Sentences with phrase «best improve both teaching and learning»

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He believes big data will give educators the information they need to improve their programs and help personalize teaching so students can learn in the way that's best for them.

One Tory backbencher described Cameron's idea as «the nanny state gone mad» but our PM is expected to urge parents to take classes to learn how to discipline their children as well as teach them good behaviour and improve their communication.

Improving student achievement in science and mathematics requires well - prepared teachers who have a solid grounding in the content they teach and an understanding of how diverse students can be helped to learn.

A lot of midcareer - switchers choose teaching because they get summers off, as well as their number - two reasons, which are helping young people learn and develop and improving education in society.»

; instead, what is needed are better teaching, improved students, less memorization and more learning to increase understanding, instruction about problem solving, instruction to counter the false Hollywood message that science and research are entertainments, teaching children and adults how scientific research is very important in the daily life of all people, etc..

These courses are taught to people who have a keen interest in learning more about their own health, as well as a range of practitioners - nutritionists, naturopathic doctors, pharmacists, and MDs - professionals looking to improve the results they get with their clients and patients.

One of the initiatives I am working with now is to improve our blended learning programs and to differentiate our staff development for our teachers, as well as to teach them how technology can differentiate for their students.

In this context, the responsibility of schools is to ensure high quality assessment of classroom practice as part of accreditation and registration as well as developing a growing understanding of the use of classroom observation and feedback as key tools for improving the quality of teaching and learning practice for individual teachers, teams and schools.

Teaching students who sometimes were living in unfortunate circumstances really made me think about how young people perceive learning and how best to reach them, to help them improve their situations and achieve better.

Data will help institutions to improve student retention, better target student support, and develop teaching and learning across the sector.

A NSW department program called Early Action for Success had provided better tools to assess learning; more time for teachers to collaborate; and access to an expert instructional leader to show how use of small data could improve teaching.

It's no good investing in 100 iPads and assuming that this will improve teaching and learning; you must consider your desired outcomes before anything else.

Domain 5 — the idea of teachers in the school sharing and showcasing best practice to support professional learning of others, and this idea of a self - reflective culture, focus on improving classroom teaching, that was... this really informed our vision.

Discover the best approaches for using educational technology to improve teaching and learning, and the management of your schools.

When students are exposed to arts - integrated teaching, Wolf Trap has found that learning improves across subject areas, including reading, math, and science, as they become better critical thinkers and problem solvers.

My passion for poetry, literature, student learning, and improving teacher development has led me to write articles for Edutopia, The Teaching Channel, APLithelp.com, as well as a chapter in The Best Lessons Series: Literature - 15 Master Teachers Share What Works by Brian Sztabnik.

I teach ESL and one thing I like to do with students who need to learn computer skills as well as improve their language proficiency is to help them develop e-mail journals.

The existence of an orderly learning environment throughout the school — established through positive rather than negative means, whereby there are high levels of teacher consistency about how it is «enforced» and structures in place to ensure that all students are known well by at least one adult in the school — is a fundamental precondition for improved teaching and learning to occur on which the subsequent improvement in student learning outcomes can be based.

MIT and Harvard Release De-identified Learning Data from Open Online Courses MIT News, 5/30/14 «Harvard's Andrew Ho, Chuang's co-lead, adds that the release of the data fulfills an intention — namely, to share best practices to improve teaching and learning both on campus and online — that was made with the launch of edX by Harvard and MIT in May 2012Learning Data from Open Online Courses MIT News, 5/30/14 «Harvard's Andrew Ho, Chuang's co-lead, adds that the release of the data fulfills an intention — namely, to share best practices to improve teaching and learning both on campus and online — that was made with the launch of edX by Harvard and MIT in May 2012learning both on campus and online — that was made with the launch of edX by Harvard and MIT in May 2012.»

Dr. Starr is a strong advocate for educators and school staff and believes the best way to improve education is to improve teaching and learning for every student.

The report also noted the «extensive investment in improving teachers» teaching and learning skills» which had «directly led to improved teaching and learning, and better outcomes.»

The prospect of change to find the best content so that pupils and teachers can improve their learning and teaching experiences is very exciting.

A skilled and well - qualified school business management professional on the school leadership team can focus on ensuring the effective use of available financial and human resources, aligned to the school's pedagogical aims and development plan, whilst other members of the team focus on improving teaching and learning.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

In order for our students to receive the best educational experiences possible, and in order to improve America's standing in the global economy, partnerships between our teaching and learning institutions and workforce industries must be forged.

They aim to offer products that address the big issues in schools at the current time including productivity, data driven decision making, assessment for learning and collaborative learning, as well as how integrated technologies can be used to improve teaching and learning.

They should be concentrating on improving the standards of teaching and learning in their schools, and ensuring their pupils have the best possible education.

With a strategy you can better plan, prioritise, identify savings and improve teaching and learning.

In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at largLearning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larglearning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at larglearning at large scale.

This would allow us to learn from successful solutions and provide indicators of best practice that could reduce the incidence of out - of - field teaching and may also improve the retention of early career teachers.»

Studies comparing learning outcomes for students taught via project - based learning versus traditional instruction show that when implemented well, PBL increases long - term retention of content, helps students perform as well as or better than traditional learners in high - stakes tests, improves problem - solving and collaboration skills, and improves students» attitudes towards learning (Strobel & van Barneveld, 2009; Walker & Leary, 2009).

He is the lead author of its two recent reports Targeted Teaching: How better use of data can improve student learning and Widening gaps: what NAPLAN tells us about student progress.

I think it's particularly important, there's a domain to do with professional learning and that gives schools a very good idea of «the extent to which staff members feel that, as a result of working in this school I am improving my teaching».

In this webinar, Contreras, a 2016 Education Week Leaders To Learn From honoree, will detail the strategies he uses to partner with principals to help them grow professionally, as well as support their work to improve teaching and learning in their schools.

We intend to build our own Outdoor Centre, run Bushcraft Clubs in all of our schools, equip our Sixth Formers with the skills to run their own private fieldwork expeditions when they are at university, expand the teaching of subjects that happens in specialist outdoor areas on ‑ site, and continue our university ‑ level research to understand how we can best improve learning through the outdoors and on major expeditions.

After years of teaching small children, it was clear to Iliana Gutierrez how much good picture books can do to enhance classroom discussions and improve the learning experiences of young students.

Achieve has helped nearly half the states benchmark their standards and tests against the best examples in this country and abroad and work in partnership to improve teaching and learning.

Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Now What?

Interested in finding ways to improve students» learning as well as teachers» teaching, and cross-cultural studies in education and psychology.

Cognitive science has yielded some paradoxical findings, including that play may be the best way for children to learn the self - control needed for hard work; that rote memorization can be a stepping stone to using higher - order critical thinking and problem - solving skills; and that integrating arts into the curriculum can improve students» long - term memory of what is taught.

Does the school design and use assessments of students» work, knowledge and skills to help teachers understand how well their students are learning and to provide feedback that improves curriculum and teaching?

-LSB-...] Current research suggests that getting feedback right, establishing productive teacher - student relationships, reciprocal teaching and fostering meta - cognitive strategies to help students become better at learning are among the strategies for which there is a robust evidence base for improved outcomes.

Among these were a book he co-wrote with me, Liberating Learning (2009), on the revolutionary promise — and disruptive politics — of technology in reforming America's schools, and his most recent book, The Best Teachers in the World (2012), on the pressing challenge of improving the nation's teaching force.

My earnest hope is that the politicians — from Arne Duncan to Bobby Jindal and everyone in between — stop misbehaving and give educators the room to focus on the real work at hand: selecting good curricular materials, improving teaching and learning, and getting ready for the much more rigorous tests that will be given nine months from now.

Improving instruction to enable teachers to teach at their best and students to learn at their utmost.

Applying the Drive Your Brain framework for teaching and learning to improve academic outcomes is best accomplished at the systems level across school districts and states through:

A new multi-million pound fund will test different teaching and learning strategies to find the best ways to improve science results for disadvantaged...

«SEED funding will ensure we are able to continue our pursuit of the best practices to retain effective teachers; reposition teaching as a profession; improve student learning and lives; and ensure equity for students.»

She helps schools better understand their needs and deliver real life solutions that improve teaching and learning for all.

Teachers who internalize and practice feedback based on these precepts will be well on their way to teaching that improves learning.