Sentences with phrase «current educational practices»

Because learning standards and goals can be an important driver of current educational practice at the state level, when states wish to develop learning goals or standards, preschool through high school, CASEL is committed to supporting their efforts.

Because learning standards and goals can be an important driver of current educational practice at the state level, when states wish to develop learning goals or standards, preschool through high school, CASEL is committed to supporting their efforts.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

«The major policy implication of this review of research on games for learning is that it is premature to call for a major overhaul of schools based on computer games: The research certainly does not warrant extensive replacement of current educational practices with practices based on computer games,» Mayer concluded.

This is not surprising in some ways, given problems in current educational practice: we tend to provide less funding, have fewer outstanding teachers and principals, and require less rigorous coursework in schools that serve lower - income students.

Frameworks are periodically updated or redeveloped in order to reflect current educational practice, such as changes in standards or coursework.

plan learning objectives, develop stimulating lessons plans, prepare learning materials and design assessments that are informed by current educational practices and methodologies

In order to embrace technology and current educational practices, teachers need professional learning that is based on their skill level and need.

This book is grounded in research, practical applications and current educational practices.

Her references, cited in the «End Notes» section of each chapter, are a quick link to current educational practices and research by authors such as Robert J. Marzano, Lucy Calkins, Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe and Jeff Anderson, to name a few.