Sentences with phrase «education than an effective»

There's nothing more important to a student's education than an effective, engaged teacher.

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In the so - called practical fields the unity is even greater; here there is common concern for developing relevant, effective preaching in the local church on the basis of Scriptures; for a religious education Christian rather than either humanistic or denominational in character; for guiding men into pastoral work that meets human needs.

However effective such approaches turn out to be as instruments of inquiry and change (and I will explain my doubts about them later), their current vogue is a sign that the crisis in higher education is at least being joined at the level of meaning and purpose rather than merely at the level of methodology.

Where child conduct is an issue, fathers can be as effective change agents within families as mothers; delivering a parent education programme to both mother and father is more effective than delivering it to just one parent; and each individual parent's sensitivity towards their child (and their child's attachment to them) is enhanced when both parents are included in the intervention (O'Brien 2004).

Likewise, incorporating an ongoing postnatal support package increased the information and resources available to the new parents over time and were consistent with Hannula et al.'s review (Hannula et al., 2008) that found intervention packages using various methods of education and support were more effective for breastfeeding support than interventions concentrating on a single method.

They have found that abstinence - only education does not have different long - term outcomes than more comprehensive sex ed and that comprehensive programs teaching safe sex and abstinence together are effective.

Resort to more than one method of education and support in the present study (booklets + oral counselling) has proved more effective than choosing one (oral counselling) to improve mothers» knowledge, and consequently, continue to exclusively breastfeed until the age of 6 months.

Evidence is emerging that the combination of law reform and public education is more effective than either strategy alone in changing parental attitudes and behaviours.54

While antenatal education and counselling is helpful, 8 68 % of mothers said that early problems with breast feeding was the main reason they stopped nursing before two months postpartum.7 Other barriers were lack of knowledge about breast feeding and lack of support from health professionals.7 Women value being shown how to breast feed rather than being told how to.9 10 Evidence of effective interventions to improve exclusive breast feeding for the recommended duration of six months is sparse.

While both strategies were effective, postnatal support was marginally more effective than antenatal education in improving breastfeeding practice.

Published in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association the study found parent training was more effective in reducing disruptive and aggressive behavior than 24 weeks of parent education.

In a report released earlier this year, the commons education committee also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

Even more perversely, the money being earmarked toward rehabilitation and diversion programs has started to spawn less than effective private entities to take that money (much in the same way the huge infusion of money into higher education caused questionable institutions to pop into existence to consume that surplus).

The Education Select Committee recently concluded that there is no basis for telling whether free schools are more or less effective than other similar schools.

More than 95 percent of teachers in New York state were rated effective or highly effective, according to the New York State Education Department.

I found the focus on education, while it is an important component, less an effective approach than a detailed plan for treatment of addicts would have been.

(New York, NY) Jan. 10, 2013 — Those students in New York City who most depend on highly effective teachers are instead the students most likely to be taught by teachers rated «Unsatisfactory,» according to an eye - opening study of the City's teacher rating data, published today by StudentsFirstNY, an education advocacy organization with more than 150,000 members across New York State.

Dromm focused his campaign on depicting Sears as less than effective during her two terms and on his knowledge of education issues from two decades as a public educator.

But what is so absurd about these flights of wishful thinking is that there is not a single word about the real lessons which Labour needs to learn — the need for radical banking reform, the need for a massive revival of British manufacturing (when this year the UK deficit on traded goods is likely to exceed the entire UK budget deficit), the need to take back public control of the NHS and education system, the need for a jobs and growth strategy rather than a programme of endless cuts, the need for an effective anti-poverty strategy and a huge reduction in inequality.

A study in the BMJ in 2012 found that having a professional therapist teach cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to an entire class was no more effective than having the teacher give their usual personal social and health education classes, in terms of the effect on pupils» well - being.

For example, having someone come in to teach cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to a class is no more effective than having a teacher give the usual social and health education classes, in terms of pupils» well - being.

Dr. Romy Quijano, a medical doctor who heads the Philippine Action Network, also believes that the sensible approach to preventing vitamin A deficiency is to see that the vulnerable sectors of the population are empowered enough to access natural sources of vitamin A. «Effective nutrition education is much better than adding yet another source of vitamin A which most likely will not be equitably distributed anyway; improving livelihood; providing better health care system; addressing malnutrition, communicable diseases and other illnesses that make children more vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency.

The advantage of my specialized education and medical experience allows me to better pinpoint the underlying causes of your health problems, which is infinitely more effective than the standard medicine approach.

Accountability has been a central theme of education reform for almost two decades, driven by the unchallenged central finding of James Coleman's seminal 1966 study: Although some interventions are demonstrably more effective than others, there's no direct link between what goes into a school by way of resources and what comes out by way of student learning.

All the research says that there is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls and the empowerment of women.

Rather than focusing on whether or how much to invest, the discussion has increasingly focused on whether free tuition is the most effective use of additional funds for higher education.

Efforts to Reduce College Costs May Have Little Impact on Degree Attainment (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education) Report: Boosting Quality More Effective Than Tuition Cuts (Inside Higher Ed) New research from David Deming showed that attempts to reduce college costs have little impact on degree completition.

But there is no evidence I am aware of that passive consumption of 3 - minute videos is any more effective as a teaching mechanism than that of longer ones when it comes to general corporate education.

That said, there's more to effective online education than simply dropping a good face - to - face teacher into a virtual classroom.

In a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diploma.

Interactive, autonomous approaches are far more effective than pedantic education.

Without their voice, motives that have more to do with profit reports and meeting compliance requirements rather than high quality, effective eLearning design will become the drivers to a continued disengagement of employees and students in formal education.

The fact that teachers with master's degrees are no more effective in the classroom, on average, than their colleagues without advanced degrees is one of the most consistent findings in education research.

Studies suggest that teachers with bachelor's degrees and specialized training in early education are more effective than those educators who don't hold such credentials, says a report on early - childhood education and teacher preparation.

According to the Urban Institute's Matthew Chingos, «the fact that teachers with master's degrees are no more effective in the classroom, on average, than their colleagues without advanced degrees is one of the most consistent findings in education research.»

The cure lies in preserving IDEA's six principles, in relying on more than process compliance, and in being serious about effective education by using research - based approaches.

Identifying effective reforms using rigorous evaluative techniques is a crucial task, especially since improving the education system is likely to have a greater economic impact than any of the medical breakthroughs of the past decade.

The Obama administration uses the term effective rather than qualified — a noteworthy departure from the Bush administration's education rhetoric.

New findings by Harvard Graduate School of Education Visiting Professor Nancy Hill, reported in the May issue of Developmental Psychology, suggest linking schoolwork to future goals may be more effective for middle school children than increased parental involvement.

A leading researcher in education, he is a speaker, trainer, and author of more than 30 books and 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention.

Wilshaw said that in an increasingly autonomous education system where schools have greater freedom to innovate and raise standards, the importance of effective oversight was greater than ever.

The challenge is to find ways to develop a well - educated workforce that are not only more effective than those relied on in the past, but also do not depend on significant annual increases in education appropriations.

Five student groups shared their presentations with ISTE's Leadership Symposium, which is made up of more than 150 educators from across the country who strive to develop and model the effective use of technology in education in their schools, school districts, and states.

An analysis published in the Economics of Education review in 2011 found that teachers in Florida with an M. A. degree were no more effective, on average, than teachers who lacked such a degree.

For instance, writing in Education Next, economist Jake Vigdor showed that teacher take - home salaries are more heavily backloaded late into one's career than is the case for other professionals, despite little evidence that more experienced teachers were more effective in the classroom.

The report we produced, Putting Learning First: Governing and Managing the Schools for High Achievement, was the CED's fifth education study and the product of more than 10 years of ongoing research and vigorous debate by a committed group of business leaders on the most effective strategies for improving student achievement.

By openly acknowledging the shortcomings of public schools and embracing innovation, he became a much more credible and effective voice for public education than the NEA or other defenders of the status quo.

It's taken as an article of faith in the education reform community: we're screwing poor kids by giving them less effective teachers than their more affluent peers enjoy.

Giving education vouchers to low - income parents would be a more effective way to finance the learning of economically and educationally deprived students than the current federal compensatory - education program, which should be terminated, contends Herbert J. Walberg, professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Classrooms that emphasize group learning may be less effective at encouraging girls to study mathematics and science than traditional classrooms, according to a researcher who contributed to a new book on effective practices in science education.