Sentences with phrase «curriculum focuses on teaching»

This 8 - week curriculum focuses on teaching students the skills needed to conceive and construct a marketable and monetizable iPhone game.

The curriculum focuses on teaching writers the business of being successful in the publishing industry.

Even if a year 7 curriculum focusses on teaching vocabulary, progress may not be as rapid as you would hope.

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Valdis Krebs of Orgnet explains that «Schools are still stuck on teaching 20th century math for building things rather than 21st century math for understanding things» and suggests that curriculums focus less on the mathematics of engineering (e.g. algebra and calculus) and more on the mathematics of patterns (e.g. set theory, graph theory, etc.).

Building upon the fundamentals taught in the Tuck - WBENC Executive Program (EP), the SGP curriculum will focus on growth strategies, including organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances.

Character Education: The Missouri Violence Prevention Curriculum Framework (2008) recommends that character education be taught in schools; especially focusing on responsibility and respect.

So charter schools can teach differently, they can have completely different curriculum, they can focus on a completely different philosophy.

As with any curriculum, you should adapt it to your own child and his or her needs.I feel it is very important that when teaching each letter you focus on only one sound at a time.

Focusing on the three decade long revolutionary period of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and sponsored by the British Academy, this project, has gathered original sources to create a university - level online curriculum through which to teach or learn about the Palestinian revolution through the eyes of the participants.

Professors tend to stay put at this highly ranked liberal arts college of science, engineering, and mathematics, where the focus is on teaching and student - faculty research is an integral part of the curriculum.

One audience member told the panel that while much of the discussion focused on non-academic barriers to people earning science and engineering degrees, it was worth noting that there are still plenty of barriers presented by science and engineering curricula and the ways the subjects are taught.

The well - rounded curriculum has allowed me to approach teaching more holistically, instead of focusing specifically on just one type of client.

Teaching the new curriculum outside the classroom will focus on inspiring and engaging opportunities for learning outside the classroom (LOtC) in the new national curriculum at the University of Derby Enterprise Centre on 4th December 2014.

He told the audience current reforms in his country include new curriculum standards, teaching and assessment, and new textbooks focusing more on inquiry and cooperation.

Teachers who teach writing across the curriculum and feel uncomfortable assessing the how can focus their feedback on the what since that is the part of the writing they'll feel most comfortable assessing.

Couple this pop culture inundation with the growing pressure on teachers to teach from a scripted curriculum, excluding discussions or even reflections, of kindness and other important lifeskills evoking critical thinking from children, and the fertile ground for growing a community focused on kindness is scarce (Darling - Hammond, 2012).

Susan Caldis, Secretary of AGTA and President of the Geography Teachers» Association of New South Wales (GTANSW), says the focus has been on inquiry - based learning and fieldwork, and how those teaching methods can be linked to the new curriculum topics in the primary and secondary years.

The plan focuses on personalized learning and integration of the 4Cs into curriculum and teaching frameworks.

«I love how the curriculum focusses very much on teaching transferable skills and not the old fashioned schemes of work approach — it means the kids don't get bored or disengaged as there are always new challenges to meet.»

To facilitate and support teachers in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum: Science, ASTA strongly advocates for a greater focus be placed on up - skilling teachers on the knowledge, skills & understandings that are required to teach and assess the new curriculum and senior coursesCurriculum: Science, ASTA strongly advocates for a greater focus be placed on up - skilling teachers on the knowledge, skills & understandings that are required to teach and assess the new curriculum and senior coursescurriculum and senior courses of study.

My work has focused on developing engaging math and science curriculum, team teaching, supporting teachers as they grow in their expertise and area of interests and most importantly, cultivating a culture of curiosity where my students see themselves as authors of their own learning.»

His research interests include using hands - on activities to more effectively teach difficult mathematics concepts, focusing on causes and solutions to mathematics anxiety, strategies of teaching ahead of grade level, and presenting innovative curriculum to those needing creativity in the classroom.

NAPLAN test items will reflect the Australian Curriculum in English and mathematics, meaning that the best preparation for NAPLAN is for teachers to focus on teaching the curriculCurriculum in English and mathematics, meaning that the best preparation for NAPLAN is for teachers to focus on teaching the curriculumcurriculum.»

As a result, the curriculum is concentrated in three basic areas: leadership and management (focused on real behavior that goes on in organizations), teaching and learning (focused on how successful learning and teaching happens and how to recreate it), and understanding and transforming the sector (focused on the history and politics that surround the sector).

The review concludes that instructional process programs designed to change daily teaching practices have substantially greater research support than programs that focus on curriculum or technology alone.

Current conversations about creating a common national standard largely focus on the substantive curriculum to be taught at various grade levels.

In a 2011 interview by Lynnette Guastaferro of Teaching Matters, Darling - Hammond says that whether the national standards are put into effect in a way that is «much more focused on higher - order learning skills» (that is, progressive education classrooms for all) depends on «building curriculum materials,» «transforming» testing, and changing in - service teacher training.

Parents worried that the drive to increase performance on state tests came at the cost of an ever - narrowing curriculum and that the focus on getting the «bubble kids» from slightly below proficient to slightly above proficient came at the cost of teaching kids who were way behind or ahead.

The piece focuses on Teach To One, a math curriculum used to power the Individual Rotation blended - learning model whereby students receive an individualized schedule and instructional plan each day based on their performance the day prior.

I circulated a daily newsletter (dubbed the «Mather Memo») and tried to focus staff meetings on curriculum and effective teaching strategies.

Whilst the new curriculum focus on spelling and grammar and phonics is important, it must not come at the expense of encouraging writing for enjoyment by teaching the writing process and encouraging children to write for purpose and audience.

In addition, Kim consults, speaks, and teaches courses for school leaders, with a special focus on teacher supervision and evaluation, time management, the effective use of student assessments, and curriculum unit design (in collaboration with Jay McTighe and Associates).

Traditional teaching is back in the spotlight with Canberra releasing a review of the National Curriculum that recommends a greater focus on literacy and numeracy in early years.

Morgan concluded: «As such, while we will continue to keep the status of PSHE in the curriculum under review, our immediate focus will be on improving the quality of PSHE teaching in our schools.»

Rob teaches primarily Advanced Placement English Language and has developed curriculum for 10th Grade English Literature and a class focusing on the promotion of Social Justice advocacy in student populations.

As a result, the computing curriculum needs to be aligned to this new way of thinking, with a focus on higher level creativity and computational thinking, supported by teaching staff with the skills to drive this movement

Dr Miranda Jefferson, Teaching Educator, Challenging Pedagogy and one of the architects of the Learning Wheel says the Delany Connective has provided an opportunity to re-look at pedagogy and learning by changing the curriculum and teaching styles and focusing on tTeaching Educator, Challenging Pedagogy and one of the architects of the Learning Wheel says the Delany Connective has provided an opportunity to re-look at pedagogy and learning by changing the curriculum and teaching styles and focusing on tteaching styles and focusing on the 4 Cs.

They say having to focus on generic skills and content curriculum is confusing for teachers; that it encourages a «tick the box» approach to teaching; and, perhaps most naively, that the generic skills are simply educational «fads» that suck precious teaching time.

Juriaan said she teaches the standard literature curriculum, but that her Davidson classes focus on analysis; in her public - school classes, she spent her time helping students comprehend the plot.

For example, Hogan has observed that ``... teaching in Singapore primarily focuses on coverage of the curriculum, the transmission of factual and procedural knowledge, and preparing students for end - of - semester and national high stakes examinations» (Hogan, 2014, p. 1).

Working with a more experienced teacher will provide novice teachers with mentoring that is focused on the real tasks of effective teaching, and the mentoring will be more applicable if the teachers can discuss particular aspects of a shared curriculum.

«We have cut down on the number of assignments and have focused on assignments that will teach students not only about their historical figures but also other aspects of our curriculum.

In some states, new models like Teach to One that are focused on personalization may not meet states» curricula requirements, many of which are the products of decades - old rules that never contemplated a world where we might not need to standardize.

Japanese mothers are active teachers as well, and have a real curriculum for their preschool children: Games, teaching aids, ordinary activities are all focused on the child's development.

The OECD also stated that the focus of continuing reforms should be on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns with the new 21st - century curriculum».

«The most effective response to today's findings is focusing on what works across mathematics, reading and science — high - quality leaders teaching an engaging curriculum which delivers strong basic skills, attitudes and behaviours that can equip young people to succeed.

This has focused managers on the key strategic improvements required, but curriculum managers are not yet routinely able to identify areas for improvement and do not focus enough on improving the quality of teaching and learning.

This again puts the focus on curriculum, as it requires us to rethink how we teach computers in a way that supports students becoming strong computational thinkers and doers in service of being mathematicians, readers, writers, scientists, thinkers and learners.

In response to the feedback received on curriculum challenges, the DSH started to teach Digital Literacy, focusing on IT and Computer Science.

In particular, Totley cite the «Learning Challenge Curriculum» — a curriculum designed by Focus Education to identify and progress through the subject - specific challenges children encounter in learning — as having had a great impact on their teaching philosophy, which has allowed the end - of - year KS2 results to improve year - on - year for the past fCurriculum» — a curriculum designed by Focus Education to identify and progress through the subject - specific challenges children encounter in learning — as having had a great impact on their teaching philosophy, which has allowed the end - of - year KS2 results to improve year - on - year for the past fcurriculum designed by Focus Education to identify and progress through the subject - specific challenges children encounter in learning — as having had a great impact on their teaching philosophy, which has allowed the end - of - year KS2 results to improve year - on - year for the past five years.