Sentences with phrase «from traditional academics»

They have several educational programs ranging from traditional academics to cooking.

Though this is a departure from traditional academics, it's important teachers join in the conversation and do what feels comfortable, which is the type of collaboration we are expected to see in 2017.

In this way, Vega moves away from the traditional academic approach of focusing solely on a final grade, and instead teaches parents and students alike to talk about the many varied learning experiences and opportunities that shape a young mind.

Aschwanden also said program administrators have been tracking its graduates since 1983 and they have a 76 percent college attendance rate — higher, he said, than that of grads from the traditional academic track.

It says that in the past, too many children - especially the poorest - have been steered away from traditional academic subjects towards vocational subjects which might not have been in their best interests but which boosted schools» league table positions.

We solicit high quality work from writers with diverse backgrounds — from traditional academic settings, as well as the rural and urban, the domestic and international.

While some visiting faculty members come from a traditional academic background, the majority, like Donovan and Bornstein, are studio faculty.

Not exact matches

A recent academic conference in Singapore showcased the latest advances in soft robotics, highlighting how far they are moving away from what we see as traditional robots.

The untraceable money also funds conservative academics that can't get funding from the traditional grant process.

As a progression from the purely academic types of traditional theological training, many applied theological courses now exist, in which hands - on ministerial experience is gained alongside theological learning.

Our task is to rediscover the theological dimension of the world, a dimension removed from it by traditional academic theology which abandoned the world to science.

Our unique environment uses adventure therapy, traditional individual and group therapy, life skills classes and academic guidance to help troubled boys from every state.

The twelve years remembrance prayer was graced by traditional rulers, Capitan of industries, academics and friends from far and near.

People from different segments of the society, including politicians, anti-corruption activists, unions, academics, traditional rulers, captains of industry amongst others have been invited to be part of the lecture.

When it finally accepts students in 2012, the Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology (OIST) aims to provide a new model of a Japanese research university, scrapping the division into traditional academic departments, focusing on interdisciplinary research, conducting business in English, and drawing roughly half of its faculty members from overseas.

The traditional medical school curriculum requires 2 years of academic study, followed by 2 years of general clinical exposure, which can range from emergency medicine to psychiatry.

Meanwhile, academics rarely discussed the issues with people outside academia, and messages from non-profit organisations were «lost in the middle of the information agenda of traditional media.»

Meanwhile, teamwork between academics and companies offers the potential for cross-fertilization, especially on costly research proposals that won't win funding from traditional sources such as NIH.

Jinan University's academic focus ranges from aquatic ecology and biotechnology to medical bioengineering and traditional Chinese medicine.

The introduction of the new English Baccalaureate (eBac) stemmed from the government's concern that there had been a «dramatic collapse» in the number of pupils taking GCSEs in traditional academic subjects including English, maths, science, foreign language and humanities.

As Heather Staker and I have written, the models of blended learning most likely to scale into the core academic subjects at all levels of schooling in the near term are sustaining innovations, in which online learning is essentially an augmentation to the traditional classroom, but there is still a fundamental shift in the learning model from the student's perspective.

Seating and layout The change from traditional row seating to the use of cluster arrangements typical of cooperative learning may lead to superior academic achievement, better attendance, motivation, self confidence, and greater student interaction.

All good things, up to a point, but note how far they are from the traditional obligation of schools to impart academic skills and knowledge.

At the same time, the traditional system often prevents students from engaging more deeply in their interests, excelling when they are ready, or pursuing additional academic challenges.

In the year - round program at Fairview Elementary School, in Modesto, California, for example (see «Power to the People,»), students benefit from an emphasis on civic literacy and responsibility in addition to a regular academic program with about the same number of school days as traditional schools.

A shift in college requirements away from traditional remediation to this new, evidence - based, strategy of placing students into college - level courses with concurrent support «could positively affect the academic progress of hundreds of thousands of college students each year,» the authors report, and «the benefits of a college degree are considerable and wide - ranging.»

Her work with students has spanned the years from preschool through young adulthood in traditional academic settings, alternative programs, and special needs placements.

Gary Bryant, from ITSI, a blended learning solution that combines the traditional academic rigour of digital textbooks with the flexibility of technology, discusses why the textbook has a prejudiced repute and explains why an effective teaching resource should support teachers, rather than replace them.

Future institutional leadership will involve reconciling the opportunities arising from increasingly nontraditional student bodies in a global information economy with traditional academic identities.

This means that if you take the right online courses, they can also help you in a traditional degree program as well, and you might be able to skimp on a few courses and a semester or two from your academic program altogether, making your education even easier on the pocket.

Known as the CREDO study, it evaluated student progress on math tests in half the nation's five thousand charter schools and concluded that 17 percent were superior to a matched traditional public school; 37 percent were worse than the public school; and the remaining 46 percent had academic gains no different from that of a similar public school.

Using data from California's CORE districts, we show that SEL and CC measures demonstrate reliability and validity, distinguish between schools, are related to other academic and non-academic measures, and also illuminate dimensions of student achievement that go beyond traditional indicators.

Despite decades of increased funding, these students are far too often left behind in the traditional system, and we need to make sure they have more opportunity to succeed — and that those opportunities are available from the outset of their academic lives.

The authors found that even in districts that were identified by NCPI as having merit pay plans, «most were so weak that they represented no meaningful change from traditional compensation systems,» which typically are based on the number of years on the job and academic credentials.

Whether competition from charter schools can eventually spur academic improvements in traditional public schools also depends on the academic performance of the charter schools themselves.

As long as it remains so, traditional public schools are unlikely to feel much pressure from charter schools to improve their academic performance.

«Contrary to the lower court's view, Connecticut and its school districts may not choose to provide special education and related services only for those students whom local educators believe may ostensibly benefit more from a traditional, elementary or secondary academic program,» Ryder wrote.

But pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds focus this additional time «on traditional academic subjects such as English, science and mathematics», according to by Dr John Jerrim of the UCL Institute of Education, while their more advantaged peers opt for «music, sport and foreign languages».

But far from it, advocates say: Social and emotional learning, when combined with traditional academic education, prepares the whole child for life separate from school.

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States defines early college high schools, clarifies how they differ from traditional dual enrollment programs, and provides recent research on the positive impact of early college high school participation on academic outcomes for traditionally underserved students.

Students receive instruction from a mix of traditional teaching and online learning platforms as part of the school's core academic curriculum.

The CRPE report indicates that, on average, students with disabilities in charter schools suffer less from some of the academic deficits experienced by students without disabilities in online charter schools, but overall students with disabilities perform better in traditional public schools.

Critics — whether district superintendents or teachers» unions or school boards or a traveling band of academic doubters — snipe at the newcomers, arguing that they're siphoning students and money from traditional public schools...

Evidence... suggests that most OECD countries are moving away (or have long moved away) from the traditional (more academic) teaching approach.

Because many magnets are a «school within a school» — called magnet centers — students» academic achievement is not reported by the state separately from the traditional school campus where the magnet centers are located...

Moreover, there's research showing that competition from charter schools helps improve — or at least does not harm — academic performance in traditional public schools.

Traditional models of education tend to privilege academic aims that are predetermined and often disconnected from the experiences of students.

A new science - themed D.C. charter school plans to open its doors this fall across the street from a traditional school that serves the same grade levels and has the same academic focus, highlighting a lack of coordination that has drawn increasing scrutiny in recent months.

While the report recognized a robust national demand for more charter schools from parents and local communities, it found that 17 percent of charter schools reported academic gains that were significantly better than traditional public schools, while 37 percent of charter schools showed gains that were worse than their traditional public school counterparts, with 46 percent of charter schools demonstrating no significant difference.

The crowding was exacerbated when the school moved this fall from a year - round schedule to a traditional academic year.