Sentences with phrase «classroom practice in the school»

Historical empathy and its implication for classroom practices in schools.

The result, King suggests, is improved classroom practice in her school, more effective leadership and closer ties between schools.

This field - based clinical faculty member functions as the «human link joining the sometimes theoretical world of the university with the demands of day - to - day classroom practice in schools» (Morris, Price, & Armstrong, 1997, p. 55).

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What I've learned from my research is that in addition to making sure our classroom practices are engaging, we also need to talk to students directly about their beliefs about school, helping them see how disengagement works against them, and what engagement actually is.

How can we encourage students to make the shift Sommers describes when disengagement seems so pervasive, baked into school culture in ways that merely altering classroom practices won't fully address?

BB: So what are some tips or best practices you can share with other school nutrition professionals who are considering implementing a breakfast - in - the - classroom program?

Interesting article:» «Overloaded and Underprepared» joins an increasing number of voices expressing concern about the future of the stereotypical high school student of today â $ «the one with the non-stop schedule who is overstressed, anxious,» Anxiety is comorbid with suicide, and yet PAUSD teachers criminalize anxiety through everyday worst practices in the classroom: excessive homework, test stacking, project stacking, inflexible deadlines, and uncaring response to pleas for relief.

School - wide reforms outside the classroom may help; but fixing the misunderstandings, and poor engagement practices in the classroom would help a lot more.

Having a principal champion on board to advocate for your alternative breakfast model is a key best practice we share with school nutrition directors and managers seeking to implement breakfast - in - the - classroom.

My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see at school cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.

We will ask them what works and what doesn't, learn their best practices for a successful breakfast - in - the - classroom program, and learn more about what students want on their school breakfast menus.

Parent trainer Zweiback recommends that children role - play «school» at home with dolls and stuffed animals as a nonthreatening way to practice being in the classroom.

While I feel I've made a lot of strides nationally on The Lunch Tray by bringing these issues to the fore and assisting readers around the country at their children's schools, at my own son's elementary school my principal has declined to make any modifications to practices like birthday cupcakes in the classroom.

He / she and I have clashed over the persistant use of junk food in school classrooms, the practice of bringing in birthday cupcakes to school, the improvement of school lunch standards and more.

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

You can use it in your home, classroom, or clinic / school - based practice.

The Brong - Ahafo Regional Deputy Director of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Kofi Boateng, has expressed worry over the practice where drugs are being sold in classrooms of some basic schools in the Sunyani West District.

As program officer for the IES Cognition and Student Learning research grants program, Dr. Albro oversaw the preparation of an IES Practice Guide, Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, which identified a set of instructional principles for use in schools and classrooms that emerged from basic research on learning and memory.

The researchers visited classrooms to observe teacher practices and student behaviors in both the fall and spring of a school year.

McDaniel had long wanted to apply retrieval practice in real - world schools, but gaining access to K — 12 classrooms was a challenge.

«Because we know memory is a crucial cognitive skill for school learning, practice at playing games that challenge memory should, in theory, lead to improvements in classroom behavior and academic skills,» she says.

The theme of the biennial institute, which is modeled on a similar summer gathering in Europe called the European Science Education Research School, was connecting research on science education to classroom practice and policy issues such as the Next - Generation Science Standards.

Administrators at Bullard Elementary School in Kennesaw, Georgia, implemented yoga and other mindfulness practices in the classroom to reduce students» stress, but they received an onslaught of complaints from parents who felt they were promoting non-Christian beliefs by «allowing this Far East mystical religion with crystals and chants to be practiced under the guise of stress release meditation.»

Participants will examine their personal strengths, fears and cultural histories in relation to their role as a teacher, understand the needs of students and schools, learn classroom management techniques, write lesson plans and practice teaching Bent On Learning's yoga curriculum for primary, middle and high school students.

Many of our students have been practicing with our yoga program throughout their time in school and enjoying the benefits yoga brings to their classroom experience and their daily lives.

These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas: school administrators, school union leadership, school structure and process, teacher and classroom structure and climate, effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers, effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated learning by students.

So when administrators at Bullard Elementary School in Kennesaw, Ga., implemented yoga and other mindfulness practices in the classroom to reduce students» stress, they probably envisioned peace and relaxation in their future.

Following are just three of the claims I've heard from schools and classrooms that don't fully invest in this practice:

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.

In this second of two Responsive Classroom articles, Education World looks at how Responsive Classroom practices play out in schools and classroomIn this second of two Responsive Classroom articles, Education World looks at how Responsive Classroom practices play out in schools and classroomin schools and classrooms.

... But elements of the flipped classroom, where you're just identifying things in your teaching and learning practices in the classroom... perhaps maths is a great example even in primary school, where a lot of students just require a particular maths example to be explained over and over and over, using different examples.

In seeking to extend learning beyond the classroom and school it became the case that a system of badging for providers who service the educational demand elsewhere ought to have some form of accreditation to safeguard schools, their students and teachers and confirm that acceptable standards of good practice are being applied at those learning venues.

Discovery Education, which provides digital content to half of U.S. classrooms, is now helping school leaders integrate innovative technology practices in their schools through a program called Digital Leader Corps.

On December 12, 2014, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education brought together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to engage with the latest thinking, research, and practice in building and sustaining high - quality pre-K systems, schools, and classrooms.

For academically at - risk students who have been enrolled in U.S. schools since kindergarten and who have experienced educational opportunities that are basically similar in design and practice, research suggests that a classroom - wide, universal approach focused on building up academic vocabulary and conceptual knowledge would be appropriate.

While classroom - based teaching continues to dominate as the most preferred practice in schools, colleges, and organizations, another form of learning...

In the typical mathematics classroom, especially in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problemIn the typical mathematics classroom, especially in the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problemin the middle years of schooling, we tend to use one model to connect maths with the real world; we start by teaching the maths content and skills, we then get students to practice and do some maths, and then we next might apply some of those skills into a real world context by using learning activities such as word problems.

«The Review panellists are ideal advisers on the best evidence - based practices for our students that will help guide how our schools and educators focus resources in classrooms.

In schools, this means collaborating to find ways to improve current school and classroom practices.

With two design thinking practices, you can make small, iterative changes to foster a creative culture in your school or classroom.

There is an expectation among the school staff that they practice a culture of continuous improvement and risk - taking based on a cycle of conversations, classroom observations, constructive feedback, and planning and implementing strategies that aim to directly make a difference to classroom practices in line with the priorities identified for school improvement.

The use of data requires having school processes in place that enable teachers to easily access the data they require to inform their classroom practices.

It includes opportunities to observe real - world classrooms, where participant teams apply protocols, build their observational skills, and consider how to integrate such practices in their own schools and districts.

The Kentucky meetings, which take place in eight regions that comprise about 20 school districts each, are only one effort the state has undertaken to help teachers make the common core standards an integral part of classroom practice.

Schools are looking for ways they can use the kindergarten entry tools to tailor classroom practices with children's academic, social, and physical development needs in mind.

During three years at The Southport School in Queensland, Australia, my colleagues and I managed to produce significant changes in classroom practice via the use of Moodle and the staged introduction of mobile devices to the classroom.

It is important to remember that part of this teaching approach is to allow the process to operate in the reverse order to the traditional way we do this in school maths classrooms; practice some maths then apply that maths through a word problem — where the maths skills have already been identified and formulated for the student.

Key Elements of Observing Practice (DVD) contains a series of short videos that invite you into classrooms and meeting rooms at the Richard J. Murphy School in Boston, a school that uses data wisely, and comes with a Facilitator's Guide for designing your own process for learning from classroom observSchool in Boston, a school that uses data wisely, and comes with a Facilitator's Guide for designing your own process for learning from classroom observschool that uses data wisely, and comes with a Facilitator's Guide for designing your own process for learning from classroom observation.

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.

As editor of Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School, Pollock brought together 64 real - life tools and techniques for strategizing classroom practices and work space politics, as well as best practice for readers trying to be constructively conscious and open about race and racism.