Sentences with phrase «by teaching colleagues»

Even a teacher who is content to use geospatial tools at the current, shallow level of representation (Figure 3) will be nudged toward more sophisticated uses, whether via student project work with geospatial tools or by adopting materials produced by teaching colleagues, curriculum support staff, or social studies education researchers.

Not exact matches

Selected by Decker staffers for their poise under pressure, their approachability, and their ability to drive others, these individuals can each teach you how to be a better manager and colleague.

I have been taught this less by my feminist professional colleagues than by the students who have attended my classes on passes from hospitals or after therapy sessions, in which they are being treated for wounds inflicted by men (and sometimes women) who abused them as children or as adults.

After teaching a few years at the Armour Institute in Chicago, Alexander Pell died in 1921, a mild, well - respected man» the recipient of a good and gentle life, beloved by his students and admired by his colleagues.

Here he was, a prominent and well - known teacher in Israel, seeking to be taught by another, one with no official status, a controversial figure whom Nicodemus's own colleagues had come to despise.

«I have been told by colleagues that they are not just thinking of quitting teaching but that they have considered taking their own lives.»

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

Hurricanes that devastated areas of the Caribbean last fall impeded science research and teaching, but new networks for aiding colleagues and new avenues for research have emerged from the response efforts, according to several speakers at a recent conference co-hosted by AAAS.

325 women who completed a diet questionnaire and subsequently underwent cycles of assisted reproductive technologies as part of the Environment and Reproductive Health (EARTH) study at a fertility center at a teaching hospital in Boston between 2007 and 2016 by Jorge E. Chavarro, M.D., Sc.D., of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, and colleagues.

As part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, he and his colleagues have posted ample resources on how to make such videos and use them for teaching.

This case taught Kumar and colleagues quite a bit — knowledge that they wanted to share by publishing the case report.

By contrast, a teaching portfolio documents your global teaching efforts, including both formal and informal teaching, and is frequently used by colleagues to evaluate overall teaching effectivenesBy contrast, a teaching portfolio documents your global teaching efforts, including both formal and informal teaching, and is frequently used by colleagues to evaluate overall teaching effectivenesby colleagues to evaluate overall teaching effectiveness.

By addressing parental concerns, discussing the different newspaper stories and linking student experiments to real - world situations, Rowe and her colleagues are, in effect, teaching the kids how to do science.

Begin by making observations and asking colleagues how they've approached teaching challenges.

«Some of my colleagues are getting irritated by it and brush it off, but I see it as a special teaching moment.»

A unit on the Philosophy of Science and the History of Science (taught by the professor or a visiting colleague) could benefit all inferences made of scientific studies as well as expose students to alternative ways of assessing particular problems.

Still, Whiten and his colleagues have shown that chimps can imitate complex behaviors step by step (though they never teach one another deliberately).

A survey of roughly 23,000 full - time undergraduate teaching faculty at four - year colleges and universities revealed that faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields leverage inclusive teaching methods less frequently than their non-STEM counterparts, said Espinosa, citing research by Sylvia Hurtado and colleagues with the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California, Los Angeles.

While living these experiences, I discovered that I love teaching when surrounded by students who are eager to learn and colleagues who care deeply about their teaching and their students.

Eight classes on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 7:30 were taught by two of my colleagues from Counseling Services.

For the past year I'd been hearing big praise from my colleagues for the neuromuscular repositioning techniques taught by the Postural Restoration Institute.

When I think about it, most of the designers that I admire most and who have had stellar careers are also self taught, so I remind myself of that fact all the time and am constantly educating myself by asking tons of questions, learning a lot from my workroom vendors, talking to other designer colleagues and reading a ton.

The study found that specialist primary teachers are six per cent less effective than their non-specialist colleagues, with data showing pupils who were taught by subject specialists saw a drop in their grades.

Challenge implicit biases by identifying your own, teaching colleagues about them, observing gap - closing teachers, stopping «tone policing,» and tuning into such biases at your school.

«It's a privilege to teach here, to be stimulated by smart and creative students from all over the world, and to learn from so many brilliant and innovative faculty colleagues.

After extensive research on teacher evaluation procedures, the Measures of Effective Teaching Project mentions three different measures to provide teachers with feedback for growth: (1) classroom observations by peer - colleagues using validated scales such as the Framework for Teaching or the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, further described in Gathering Feedback for Teaching (PDF) and Learning About Teaching (PDF), (2) student evaluations using the Tripod survey developed by Ron Ferguson from Harvard, which measures students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in student learning based on standardized test scores over multiple years.

Martin is one of six teachers in the UK to receive a 2016 Teachers of Physics Award from the IOP for his outstanding work teaching physics and was nominated by his colleagues, after the School achieved a record number of students progressing to study A-Level physics.

Recent studies by Harvard economist Raj Chetty and colleagues confirm that teachers who improve student test scores also improve their students» earnings as adults (see «Great Teaching,» research, Summer 2012).

«We [three schools] went out looking and found the Quality Teaching model (developed by Professor Jenny Gore and colleagues at the University of Newcastle).

Snow and her colleagues, Joshua Lawrence and Claire White, think that the positive link between Word Generation and state assessment scores can be explained by the program features that go beyond the teaching of individual vocabulary words.

Described by her colleagues as an «amazing maths and science teacher,» Shelly has been employed by Education Queensland for 18 years, teaching across Years 8 to 12.

To shed new light on this question, my Brookings colleague Matthew Chingos and I used a unique administrative database to follow the careers of almost 32,000 high school teachers employed by Florida public schools between the 2001 - 02 and 2006 - 07 school years, roughly 3,500 of whom left teaching for a new job in the state during that time.

We, enriched by our professors and colleagues, are challenged today to move beyond the lecture halls of Longfellow and the classrooms of Gutman to venture out, to find, to invite, and to empower those who have yet to contribute to the process of teaching and learning, reaching out to our own cities, and to our own countries.

In Teaching and Learning for the Twenty - First Century (which has been published in Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish editions as well), Reimers, Chung, and global colleagues interviewed education researchers and stakeholders in Chile (in a chapter by Cristián Bellei and Liliana Morawietz), China (by Yan Wang), India (by Aditya Natraj, Monal Jayaram, Jahnavi Contractor, and Payal Agrawal), Mexico (by Sergio Cárdenas), Singapore (by Oon - Seng Tan and Ee - Ling Low), and the United States (by Chung and Reimers).

His work on this project with two Harvard colleagues resulted in the 2005 book, Data Wise: A Step - by - Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning.

The likelihood of using new learning and sharing responsibility rises when colleagues, guided by a coach, work together and hold each other accountable for improved teaching and learning.

Back by popular demand, teachers will be encouraged to explore effective ways to support colleagues in teaching computing; better understand the computing programmes» attainment targets; get to grips with assessment and progression; and develop imaginative and creative ways to embed computing across the curriculum.

The white paper, entitled From Quicksand to Solid Ground: Building a Foundation to Support Quality Teaching, and written by Harvard Graduate School of Education associate professor Jal Mehta and his colleagues, argues for the development of a reliable and integrated set of mechanisms — a functioning system — to build teachers» knowledge, skills, and expertise.

In the paper, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), West and his colleagues Markus Nagler and Marc Piopiunik analyzed how selection into the teaching profession changes in times of recession.

The opportunity to choose a puzzle from current teaching practice, and then ensure carefully selected actions involve change in the classroom, followed by reflection and discussion with colleagues, is pivotal to our professional learning design.

Every year I feel ever - greater respect for colleagues who bring so much skill, passion, flair and thoughtfulness to their classes on Appian Way... and each year I feel even more intrigued by the mysteries of effective teaching.

This excellent resource was kindly contributed by my colleague Natasha - Level 5 additional Diploma in teaching mathematics.

In addition to witnessing the final lesson, common «takeaways» for those invited to observe include a copy of the lesson plan, expected student responses and ideas for teaching produced by the lesson study group that they can take back to their own schools and share with colleagues.

Lees» commitment to her students and her profession was rewarded recently when she was honored with the University of Hawaii's Regents» Medal for Excellence in Teaching, an award for which she was nominated by her colleagues and students.

Mark Schlager, Tapped In's director, explains, «Through Tapped In, educators can attend activities hosted by education organizations, conduct their own activities, take online courses, bring students online, experiment with new ways to teach, or expand their circle of colleagues by participating in community - wide events.

However, if you ask most teaching colleagues and parents to share memories of learning about poetry, they recall, often with pained expressions, intensely studying a small number of poets in high school, where they had to analyze poems word by word.

Different Tracks, Different Teaching The results of research by Adam Gamoran, a professor of sociology and educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and two colleagues.

The grade 10s came to a more thorough understanding of the play by teaching their grade 4 colleagues.

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After 30 years of teaching writing, 20 of which have been blessed by participation as a Writing Project Fellow, I encourage you to find a local Writing Project — best source of collaborating with colleagues, finding ways to enjoy teaching writing as a process (something we've been doing for many years and yes, it is the joy of teaching writing) Here's a reflection of my own on teaching writing: http://lessonsofpassion.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/teaching-writing-is-wrong/