Sentences with phrase «colleague teaching world»

The conservatives who control the board have neutered the teachers union, prodded neighborhood elementary schools to compete with one another for market share, directed tax money to pay for religious education and imposed a novel pay scale that values teachers by their subjects, so a young man teaching algebra to eighth graders can make $ 20,000 a year more than a colleague teaching world history down the hall.

Not exact matches

In 2009, my colleague Theodor Dieter and I started teaching a two - week course every November on Luther's theology, for Lutheran pastors from all over the world, in no less venerable a location than Wittenberg itself.

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.

He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players in this field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references in the obesity field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert in DHA and Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best health blogs I know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based in the US who is an expert in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who conducted field research on traditional populations in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer on establishing the role of the immune system in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.

«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.

«Our work, along with that of our colleagues around the world, explores what draws people to teaching or keeps them away — whether it's that traditional idea of wanting to help children or young people, social status, the pay, or other reasons.»

Education World's Best Idea Ever feature highlights a favorite teacher - tested idea designed to help you teach a lesson, manage a classroom, communicate with parents, impress colleagues and administrators — and amaze them all with your energy and creativity!

Take some time to reach out to that colleague, thank him or her, and share how much of a difference he or she made in your teaching world.

Roy Huggins, an experienced history teacher who taught in a tough school in a deprived area of South Yorkshire until August 2016, was drawn to the platform because of the opportunity to share resources and experience with colleagues across the world.

So, whether it's nitpicking, deviating from your initial planned intentions, co-constructing learning with students, sharing practice with colleagues or taking innovative and calculated risks in your teaching, the world of education is always changing and never standing still, there's no time for complacency or big ego's.

Combination of high quality, professional preparation for teaching and real - world experience with mentors and colleagues

If you're a new teacher or working at a school with little support from your colleagues, review these tips for teaching Shakespeare from English and drama teachers from around the world.

This year, Teaching Channel opened the doors to Tch Video Lounge, a place where you can watch, learn, and talk about Teaching Channel content together with colleagues from around the world.

According to Gaudelli and Martenson, «GCC courses include a variety of activities that encourage collaboration with colleagues, co-development of work products, dialoging across and about difference, inquiring into complex subject matters that defy facile explanation, experiencing life in another part of the world and working with colleagues to translate all of this into their classroom teaching.»

Faxon - Mills and colleagues (2013) found that performance - based assessments — like those promised in the new Common Core assessment systems — do have the potential to drive positive changes in teaching practices, including encouraging greater classroom emphasis on critical thinking and real - world problem solving.

Some things are relatively straightforward - and are happening in classrooms across the country: teachers can use formative assessment and student work to make decisions and adjust instruction; teachers can demand rigor, of themselves and their colleagues; teachers can teach in ways that are rigorous and relevant — leveraging the assets of the families, cultures and community resources of the children they serve — getting students to think and act critically in their world and the larger one.

For nearly two years, I've been thinking about the world of Maycomb as I worked with colleagues to create Facing History and Ourselves» resource Teaching Mockingbird.

Educational Support Services (ESS) is hosting a training on how to effectively use web conferencing to teach and collaborate to colleagues withing Cornell, aross the nation and the world.