiential based learning process.

This course is designed to provide an opportunity for participants to learn how to advocate, nurture, and sustain a school culture and instructional program that is conducive to student learning and staff professional growth in a standards - based system of learning.

He is a passionate advocate of service learning, environmental sustainability, big picture visioning, and using nature based coaching techniques for out of the box creative thinking and idea generation.

Advocates of value - added measures will argue that our current evaluation practices are even less accurate; we currently allocate teacher salaries based on years on the job and degrees obtained — criteria that have virtually no relationship to student learning.