Sentences with phrase «focused curriculum encourages»

Not exact matches

Whilst the new curriculum focus on spelling and grammar and phonics is important, it must not come at the expense of encouraging writing for enjoyment by teaching the writing process and encouraging children to write for purpose and audience.

Maintaining creativity against a background of curricular change was a key focus of the day, with teachers exploring how digital technology can encourage pupil innovation, while meeting new curriculum goals and standards.

They say having to focus on generic skills and content curriculum is confusing for teachers; that it encourages a «tick the box» approach to teaching; and, perhaps most naively, that the generic skills are simply educational «fads» that suck precious teaching time.

As an example of a state that is focusing its curriculum on the systematic building of knowledge to support better reading, Willingham notes that «Louisiana has recently taken this approach, and early results are encouraging.»

A shift to a focus on measuring outcomes will open the licensure process to high - quality alternative pathways into teaching and encourage innovation among higher education providers who wish to compete on cost and quality rather than on traditional curriculum and seat - time requirements.

However, schools and colleges could do more to ensure that this trend continues and encourage entrepreneurial ambitions among students at an earlier age.Introducing business and finance - focused subjects into the curriculum will help prepare future entrepreneurs — and help resolve chronic educational issues.

Open to every primary school within the UK, the competition encourages teachers to focus on the importance of oral hygiene linked to the National Curriculum, whilst bringing fun to the subject with an invention competition.

Open to every primary school within the UK, the competition encourages teachers to focus on the importance of oral hygiene linked to the National Curriculum, whilst bringing fun -LSB-...]

Driven by compelling cognitive science, a renewed focus on curriculum in the wake of the Common Core State Standards, and a culture of innovation encouraged by the Every Student Succeeds Act, curiosity has piqued about what «knowledge - rich schooling» really means — and how the heck you do it.

This works well when your curriculum focuses on creative subject matter, uses casual learning methods — think microlearning — or you want to encourage discussion.

We encourage and develop empathy with a world history focused curriculum, service projects, and a progressive school culture.

An emphasis on children practising their writing skills across a range of subjects means that pupils regard writing as a key skill across the curriculum, encouraging a focused, creative approach to quality topic and science based writing; pupils often prefer writing about factual topics in a creative way.

Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.

Birmingham City Council has published a curriculum statement pledging that its schools will focus on encouraging the human rights of all cultures.

In some of these programs like Relay, candidates are awarded degrees based on their ability to raise their students» standardized test scores, which perpetuates the idea that test scores are the most important measure of learning, and encourages a narrowing of the curriculum to focus on tested content.

In order to foster student engagement — to encourage investment of time and effort in their legal studies — the Calgary curriculum focuses on 1) increasing student choice; 2) introducing more focused and intensive learning (to allow students to deepen their effort in one area rather than skimming the surface of several); and 3) improving scaffolding in the first year program.

• Highly experienced in creating and developing core preschool curriculums, aimed at meeting the individual needs of early childhood • Proven ability to tweak lesson plans to meet the requirements of each child, in accordance to his or her learning abilities and limitations • Demonstrated expertise in planning and implementing daily class activities to meet students» educational, cognitive, social and developmental requirements • Deep insight into establishing a well - managed and child - oriented class atmosphere to encourage participation • Competent at organizing activities to provide students with detailed information to understand concepts taught in class • Proficient in organizing events and activities to encourage students to explore interests and develop talents • Adept at developing schedules and routines to ensure that students gain sufficient amount of physical activities • Qualified to teach young students through study aids and activities - based learning methods • Proven record of efficiently and accurately creating and maintaining students» records with great focus on confidentiality • Effectively able to recognize signs of emotional and developmental problems and provide viable solutions • Skilled in working with students with special needs by providing them with an environment conducive to learning and understanding of their limitations

The NFP curriculum focuses on encouraging healthful behaviors during pregnancy, teaching developmentally appropriate parenting skills, and improving the maternal life course by reducing subsequent births and increasing the interval between pregnancies.

COMP training modules focus on the physical classroom organization, planning and teaching classroom rules and routines, managing student work and encouraging student accountability, maintaining and reinforcing good student behavior, planning and organizing learning activities, conducting and maintaining student interest in classroom curricula, and planning for the school year (Classroom Organization and Management Program 2012).