Sentences with phrase «for educational history»

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It is a history resource for both educational institutions and those with an interest in the history of [Australia].»

Loyalty to the nation - state has been a principal object of the communications and educational systems of the family and of the national community for a few hundred years — a relatively short period in man's history.

Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history.

You will find a variety of books on the history of the Temecula Valley and related subjects, children items from pure fun to educational, decorative accessories, collectibles, soft goods, gourmet products from the Temecula Valley Woman's Club, exclusive designs for our own braded line of T - Shirts, hats and mugs, and many other items themed to the western flavor of our exciting new museum.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

We provide members with educational tours featuring strong natural history information, excellent birding, and support for Mass Audubon's conservation work.

«Look for exhibits that engages all of their senses,» says Dr. Ludwig, who suggests checking out science - based or living history museums near you for interactive and educational components geared toward kids.

The success of an educational program to promote exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in families with a history of asthma: a randomized controlled trial

She has a long history working with the LGBTQ community on issues ranging from LGBTQ educational programming, securing funding for prominent LGBTQ organizations and initiatives and fighting for equal protections in the workplace.

For most of history the development of scientific understanding was steady but slow, a function of the physical distance between scientists, restricted educational opportunity, lack of resources and political interference.

«There's a history of educational institutions being culpable for the loss of language — for insisting that communities speak only English,» she says.

Attorney Joseph Kaplan, of the Washington, D.C., firm Passman & Kaplan, says that, in his experience, the most common reasons for a finding of unsuitability are lying about one's educational background, one's employment history, or one's criminal record.

In the first five months of the educational program, 568 cancer family histories were completed and 47 patients received referrals for risk assessment and possible genetic testing.

#: controlling for energy intake, smoking, infections, supplements, antibiotics and paracetamol use during pregnancy; maternal educational level, housing tenure, financial difficulties, ethnicity, age, parity, history of atopic diseases, anxiety, sex of child, season of birth, multiple pregnancy and breastfeeding duration.

The model was adjusted for age, sex, race / ethnicity, educational attainment, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity level, family history of cardiovascular disease, antihypertensive medication use, Healthy Eating Index score, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, total serum cholesterol, and total calories.

Best of all, by choosing a sliver of forgotten history and delivering a satisfying experience with it, Marshall smartly whets the audience's educational appetite for more.

As a history lesson for scholars of game design, this is a genuinely educational product, providing firsthand experience with the birth of the console as a mass, mainstream entertainment product.

This film allows the viewer to learn about a suspenseful moment in history and its educational purpose might be all it can hope for.

Back on Pritchard's dashboard, meanwhile, I could see that the student on computer 1 was using an open - source educational website called SAS Curriculum Pathways to research voting rights for the government class, while the student on computer 2 was researching Appomattox on SAS for history class.

Programming, laptops, tables and other uses of educational technology have a long history - Seymour Papert was discussing why it was important in the 1970s, but we have only recently started talking about the best methodologies for using the technology, and the kinds of knowledge and skill that teachers need to be able to access if they are going to deploy it effectively.

https://letgirlslearn.peacecorps.gov/ FOR SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES SPECIFICALLY FOR GIRLS Let Girls Learn STEM: Technology From Ancient Technology to the Technology of the Future Goal: Students will learn that technologies have been developed throughout history and that ancient technologies influenced present ones Objective: Students will learn about ancient technologies, how they created present technologies, the impact of technology on humans and how we live, and develop their own 22nd century technology design and prototype.

What can we do as educational and cultural workers, at this crucial moment in history, when corporate revenue expands as the job market shrinks, when there is such a callous disregard for human suffering and human life, when the indomitable human spirit gasps for air in an atmosphere of intellectual paralysis, social amnesia, and political quiescence, when the translucent hues of hope seem ever more ethereal, when thinking about the future seems anachronistic, when the concept of utopia has become irretrievably Disneyfied, when our social roles as citizens have become increasingly corporatized and instrumentalized in a world which hides necessity in the name of consumer desire, when media analyses of military invasions is just another infomercial for the US military industrial complex with its huge global arms industry, and when teachers and students alike wallow in absurdity, waiting for the junkyard of consumer life to vomit up yet another panacea for despair?

London Grid for Learning promotes new initiatives; DigiSafe, CyberProtect, Let's Get Digital and Bridge of the Divide, as well as new educational content for KS2 history, English and art

Teachers can use the resource in the classroom by incorporating it into national curriculum subjects: History, English, Art & Design, Design Technology, Geography, PSHE & ICT Supporting DVDs are available to download separately See what teachers are saying about the Jamaica Hidden Histories educational resource pack: The Jamaica Hidden Histories educational pack is exceptional, a great learning resource, that we have now embedded for ks3 history and kHistory, English, Art & Design, Design Technology, Geography, PSHE & ICT Supporting DVDs are available to download separately See what teachers are saying about the Jamaica Hidden Histories educational resource pack: The Jamaica Hidden Histories educational pack is exceptional, a great learning resource, that we have now embedded for ks3 history and khistory and ks4 Art.

In these remarks I want to share some reflections on what you have taught us about leading educational change to improve the world and to offer an invitation for reflection on what it means be part of the global education movement that has produced one of the most remarkable quiet revolutions in history...

The linguist turned gamer (who bears a passing resemblance to Sci Fi author Isaac Asimov) believes that the full integration of gaming technology into our educational program will end the need for tests — replaced by levels of proficiency as measured while playing the physics or history «game.»

Smarthistory at Khan Academy is the leading open educational resource for art history.

(Disclaimers: When it comes to the NFL debacle, we don't know anything about the history of the ball, so this blog is just for educational purposes.

Packed with geography and history, yet exciting enough to keep teen and adult players engaged for hours, Civilization III was, in many ways, already an educational game before Kurt Squire, an assistant professor of education technology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, decided to try it out on groups of eleven - to fifteen - year - olds at an inner city Boston school.

Because both public and private schooling have been deeply embedded in society for the past three centuries, educational technology (by which I mean the various communication and information devices and processes that administrators and teachers use to make schooling efficient and effective) also has a rich history (e.g., textbooks, chalkboard, film, radio, computers).

For example, because of article 23, which defines the universal right to education, most children around the world who did not have the opportunity to enroll in a school prior to 1948 gained such access as UNESCO mobilized governments and international institutions to support the most dramatic educational expansion in the history of humanity.

This is a history that my own books have traced for dozens of countries, from the perspective of educational freedom and the rights of conscience of parents and their children.

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

«We've seen this happen with Minecraft and Assassin's Creed, games that weren't created to be educational games but have proven to be tremendous tools for teaching urban planning and history.»

Black History Month was always about racial justice and educational opportunity, he says, and the month can stand today «as an example of what it means for practitioners to be empowered and collectively committed to making education purposeful in the lives of students...

For instance, even if Republican voters support increased educational spending, recent history would suggest that the likelihood of increased federal spending on education is slight with Republicans in control of Congress.

John Clark, Executive Vice President of Commercial Publishing for SEGA Europe Ltd, said: «SEGA Europe has a history in working with educational organisations in order to help bridge the skills gap in the UK with regards to the video games industry.

According to Teach for America spokesperson Takirra Winfield, the program has three major components: discussions on the «history of inequity in the United States»; teaching recruits to view poor children's families and neighborhoods as «assets» to academic achievement, not liabilities (a concept borrowed from African American educational theorists like Lisa Delpit and Gloria Ladson - Billings); and introducing corps members to classroom management tactics.

Our history of educational legislation and jurisprudence shows a trend of increasing access to our classrooms for minority, economically disadvantaged, special needs and English language learner populations.

, to be published this week by Harper and Row Publishers Inc., was written by Diane Ravitch, adjunct professor of history and education at Columbia University's Teachers» College, and Chester E. Finn Jr., assistant secretary of education for educational research and improvement.

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, and its state affiliate, the Louisiana Federation for Children, celebrates the beginning of Black History Month and recognizes importance of educational choice nationwide.

The history of magnet schools, their popularity and dispersion, is directly tied to the early protests of the 1960's addressing educational inequity and amplifying the need for educational reform by way of public school «choice.»

Over its decade - plus history, CSDC has provided or procured roughly $ 590 million in capital financing and facilities for over 225 charter schools in 24 states and the District of Columbia, improving the educational opportunities for over 30,000 children.

General teacher education and development, foundations of education, second language acquisition theory, sociolinguistics, multicultural education, history of language minority students in the U.S. educational system, field supervision of candidates for culturally and linguistically diverse endorsement and MAT degree.

The history of CPE 1 is a critical part of the longer, ongoing struggle for increased autonomy in public schools, and the lessons learned in its birth back in the 1970's were carried by educational visionaries to the

Heather is passionate about educational technology and its role in helping students communicate all subjects and has written a number of books, including, DIY for Project Based Learning for ELA and History, DIY for Project Based Learning for Math and Science, Writing Behind Every Door: Teaching Common Core Writing in the Content Areas, and Tween Crayons and Curfews: Tips for Middle School Teachers.

CSDC Direct offers a variety of loan products that provide charter schools — especially new schools with little or no operating or credit history, and those serving low - income communities — with affordable financing options for the acquisition, construction, renovation and expansion of educational facilities.

Next, along these lines, Europe's recent history holds important lessons for global educational progress — suggesting the values and actions we should embrace and those we should eschew.

For the first time in history, we have somebody who actually knows a lot about education running — Dr. David Garcia — an associate professor colleague of mine at Arizona State University who also studies educational policy.

LPS is seeking talented high school History (Government & Economics) teachers who are energized by the LPS mission and are committed to educational equity for historically underserved youth.