Sentences with phrase «discussions around learning»

I find the discussions around learning styles fascinating.

Not exact matches

The «ex-gay» approach was the topic of our second discussion around Torn, and as I said there, I think this may be the most difficult reality for the Church, and evangelicals in particular, to accept — that we have to move beyond the default setting of trying to change people's sexual orientation upon learning they are gay.

Here you can connect to cooking enthusiasts and all - around food lovers across the country, share and exchange recipes, learn valuable cooking tips and participate in exciting food - related contests, discussions and activities.

Join us for a night of discussion, learning and reflection around farming - in the past, the present and the future.

A dinner discussion between adults when there is not a preschooler around can provide children with an important opportunity to learn and to join the discussion.

It can not only help your partner learn about what is going on to best help you and himself during this special time of growing, and birthing and becoming parents to this new baby, but also it will open up discussion around all the topics, help him to be involved and included, and deepen the relationship between you during this special time.

Steve: I am turning to page 74 actually, because there were a couple of things, I was just leafing through all of these shorter origins pieces, and I learned a couple of really interesting things such as, we have this half a page on the origins of insurance and the insurance industry's getting, they are getting batted around a bit during this whole healthcare reform discussion, but what's really interesting is that the advent for or the necessity for insurance wound up being a crucial driver to the advent of mathematics and probability.

These improvements, plus the demand for more engaging learning, has led to more discussions around how learning can become more social.

They are built on the ISTE (iste.org) student standards which are in place to ensure the following... - Practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology - Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity - Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning - Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship They are an essential resource for a computer lab or any classroom to prompt a discussion around technology, ethics and respect.

This summit gives education leaders the opportunity to meet, learn from and enter discussions with leading figures in UK education and from education systems around the world.

Teachers can facilitate learning around and about immigration games with whole - class discussions.

While the hype around micro learning is very much deserved, all the discussion focuses mainly on how to replicate technologies and formats of generic content platforms like Facebook and YouTube that arguably deal with micro content well.

In this watershed moment, the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children and society.

Learning science in digital environments allows them to collaborate, work on projects, and engage in discussions with others around them or even in other countries.

With bipartisan support (if you include the support of many schools, teachers and parents, you might even say «unilateral support»), you could expect the discussion around STEM learning to begin to die down to become once more eclipsed by discussions of NAPLAN and Gonski reforms.

The current buzz around STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) learning has been building for some time, yet the discussion hasn't yet been normalised.

This Wilkie Way resource provides a staff room discussion PowerPoint - around the arrangement of students for optimum learning success.

It offers students the opportunity to think outside of the box, to disseminate and synthesise their ideas, think critically, justify their choices using evidence... It gives students an opportunity to organise their thoughts, to stimulate interesting discussions, make links between the knowledge and skills that they have developed in and around different subjects, thus building their capital and valuing the importance of their learning in each subject, and how it links to other areas of the curriculum and life.

With every course I took, I would try to find a way to relate my research back to picture books — from using class projects to write and illustrate various drafts, to researching how intervention programs use picture books to facilitate class discussions around social - emotional learning.

Nowhere should learning professionals take greater care with the language they use than in discussions around measurement.

The Roundtable also provides skills - based training in areas such as inclusion or social - emotional learning, and a forum for discussion around larger issues of diversity or education reform that will shape our work moving forward.

A good deal of this discussion seems to be focused around the use of (or not) the hyphen between «e» and «learning» (Guri - Rosenblit & Gros, 2011).

... We see discussions around teaching and learning, we see discussions around passion projects and genius hour - type things.

Many businesses are also exploring how to use their learning platform to encourage conversation around learning topics — either as a continuation of a face to face session, an addition to curated content, or just a discussion forum.

So, we see discussions around teaching and learning, we see discussions around passion projects and genius hour - type things.

Whether you «circle around» Pi for one class or spend an entire unit on this very special number, the ideas included within the «In the Classroom» portion of reviews will launch discussions and meaningful projects for student - centered learning.

In discussions with school districts around the country, the foundation learned that many schools are in need of high - quality STEM educators.

So I helped design and pilot a new form of learning group, organized around design thinking and studio art rather than around discussion and reflection.

Other teachers» classrooms also became learning laboratories, places for coaching, for modeling, for rich, research - based discussions around excellent, equitable teaching and learning.

The phrase «learning objectives» gets thrown around a lot in discussions about training and development.

Our goal was to stimulate discussion around the challenges of the past, the lessons learned from across the country in school improvement...

Through frequent discussions and special workshops, the education staff of arts organizations learn about specifics of DCPS content standards and other curriculum requirements as well as other pressing topics in arts and humanities education to be able to adapt their offerings to better meet classroom needs and to plan and strategize around approaches to leading the education improvement agenda.

«The bad news is we're not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,» said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida - based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

The writer Paul Tough has put himself in the thick of that discussion for a decade, unpacking research, visiting schools that were early leaders in the social - emotional learning movement, and studying firsthand the debates around the development and measurement of non-cognitive skills in the classroom...

He learned to foster high - level teacher discussions and collaborations around teaching and learning.

Support principals in actively participating in collegial discussions around instruction and its effects on student learning?

If Secretary Duncan is irritated that so many people are now opposing the standards and the accompanying testing, he might want to learn that, in general, people do not like turning around and finding out that the entire basis upon which they thought their children's education rests has been changed without public discussion.

«Now, these are not occasions where everyone sits around and sings kumbaya — the results have shown that even taking a small amount of time to have community discussions on classroom management and discipline has led to increased test scores, because students are comfortable and better adept at learning when they are supported with positive energy.»

In addition, iNACOL published a briefing around Competency Based Pathways, where a discussion is around the reform needed in online education in order to have true student - centered learning.

Although the state legislature ended their 2018 legislative session early, partners from around Oregon joined us in Salem for an engaging discussion on supporting student success through expanded learning opportunities.

Leadership learning that is organized around a model of leadership and grounded in practice, including analyses of classroom practice, supervision, and professional development using on - the - job observations connected to readings and discussions; and

Lessons were organized around instructional routines that included the following: presentation of content and language objectives, brief overview of a «big idea,» explicit vocabulary instruction, use of a 2 - to 4 - minute video clip and purposeful discussion to build conceptual knowledge, assigned reading followed by students generating and answering questions, and a wrap - up writing activity or graphic organizer to review and assess learning.

I'm involved in several discussions around how to use Wikis as part of learning solutions.

At this point the discussion of book apps is usually centred around the creation of a new reading experience for magazines, learning, chapter books, picture books and comics.

The four - day networking and learning industry event engages delegates from around the world in discussions on a range of industry topics, such as marketing and promotions, niche markets, industry trends, sustainable tourism, climate change, airline access, public - private partnership, and tourism policy choices for Africa.

I did not learn much about «Burroughs in Tangiers», but our discussion circled around various works in Dalwood's studio due to be shipped out for his solo exhibition at the Centre PasquArt in Biel.

But as I realize Ariel is the type of artist I will learn more from listening to than following around a space, our discussion makes up for the restrictive setting.

«The Nomadic Residents program aims to enrich learning opportunities by supporting discussions around the interaction of art with ethics, social responsibility and freedom of expression,» explains Dr. Sara Diamond, President of OCAD University.

The initiative aims to decolonise learning with participants gathering around a tree for experiential, communal learning that encourages everyone to contribute equally in open discussions.

If you would take the time to dismount from that high - horse you imagine you ride around on, and actually delve into some of the things I have posted or posited, perhaps we could have a discussion together and learn from each other.