At first glance, such an approach seems appealing, but when putting this idea into action, a number of questions arise: How
do teachers use data?
How
do teachers use their ideals to inform their practice and their learning?
How
do teachers use what they learn from pre-assessment or ongoing assessment?
How
do teachers use text - or web - based primary sources in the history / social studies classroom, and why?
2) How
do teachers use textbooks and accompanying instructional materials in their classrooms?
What exercises
does the teacher use to illustrate this?
Did teachers use my pages and pages of goals?
Not exact matches
While
teachers might insist that today's students somehow
use tech differently, studies don't back this up.
That doesn't mean your boss or your kid's
teacher will be in agreement with these results, however, so put your newfound pride to
use selectively.
Tell Me What to
Do: In Pure Barre, you become a «trained listener» for instructions: «lift your leg, turn out to open your hip, tuck your hips under...» It is so helpful when
teachers use the same familiar language in very specific ways to direct what they want.
But it doesn't just provide
teachers and administrators with a bunch of raw numbers — it turns that data into insights that can be
used to demonstrate need to district leaders and other stakeholders.
As Albert the Great, medieval philosopher, scientist, and
teacher of Thomas Aquinas, remarked: «In the natural sciences we
do not investigate how God the Creator operates according to His will and
uses miracles to show His power, but rather what may happen in natural things on the ground of the causes inherent in nature» (In I De caelo et mundo, tr.
I don't care about how school buildings are
used unless
teachers in those buildings are forced to teach a particular religious belief.
teachers have to walk a very thin tightrope of classroom management because if one kid even hints at a
teacher molesting, improper touching, saying or
doing something wrong towards that child, the
teacher is automatically put on suspension and kids know this and
use this to their advantage.
The great Jewish
teachers of his time
used such stories much as he
did.
I
used to be that Doctors were like
teachers they
did if for the fact that they cared.
What is more that abiding reality was taken to include for ever all that Jesus
did and was, all that was effected in and through Jesus — historic
teacher, last of the great Jewish prophets, one who «went about
doing good», the crucified and risen Lord, all of these united in the inclusive reality which is named when we
use the phrase «Jesus Christ our Lord».
This has much to
do with the way
teachers of political thought make selective
use of classic philosophical sources.
Jesus often refeared to the scriptures when he would say «it is written» when He was under attack from the devil and the
teachers of the law, they
used the scriptures as a weapon to control the people and they tried the same strategy with Jesus and when it
did not work the plotted to shut Him up.
It obviously showed that despite the
teacher's claim that he
used Hebrew in his study of Scripture, he didn't even know which way was «up» when it came to Hebrew.
By definition the great feasts of the Church fall in the school holidays but that clearly
does not prevent the Catholic
teacher from making
use of these feasts in the classroom.
MacAuthur
uses language like the following in describing the Charismatic movement: spiritual aids, false
teachers, in it for the money, casual carnal culture, reference to Leviticus where God burns those that didn't make the right alter sacrifice (that's how he gets «Strange Fire» for his book title).
Teachers and parents always
used to reiterate «it
does not matter where we come from» or «if we look different» because «we are all the same.»
Her voice comes through the pages as the voice of my ballet
teacher; as result I don't
use dried basil and worry about my discipline.
There are plenty of deeper - learning skeptics out there, and one of their chief concerns is that while project - based learning in the hands of a well - trained educator can be
used in the classroom in a highly effective way, it is also a technique that is easy for an unprepared
teacher to
do quite badly.
We like to document what we
do, and asked principals if we could
use testimonials from the kids; we got testimonials from
teachers as well.
Teachers are overworked like everyone else, but as one
teacher at Emerson Elementary pointed out that breakfast - in - the - classroom time can be valuable — learning how to
do hygiene, table manners,
using breakfast time to talk about how to eat properly, how to carry on a conversation while eating, even something as simple as handwashing!
These databases are extremely useful and valuable, but there
does not appear to be a ton of oversight or quality - control over the available materials, and it would certainly behoove
teachers using them to think as critically about the assignments they're downloading as they would about the assignments they're writing themselves.
And I think the opportunities to empower our
teachers, change the learning process, engage kids - I've seen it with the work we're
doing at Amplify, and I've been in schools that are
using these products and how excited they are.
And if the
teacher doesn't
use it in the classroom for supplies, I'm sure he or she can find a
use for it at home.
Our principal ended our end of year meeting agreeing that
teachers should be able to
use candy as a tool and those that don't agree shouldn't judge.
When it's time to teach the merits,
uses, and hows of technology, Waldorf school
teachers do so.
But you have to
use the tools to know how they work, and at the Waldorf School of Garden City that is our methodology — creative
teachers and students who learn by
doing.
I mean, we had a potty seat available and all that, but we didn't push for its
use or anything.There was a point at which they encouraged us to switch our daughter to underwear or PullUps to make it easier for them to sit on /
use the potty (one
teacher discouraged Pull Ups, actually, preferring to clean up lots of wet underwear, but the other one didn't care).
A parent
using gentle discipline might respond with humor by saying, «Would you rather write a two - page paper to your
teacher explaining why you didn't want to
do your math tonight?»
Paper resolution trees are a staple with elementary school
teachers, but that doesn't mean that moms can't
use this craft with their children at home.
Wow I could have
used this 50 years ago when I had 6 wee kids, but I don't remember having markers then, it's a lovely idea and I'm passing it on to our grandkids and to our Sunday School
teachers too.
She repeats phrases that her
teachers use, sings songs, and acts out things her friends said or
did.
The
teachers, students and parents are still getting
used to it, but see the merit, as I
do, of teaching children how to be better people.
When my kids were younger we
used to
do some gorgeous crafts for their
teacher as they grow older it was mostly a card for their favorites ones.
Despite this, there are some strategies you can
use with your child at home that
do not involve direct instruction and are unlikely to conflict with strategies your child's
teachers use at school.
I found a Hershey's bag I had gotten as «swag» at a blogging conference and never
used so I thought it would be perfect for this
teacher welcome gift since I didn't have a basket.
Do avoid the temptation to produce more workbooks or worksheets — these are of limited value, and mainly
used in the classroom so that the
teacher can ensure that all the students have understood.
Also, the improved pedagogy of how to
use the equipment that has been
done with
teachers and the opportunities for pupils to
use in free time will have a long term impact on their skill level and health.
Once they are
used to
doing this,
teachers can talk to them about what they can
do to help their parents at home.
Pzizz reminded me of the meditation I
used to
do prior to some yoga classes with the chimes and new age - y music playing in the background while the yoga
teacher instructed us to breathe deeply.
And the study didn't just rely on parental ratings of their children's behavior, which can be subject to bias; it also
used ratings generated by
teachers, researchers and computers.
When my middle daughter's
teacher at her Montessori school started hinting that she would love to have tablecloths for the children to
use at snack time, I stored it in my brain waiting to get the time to
do it.
I have worked with thousands of women over the last 15 years as a birth mentor antental
teacher advocate and doula and women who are able to work with their breathing and
use it to support them in pregnancy and labour
do better than those who can not.
«Our message to
teachers is clear — don't be afraid to get tough on bad behaviour and
use these punishments,» he said.