Sentences with phrase «education in a language they understand»

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And later: «The language of Latin Mass was only understood by the top - heavy minority of clergy, and those steeped in religious education, rather than the lay majority.»

The adult Christian, no matter what the degree of his psychological or spiritual maturity and commitment, needs education in terms of increased understanding and strengthened performatives at and beyond the level of language.

Third, and perhaps most significant as something new in Christian education, we can assist students in understanding by illuminating the strange logical forms which the language about God takes.

Because it is education that must proceed indirectly by way of the examination of texts and practices whose study is believed to lead to understanding God and all else in relation to God, and because those texts and practices employ ordinary languages belonging to widely shared cultures and do themselves have cultural locations, such education is inescapably a public undertaking, understandable to anyone who understands the relevant languages and cultures.

This approach to the understanding of religious education underscores the significance of clarity in the use of language, which is at the same time sufficiently unique to evoke new insights.

The Christian educator needs more than this, for he is asked to provide education in Christianity for others, not only to describe what it has been and is, but to use language in such a way that the learner will come to an understanding of the nature of Christianity and hopefully will discern the presence of God in his own life and commit himself to the Christian way.

Janel Umfress is an educational therapist with an in - depth understanding of language - based learning disorders, a Master's degree in Communicative Disorders, a California Speech Language Pathology license, and a special education teaching credential.

It has implications for critical periods in development, for bilingual education and reading readiness, for developmental disabilities involving language, and for research on computer understanding of speech.

And as the former Chair of the Education Committee, Flanagan can speak to teachers in a language they understand.

A further understanding of cognitive development in young students, Orosco said, both by researchers and educators working with English - language learners, could ultimately lead to better reading instruction for all students, improved measurement processes and fewer students unnecessarily being placed in special education classes.

The locals residing in POF Germany should actually have an unfair advantage understanding you since the education system there requires five school years with some degree of teaching pointed at the English language.

On the level of Countries, Government and politics, such an education shall help understanding each other better, building dialogs and bridges, and gradually evolving towards the concept of unity in diversity, unity without borders, where differences in language, religion, culture, skin - tone or sex would not cast any shadow on our profound and wholly human identity.

To better understand academic language, let's examine the distinction between two terms introduced by Jim Cummins, basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP), that have impacted both policy and practices in second - language education:

Arts education offers people of all ages an alternative language to better understand themselves and the world in which they live.

On the forefront of this cause is the International Education and Resource Network - USA (iEARN), which started in 1988 to foster U.S. - Soviet cultural understanding and has kicked off language learning in 130 countries.

We are at a pivotal point in what is increasingly called world - language education, poised to regain a measure of competitiveness with innovative tools and programs that promote crosscultural understanding.

USING COLOURFUL SEMANTICS TO WRITE: Colorful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child's grammar through the use of: • Spoken sentences • Answering W / H questions • Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives • Story telling skills • Written sentences and language comprehension Colorful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.

They argued that students were being deprived of an education if they were taught in a language they didn't understand.

Rowe comes to HGSE from the University of Maryland where she worked as an assistant professor of human development in the college of education, leading a research program on understanding the role of parents and family factors in children's early language and literacy development.

The report findings suggest that opportunity to study different religious faiths and traditions help promote understanding among students of different religious groups, that «carrier» subjects such as history, second or foreign languages and the social sciences, as well as physical education and art are also critical to the fostering of LTLT competencies in these countries.

It opened my perspective up to the profoundly political nature of non-native language education, as well as to the importance of motivation in the classroom (beyond the trivial understanding that a driven kid will do better).

Our students are united in their thirst for a UK education which embraces language, history, cultural and global understanding of each individual's place in the world.

«It will be used to help us better understand how children with, for example, English as an additional language perform in terms of their broader education, and to assess and monitor the scale and impact immigration may be having on the schools sector.

Colourful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child's grammar through the use of: • Spoken sentences • Answering W / H questions • Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives • Story telling skills • Written sentences and language comprehension Colourful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.

* Colorful semantics is an exciting language intervention that indirectly works on developing a child's grammar through the use of: • Spoken sentences • Answering W / H questions • Use of nouns, verbs, prepositions and adjectives • Story telling skills • Written sentences and language comprehension Colorful semantics works particularly well in the special education classroom, helping students with difficulty in understanding language to compose sentences.

These struggles for students reflect a process of learning that we all must face in adult life: understanding unfamiliar languages, cultures and social contexts when working with groups of people in every sphere, from business to education and health.

According to a new analysis highlighted in an article at Education Week, though 21 states are revising the Common Core standards or have already done so, most of the changes are minor: «Nearly 70 percent of the changes that were made in either math or language arts across all grades were simply wording or format clarifications to make the standards easier for educators or the public to understand.»

NYSABE promotes public understanding of the importance of language and culture in education, and defends the rights of linguistic minority communities to promote a pluralistic society.

WHEREAS, in a multilingual multicultural society, language is one of the most obvious cultural characteristics of its people, and WHEREAS, it is understood that foundational elements of education in U.S. society are the awareness and appreciation of bilingualism, biliteracy and multiculturalism as integral components of cultural pluralism in this society, THEREFORE, we who are advocates of bilingual education and are interested in the promotion, progress and the implementation of effective programs, unite to bring our efforts into one multilingual, multicultural professional organization.

His understanding of the instructional needs and effective practices for second - language learners, coupled with his administrative skills, made him an invaluable resource in the various positions he held over his career of thirty - four years with the NYC Department of Education.

Faculty at the School of Education are engaged in research that looks at language acquisition and different types of literacy in a variety of contexts: from how children learn from one another, to how students form identities around language and literacy, to understanding the role that technology can play in fostering vocabulary acquisition.

The doctoral program in Language & Literacy Education offers candidates the opportunity to develop specialized knowledge in either language or literacy acquisition and development grounded in an understanding of cognitive, linguistic, cultural, social, economic, and affective factors as they relate to language and literacy learning.

It's time for education advocates and the funders that support them to invest time, effort and resources in thinking through how to best communicate complicated policy concepts so they are understood by all, without acronyms and academic jargon, and with language that describes achievable change.

For example, students who are fluent in a tonal language, such as Mandarin, tend to have a greater understanding of math concepts — and some special - education students in language - immersion programs score as well on assessments as their general - education peers in English - only programs.

In all of his speeches and at all of these town meetings has the Governor consistently (or ever) explained these numbers so that the public could understand that his «Education Reform» bill DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the problem of language barriers?

Dual - language education is a pathway to respect, tolerance, and mutual understanding in our shrinking world.

If chronic absence levels are significant for particular schools, neighborhoods or populations of students (that is, specific ethnic or language groups or, for example, children in special education), schools should partner with community agencies and families to understand the factors contributing to early absence to develop appropriate responses tailored to their realities.

This video overview of special education In American Sign Language was created to help parents who use sign language and are parents of children with disabilities understand what special education is, how a child might get into special education, how to resolve disagreements, and what role parents play.

Collaboration in recruitment among school districts, institutions of higher education and community is more effective than going at it alone in identifying alternative pools of teacher candidates — those who are experienced, culturally competent and with better understanding of language - minority children.

We emphasize the «whole learner» in our teaching and in teacher education, understanding that individuals do not merely add a language to their repertoire of communication but make fundamental identity adjustments as they progress in their studies.

There are many reasons for the lower scores: the new standards being taught changed and are being implemented unevenly across school districts (Warren and Murphy 2014; McLaughlin, Glaab and Carrasco 2014, Harrington 2016); the definition of having met the standards changed; and the testing method changed (London and Warren 2015).1 While it is true that these assessments are in many ways not comparable (indeed, legislation passed in 2013 prohibits the CDE and local education agencies from doing so), 2 it is useful to understand which districts and schools are doing consistently well on both tests, and whether districts doing well on the SBAC English language arts (ELA) also do well on the SBAC math.

«I came into office thinking I knew everything I needed to know about the direction we needed to go with public education,» said Osmond, who served as CEO of a for - profit education company... [After] a dozen classroom visits and hundreds of emails from educators, Osmond says he came to understand the challenges public school educators face in the course of a typical day: overcrowded classrooms, outdated technology, language barriers, behavioral issues, and students who are hungry and unbathed.

From advocating for improved early childhood education, to increasing the rigor and relevance of curriculum, to fostering understanding of cultural and social mores amongst disparate groups of students, schools will be at the forefront of addressing the heavy - duty issues that the greater population faces as we continue to change in terms of how we look, the languages we speak, and the traditions we celebrate.

In traditional math education, English language learners (ELLs) can miss out on crucial opportunities to understand the meaning behind the math.

The doctoral program in Language and Literacy Education offers candidates the opportunity to develop specialized knowledge in either language or literacy acquisition and development grounded in an understanding of cognitive, linguistic, cultural, social, economic, and affective factors as they relate to language and literacy learning.

As more and more parents understand, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Testing program unfairly discriminates against poor students, students who aren't fluent in the English language and students who require special education services.

As parents are slowly coming understand, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC testing program is intentionally designed to fail the vast majority of children, including a projected failure rate of over 90 percent for students requiring special education services and those that aren't fluent in the English language.

Similarly, I agree that the line between hobbyist writer and professional writer has been blurred by a few factors: the ease of self - publishing, as you point out; but also the degradation in education and understanding of language, literature, and standards of good storytelling; and let's not forget the massive industry built around the «amateur struggling writer.»

That was the beginning of a big push, led by Unesco, to put education about new disaster risks in a language and a context that islanders could understand.

Basically, we want it to be a complete Energy 101 education in language and charts and graphics that we all can understand.