Sentences with phrase «beyond traditional education»

Students and teacher teams focusing on learning deeply have the force to achieve learning beyond the traditional education dam and shoot out over the spillway to not only understand the torrent of available knowledge, but to also add to it in phenomenal ways.

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The curriculum caters to families that value education, going above and beyond traditional child care.

We strive to reshape medical education and academia in their evolution beyond the traditional classroom.

Education World offers ways to help fathers connect beyond the traditional back - to - school night and parent - teacher conferences.

With Father's Day just around the corner, Education World offers ways to help fathers connect beyond the traditional back - to - school night and parent - teacher conferences.

The individuals who attend our higher education programs share concerns about how to generate new and different sources of revenue beyond traditional state funding.

Put aside the crystal clear anecdotes that go beyond the on average results — something education researchers are not good at doing — that show that for certain students in certain circumstances, full - time virtual charter schools are absolutely the best place for them to learn and that these students have not only been successful in these environments, they have also thrived in ways they would not have in traditional brick - and - mortar schools.

But the world beyond the schoolhouse is crucial to education; and both traditional and new media are more important than ever.

Traditional teacher education can provide enough theory, knowledge, and strategies to allow novices to make basic sense of the challenging and complex work of teaching, but then we must have apprenticeships that go far beyond the few months of student teaching typically required of pre-service teachers.

Gardner revolutionized the fields of psychology and education more than 30 years ago when he published his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,» which detailed a new model of human intelligence that went beyond the traditional view that there was a single kind that could be measured by standardized tests...

At the same time, the digital world has opened up new audiences well beyond Education Week's traditional core readership of administrators and policy leaders and enabled the newspaper and its reporters to connect with readers online and through social media.

As MOOCs begin to disrupt the antiquated and ineffective model of higher education, the market is beginning to address another critical piece of the higher education puzzle: institutions that move beyond the traditional concept of the bachelor's degree.

For two decades, education reform in America has focused on giving students choices beyond being assigned by home address to a single traditional district - run public school.

Schools that are most successful in engaging parents and other family members in support of their children's learning look beyond traditional definitions of parent involvement - participating in a parent teacher organization or signing quarterly report cards - to a broader conception of parents as full partners in the education of their children.

We provide a public, virtual education for students in grades K - 12 who need options beyond the traditional classroom.

(James J. Barta and Michael G. Allen); «Ideas and Programs To Assist in the Untracking of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels of Intellectual Stimulation and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis of Research on Cooperative Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «Improving All Students» Achievement: Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Thinking Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser and John J. Hobe); «Technology Education: A New Application of the Principles of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page and Fred M. Page, Jr.); and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool and Jane A. Page).

Summary: Our schools continue in their struggle to move beyond a traditional model of education where students» lived realities were often ignored.

This section addresses topics related to using time flexibly to structure innovative opportunities for learning both in school and beyond the traditional school day through a range of educational opportunities, including, for example workplace - based learning, competency - based education and alternative education settings.

The legislation also indicates that one purpose of the recognition program is to help spur systemic collaboration and coordination within and beyond schoolhouse doors and to promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader, more comprehensive efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence teaching and learning.

80 % of schools nationwide are required to offer physical activity beyond the traditional physical education class.

Our hope is that these resources can help states and communities build on their successes; identify further opportunities and priorities for improving the prospects of their students; spur collaboration and coordination beyond the schoolhouse doors; and promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence learning and truly prepare students for success in college, career, and citizenship.

Below is one of several underlying frameworks that I find most useful for thinking about education that goes beyond (and yet includes) the traditional academic and achievement - focused schools.

The study found that — out of 22 policy barriers to competency - based education, as cited by principals — 20 were merely perceived or could be dealt with through creative workarounds or waivers.14 The same year, a 50 - state policy scan by the Carnegie Foundation found that only nine states provided no flexibility in granting high school credits beyond traditional seat time requirements.15

The implied assumptions of the aforementioned linear formula are overly simplistic given the nonrandomness of the teacher candidate population... If teacher candidates who enroll in a traditional teacher education program are arguably different from teacher candidates who enroll in an alternative program, and both groups are compared once they become teachers, one group might have a distinct and unfair advantage over the other... What can not be overlooked, controlled for, or dismissed from these comparative investigations are teachers» enduring qualities that go beyond their preparation (Boyd et al., 2006; Boyd, Grossman, Lankford, Loeb, & Wyckoff, 2007; Harris & Sass, 2007; Shulman, 1988; Wenglinsky, 2002).

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Implementing effective early childhood education requires policymakers and politicians to go beyond the traditional notions of formal education to understand that quality is defined by how we support children and families, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to set them up for success.

Instead, the majority of the community school conversations to date, have focused largely on advocating for a whole - child approach to education that defines teaching and learning beyond the narrow constraints of a traditional classroom and school infrastructure and practice.

Working at NACA means becoming part of a larger community and moving beyond the traditional field of education in a diverse and welcoming setting.

States that submitted plans appear to have expanded their accountability systems beyond the traditional math and reading assessments, to include indicators for science, physical education, art, and school climate, allowing for a much more holistic approach to measuring student success.

«While the final resolution of this case may still be years away after inevitable appeals, it demonstrates there are means beyond traditional legislative venues to achieve education reform,» said Richard Berman, executive director of the Center.

Far beyond traditional credit data, we look at things like education, employment history, how they interact with our application, etc..

The idea that «Conventional experts» and «traditional education» are somehow beyond useless, and actually corrupting to a search for truth is a common theme for most cranks.

Beyond that, majors in traditional careers — like business, communications, and psychology — are available alongside more uncommon specialties, like adventure education and youth development and camp management.

Beyond the above traditional continuing legal education activities, lawyers, LLLTs, and LPOs can earn credit by participating in any of the following activities:

But education has also evolved beyond traditional methods and media.

We strive to reshape medical education and academia in their evolution beyond the traditional classroom.

Alfie Kohn is the author of seven books on education and human behavior, the most recent being The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and «Tougher Standards» (Houghton Mifflin).