Sentences with phrase «challenging role of educator»

Because the first year in a new role is a whirlwind, it's easy to lose track of why you decided to take on the challenging role of educator.

Not exact matches

Arguing for the need to focus on «solutions rather than on catastrophic consequences of climate change,» Wibeck suggests effective methods for moving forward with climate change communication, emphasising a need for strategic interaction between communicators and educators, arguing that it is necessary if the public role in challenging global climate change is going to increase.

ISEEN sees itself as «an international learning laboratory and networking opportunity through which independent school experiential educators and administrators can share their program challenges and successes, learn of and from model programs, and explore the developing role of experiential practices within our educational communities.»

«The abundance of resources and relationships made easily accessible via the internet is increasingly challenging us to revisit our roles as educators» (Johnson, et al 2011, p. 4.).

A sharp divide among Democrats was in full view at the party's national convention in Denver, where urban mayors and educators, gathered at a forum sponsored by Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), challenged the dominant role of teachers unions in shaping policy.

However, ever since the serpent challenged Eve to imagine what life would be like if she partook of the tree of knowledge, people interested in behaviour changes (aka educators) have been implementing a whole range of game - like elements: imaginative role - play, simulation, rewards, goals, challenges, etc..

Take classes that not only investigate specific technologies and the role of technology in education, but that look into the many, many other challenges that face educators.

One of the biggest challenges for 21st century educators is the role of technology in the classroom.

This finding illustrates an important challenge that faces teacher education programs: helping preservice teachers transition from the role of passive users of educational materials (a student perspective) to being more - active users or prosumers of materials (toward an educator / professional perspective).

educators William Ayers, Crystal Laura, and Rick Ayers debunk persistent misconceptions about teachers, teachers» unions, school «choice,» standardized tests, and charter schools, while challenging readers to reevaluate their assumptions about the role of public education.

NAESP is pleased to have played a role in creating the opportunities that are now afforded to schools under the new law, such as allowing accountability systems to include multiple measures, factoring in elements other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing local programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

It is both our privilege and our challenge to be music teacher educators during an exciting and volatile time in our profession's history, and it is the role of our professional organizations to provide the leadership and guidance necessary to support all of us as we move into the future.

The first section of the book challenges educators to consider how they view children; the role of play in young children's lives; and the implications of this upon practice.

The idea that parents and caregivers might proactively build the rudiments of resilience is not without precedent.67, 68 Vygotsky suggested that the role of parents, caregivers, and teachers is to work within the child's zone of proximal development so the child will learn to master skills that were previously beyond their independent ability.69 This is the theory behind both Reach Out and Read70, 71 and more recent efforts to decrease obesity by nurturing the foundational motor skills needed for an active lifestyle.72 — 74 The current challenge, then, is for pediatricians, home visitors, and early educators to collaboratively increase the capacity of caregivers and communities to nurture those rudimentary but foundational SE, language, and cognitive skills as they emerge developmentally.

The role of the early childhood educator is highly underappreciated (see learning 1 above) and extremely challenging (see learning 2 above)