Sentences with phrase «based pedagogical»

We seek to improve the quality of both early childhood teaching and learning, through the development of innovative curricula and research based pedagogical standards, as well as the design of imaginative play materials and learning environments.

The ITEEA operationally defines integrative STEM education as «the application of technological / engineering design based pedagogical approaches to intentionally teach content and practices of science and mathematics education through the content and practices of technology / engineering education.

Required Experience: Min 5 years» experience in the design and development of innovative curriculum design in higher education using diverse learning theories, evidence - based pedagogical strategies and educational technologies in multiple modalities.

Min 5 years» experience in the design and development of innovative curriculum design in higher education using diverse learning theories, evidence - based pedagogical strategies and educational...

The course is sequenced starting with foundational material like learner assessment and curriculum development then focuses on research - based pedagogical approaches to teaching and finishes with either a research or capstone project.

Focus: Developing a deeper understanding of what problem is and how to better support our students in becoming more proficient in the application of the Mathematical Practices as applied to word problems via the use of research - based pedagogical structures.

Using technology in isolation is unlikely to lead to student achievement, but special education teachers can provide effective technology - based interventions by combining evidence - based pedagogical practices with complementary technologies suited to learners» individual needs and goals (Kennedy & Deshler, 2010; Smith & Okolo, 2010).

Even though the core competence is of pedagogical nature, it is necessary for both teacher and designer to obtain and utilize a wider and more holistic set of qualifications on which to base pedagogical considerations, actions, and design decisions.

Not exact matches

Instead of scholastic questions and disputations based on Lombard's Sentences or Thomas's Summa Theologiae, professors now engaged in writing their own textbooks, geared to pedagogical clarity.

Bob Lenz is the co-founder of the Envision Schools network of charters, which has made project - based learning the central pedagogical strategy in its four schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of which serve mostly low - income black and Latino students.

When you join Corvallis Waldorf School, you are joining a community of parents and professional educators who are striving to create an unparalleled educational opportunity for children based on the pedagogical insights of Rudolf Steiner.

«Based on the relatively high competence of Waldorf pupils in natural science, combined with exceptionally high indicators of motivation and reflective cognition in these subjects as well as the different pedagogical principles, it is reasonable to conclude that public education can learn from the Steiner Waldorf schools, in particular with regard to being able to concretely apply knowledge in natural science.»

The present study shows that the education offered on the first day after delivery, based on a pedagogical program dealing with breastfeeding through the distribution of educational booklets (subject of the study) and associated with a short support session and oral education, has proven effective in promoting exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life.

Four themes described current challenges: lack of placement opportunities, education versus clinical practice, evidence - based support of physiologic birth, and the need for more research on pedagogical strategies that effectively educate future nurses to advocate for minimal intervention birth options for all women.

But when racial considerations are based on the pedagogical value of diversity, a deadline makes less sense.

The best technology integration tends to happen in schools that were created around a focused pedagogical vision, like project - based science academy, for example.

According to the authors, their investigation is systematic and critical, based on the analysis of «three linked areas of activity: theoretical, pedagogical and commercial (Coffield et al., 2004),» within several learning styles» models.

Into Practice shares evidence - based teaching advice and pedagogical practices of faculty from across Harvard.

They spoke about the support needed for learners» psychosocial well - being, language support, classroom management and positive discipline, culturally responsive pedagogical training, host country curriculum support, and mitigating physical, sexual and gender - based violence in schools.

And, of course, Domain 8 — the use of effective pedagogical practices, this idea of identifying, understanding and implementing evidence - based teaching.

Some schools and districts have adopted project - based learning as a key pedagogical strategy, using the work of the Buck Institute for Education to support them.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

These CAS regional centres are hosted in a number of universities, which were selected on a competitive basis which took into account their ability to perform as an effective focal point for their region, combining depth of subject knowledge with the ability to support pedagogical development.

Designed to give new managers «the knowledge, confidence, and competence to do their job well», it was based on the flipped classroom pedagogical model where the lecture and homework elements are reversed.

The idea that the education system, and the nation, ought to embrace many different pedagogical approaches may seem to undermine this aspiration, since this effort has rested, at least in part, on the assertion that educators and educational researchers possess a scientific knowledge base and expertise that distinguishes them from laypersons.

As far as the pedagogical framework is concerned, an instructional design for MOOCs based on connectivism would also take into account the ultimate goal of every learning material, that is to achieve far transfer of knowledge.

Before we examine the best pedagogical approaches that MOOC courses should be based on, we first need to determine what it means, in terms of instructional design for MOOCs, to design an online course for massive learning.

To gain a sense of the answer, I surveyed a few competency - based educators on the issue of what software solutions most egregiously lag the pedagogical developments and ambitions of a fully competency - based school.

Dr Warren's new pedagogical methodology puts the teacher in control, choosing the examples when teaching was deemed successful or unsuccessful, based on real life, not observer - changed interactions based on one charged hour.

Among the most powerful platforms for game - based teaching is Second Life, a virtual world superficially similar to online role - playing games, such as World of Warcraft or Sims Online, but embedded with numerous features that can make it an ideal pedagogical resource.

Conservatives wants public schools and colleges to focus on «practical» methods in order to prepare teachers for an «outcome - based» education system, which is code for pedagogical methods that are as anti-intellectual as they are politically conservative.

The popularity of MOOCs can be attributed to a variety of factors, one of the most important ones being their pedagogical base.

Rigorous project - based learning (PBL), as well as the skills and resources for achieving it, offers a promising pedagogical approach to helping all students succeed.

However, the school curriculum goes beyond multicultural songs and dances; it is based on Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World (PDF), a text based on interdisciplinary - instruction research from Harvard University's Project Zero and pedagogical work by global - education institutions such as the International Baccalaureate, the Asia Society, Oxfam, and Facing History and Ourselves.

These materials adopt the highly successful pedagogical approach of case - based instruction used at the Harvard Business School to examine the work of secondary classroom mathematics teachers.

Cases and case - based instruction are known as a pedagogical approach that helps participants develop analysis and problem - solving skills.

Into Practice offers evidence - based teaching advice, highlighting pedagogical practices of faculty from across Harvard.

And while many course redesigns focus on incorporating more project - based learning opportunities, Twigg's experience leads her to quickly dismiss pedagogical extremes: «If you don't have basic math skills, you can't do an interesting physics project.»

Schools need leaders of instruction who have a broad repertoire of pedagogical skills that have been built through extensive school - based experiences.

First and most obvious, we've organized the entire, massive K — 12 system around an age - based, grade - level, 180 - days - per - year calendar; around mostly self - contained and generally low - tech classrooms; and around a pedagogical model centered on a single teacher teaching a uniform curriculum to twenty to thirty children for a prescribed amount of time each day, children who don't have much in common except that they're more or less the same age and (usually) live in pretty much the same community.

Determine implementation strategies based on the pedagogical framework developed by UNESCO — i.e. the GCED Guiding Framework with age - specific topics and learning objectives — looking at innovative research and implementation practices as well as measurement processes and indicators.

Students will pursue professionally relevant individual or group projects applying the lens of ethnic studies to curricular, pedagogical, leadership, or other field - based practices in education.

The Seattle school district has been using a discovery - based math curriculum in the lower grades and clearly viewed the Discovering Series as an extension of those pedagogical choices.

Program: Learning and Teaching Mission: To quietly empower teachers by deepening their content and pedagogical knowledge - base through targeted, hands - on professional development.

The TEFA project hopes to merge CRS with special training for secondary school math and science instructors in three Massachusetts schools to create an engaging pedagogical style based on what Beatty calls the «question cycle.»

Based at UCL's Institute of Education, and match - funded by the European Regional Development Fund and UCL's partners — UCL Engineering, the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), Nesta and F6S — EDUCATE offers a rigorous and comprehensive training programme focusing on pedagogical research to help EdTech start - ups, SMEs, entrepreneurs and educators develop, evaluate and improve their products and services with the use of research evidence.

When I worked with project - based learning (PBL), I realised that placing art at the centre of any curriculum gave me a pedagogical power far greater than any other approach in education.

Mission: To quietly empower teachers by deepening their content and pedagogical knowledge - base through targeted, hands - on professional development.

Digital Game - Based Learning (DGBL) is the pedagogical method of teaching theories or concepts through play in digital simulations.

CSCL was one of the hot pedagogical approaches of the day — when network - based learning was in its relative infancy.