Sentences with phrase «critical role in any classroom»

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A critical role for those groups interested in supporting teacher leadership is, I think, helping classroom teachers learn how to operate in policy conversations and how to engage in tough - minded but respectful back - and - forth with policymakers, advocates, and the rest.

In an applied learning or project - based mathematics classroom the teacher plays a critical role.

In recent years, would - be reformers have goofed when imposing new teacher - evaluation systems while failing to identify or do right by all the teachers who play a critical role in their schools and classroomIn recent years, would - be reformers have goofed when imposing new teacher - evaluation systems while failing to identify or do right by all the teachers who play a critical role in their schools and classroomin their schools and classrooms.

Surely, technology is going to play a greater role in the classroom as we integrate STEM into a more uni ed curriculum, but what this actually looks like is going to be defined largely by the innovations of today's critical thinkers.

This report details findings from the survey, which provides critical insights into the role of innovation and change in the classroom.

Critical pedagogy departs somewhat from constructivism, first in its emphasis on the affective - normative domain at the expense of the cognitive - empirical domain - it is more interested in engaging students in understanding the world as it ought to be than in how it is - and, second, in its acceptance of the hierarchical, judgmental classroom, where the teacher's role is not to facilitate value - free inquiry but instead to use the bully pulpit to preach doctrinaire gospel, with schools performing the function not of political socialization but of counter-socialization.

The field of Universal Design for Learning (http://www.cast.org) provides important principles about the design of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to provide learning opportunities for all students, and technology plays a critical role in the implementation of these principles in classrooms.

«They will diminish the role of literature in the English classroom, and it is the reading of good literature that will turn our children into critical thinkers and critical writers,» she said in a statement.

There's also evidence that effective school leadership influences early childhood achievement, as leaders play a critical role in improving classroom instruction — the most important factor related to the success of young students.

«The Teaching Ambassador Fellows play a critical role in ensuring that we hear directly from classroom teachers across the country and helping us to understand their needs and hopes for students.

Sellars begins by stressing the critical nature of a teacher's role and how their beliefs and attitudes affect their choices in the classroom.

TCS and Discovery Education are partnering to ignite action on the critical role computational thinking plays in 21st century classrooms by empowering educators with world - class transdisciplinary learning resources.

As a white teacher educator who has taken on the «daunting» (Sleeter, 2008) work of antiracist education with preservice teachers, the work of critical family history is beginning to play a key role in my classroom.

New insights are emerging about the critical role students play in maximizing the effectiveness of formative assessment practices; about how to help teachers develop and hone their formative assessment skills; and about how education policy can be used more effectively to deepen and scale up the use of classroom - based assessment practices.

Reframing discipline issues as «problems to be solved,» Yvonne emphasizes the critical role of social - emotional development in early childhood classrooms.

NSU Teacher Education Program Candidate Regularly assumed role of lead teacher; Supervised an average of 23 students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, schoolyards and on field trips; Enforced the school's student discipline code to deal with problem situations; Preserved the confidentiality of student records and information at all times; Determined student strengths and weaknesses through STAR testing and weekly assessments; Nurtured students» desire to meet and / or surpass their Accelerated Reader goal; Set up lesson materials, bulletin board displays and demonstrations; Fostered oral language development and critical thinking skills during literary discussions; Differentiated instruction for individual student needs; Encouraged personal responsibility while maintaining positive learning environment for all learners; Maintained communication between school and parents via student planners, and parent / teacher conferences.

Teacher educators and school administrators need to understand the critical role of beliefs and feelings about classroom relationships in general and relationships with specific students in teachers» professional development, as well as how teachers can be equipped with interpretative frameworks that promote constructive responses to relational and behavioral difficulties with specific students to avoid escalating conflict and emotional exhaustion.