Not exact matches
The
educational component of the campaign extends to law enforcement officers and other
first responders.
He said: «Setting the records straight, the idea of siting a tertiary
educational institution in the crude oil and gas - rich Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State was
first proposed and adopted under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as a critical
component in the roadmap to peace and sustainable development of the Niger Delta.
The researchers found not only that the
components and contents of school curricula have changed over the course of time, but also that
educational reformism, which is generally regarded as the phase of major
educational innovations in the
first third of the twentieth century, did not have a strong influence on this development.
STEM - focused high schools are important because they constitute the
first U.S. science and mathematics reform that requires whole - school transformation rather than tinkering with peripheral
components of an outmoded
educational system or serving just a small, select segment of the public school population.
Although we are the
first to admit that this is often the case, there are some core
components of our
educational system that have stood the test of time.
Our journey starts from the beginning of the 20th century, and includes, inter alia, the famous Pavlovian Conditioning and Skinner's Operant Conditional Theory, continues through the mid 50s and the
first time computers were used in learning environments, the influential Problem - Based Learning inspired by Howard Barrows in the 60s, David Merrill's
Component Display Theory, the Cognitive Flexibility Theory in the late 1980s that aims to develop the learner's ability to comprehend multidimensional situations, the introduction of multimedia and CD - ROMs in
educational environments in the 90s, to the development of WebQuest in 1995, and the launch of the Authentic Learning Model in the late 2000s by Marilyn Lombardi.
As documented under Section 1114 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESEA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «that desires to operate a schoolwide program shall
first develop (or amend a plan for such a program that was in existence on the day before the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), in consultation with the local
educational agency and its school support team or other technical assistance provider under section 1117, a comprehensive plan for reforming the total instructional program in the school that describes how the school will implement the
components described in paragraph (1)».
STEM - focused high schools are important because they constitute the
first U.S. science and mathematics reform that requires whole - school transformation rather than tinkering with peripheral
components of an outmoded
educational system or serving just a small, select segment of the public school population.
Explicit sexuality is fine, too, but should have an
educational component — whether about the awkwardness of one's «
first time» (like in Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas, when narrator Steve and his girlfriend fumble through a
first sexual encounter), about what being a sexual person feels like (like Norah's erotically charged feelings of desire for Nick when they're alone in a hotel ice room in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan) or even about how to reclaim a sense of self as a survivor of sexual violence (like Melinda does after being raped in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson).