Sentences with phrase «future learning rather»

Tests designed to compare students» aptitude for future learning rather than to assess what they had learned in a curriculum could be allowed to fade away, much as Chancellor Richard Atkinson has recently proposed for the University of California system.

Not exact matches

They learn how to plan for the future, make wise investments and how to view money as a tool rather than a measure of success.

«Prospective employers do not want a future workforce of graduates who seem thin skinned, humourless and brittle, but rather one that is composed of well - rounded people who have learned to challenge, reject or embrace some of the new and difficult ideas they encountered as students.

We must learn to «be» rather than always «doing» with the future in view.

To learn to address the current issues of the day in light of the past, present and future reality of Christian praxis is to make education a process of doing, rather than merely learning about, theology.

If there is to be any learning from the past experiences of religious broadcasters, however, future actions must be directed by a well - thought - out strategy rather than mere opportunism or impulse.

He can't be a quick fix because he will have to learn AGAIN on the job (adjusting to PL) and may potentially be a weak spot for us that will hinder rather than help us in the immediate future.

But if we're going to spend money, then I'd rather it was done sensibly with the long - term future of the club in mind and young players given the chance to learn and grow and realise their potential.

You can learn a lot about your child from listening to them, rather than thinking about what you're going to say or worrying about their past or future.

Your child will learn more about his abilities and his future potential based on what you do, rather than what you say.

When your child learns that educating themselves can be rather fun, they will no doubt become more interested in the various topics that can lead them towards a better future.

You might send your A / B variants to your full list rather than an initial test segment, hoping to learn more about what tactics will work on future messages.

«Because of the rather measured position that the hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer) had to present on behalf of the official Labour party, it falls to me to be the first Member of this House to set out the case for why I believe... that it is in the national interest for the United Kingdom to be a member of the European Union, why I believe that we have benefited from that position for the past 45 years and, most importantly, why I believe that future generations will benefit if we succeed in remaining a member of the European Union.

Wouldn't you rather just ask for it — learn something, make the course correction — and avoid that unpleasant experience in the future?

Perhaps for their future efforts, Vaughn and Wilson, as well as director Levy (Night at the Museum, The Pink Panther), can learn from the example of Google itself by trying to innovate with their material rather than stick to the same old ideas that were popular a decade ago and think they will always work.

As Katie Quinlan stated in an Oxford Open Learning blog, «Without interdisciplinary dialogue, the potential benefits of this field of research are lost to the pages of academic journals rather than applied to the learning environments and methods of teaching that will benefit learners today and in the futureLearning blog, «Without interdisciplinary dialogue, the potential benefits of this field of research are lost to the pages of academic journals rather than applied to the learning environments and methods of teaching that will benefit learners today and in the futurelearning environments and methods of teaching that will benefit learners today and in the future».

«Rather than try and «make do and mend», for a little bit more we got something much better — a modern flexible teaching and learning space, which minimises its impact on the environment both now and in the future.

There's no future in seeking to return to business as usual; rather it is important that we learn to work together to make the transition to the low carbon future or suffer the unsustainable consequences — as clearly highlighted in the Stern Review.

Improving the basic learning outcomes of children is one step, but it would also be important to encourage them to think more independently and creatively, so they can stake a claim over their own future, rather than be told what to do.

Rather than invite participants to an institute solely focused on «take aways» for direct use in the classroom, we would invite participants to think with us about the future of learning.

Therefore, we believe that the school should be seen as the place of learning, rather than the place where they teach, achieving an active and participatory education, disseminating trans - disciplinary knowledge and including all educational agents, representing one necessary task to promote a dynamic and critical thinking, generating new ideas that bring economic and social development, aimed to create a better world in the future.

Burris also skips over another critical distinction — proponents of the standards don't demand that students grasp all the components of rigor (fluency, conceptual understanding, and application) when working with numbers between 20 and 100, rather that they familiarize themselves with the larger quantities as a basis for future learning.

It makes sense for Learning Management Systems to integrate with other systems which training companies will find useful in the future rather than come as a standalone product.

Because summative assessments are given at the end of a course of instruction, they do not directly affect students» learning; rather, summative assessments can aid in reviewing curriculum and instruction to improve future students» learning.

Jose's last chapter, «Why Teach,» offers a hopeful vision for the future of the profession in spite of wrongheaded policymakers who seek to control teachers rather than listen and learn from them.

In Finland, one alternative is to build future learning in schools more on technologies that children bring with them to schools everyday rather than on technologies that schools can provide.

It's hard to believe any future federal secretary of education will have the opportunity to abuse his power in the way the current one has; and better solutions may arise locally, particularly if legislators are willing to learn about practices already proved effective overseas, rather than experimenting ceaselessly on the unsuspecting children trapped in California's declining state schools.

GM learned from Chrysler that rather than spend time and money asking handfuls of consumers what they think of future vehicles in private showings, you bring your Viper and Prowler and PT Cruiser concepts to the auto shows and let the masses vote.

We've learned that Eee Pad Transformer brand will no longer be used — rather, Asus» future tablet - convertibles will be called Transformer Pads.

Rather than crying over spilt milk, it is far more important to learn from every loss in order to improve your stock selection process and your portfolio's future performance.

This is partly because a few of the big stories happened here this year, but also, because the underlying theme really is the realization that climate change is not something of the future, but rather, something of the present, and key lessons learned in that important area of study happened in the American West (fires) the South and Midwest (droughts, crop failures, closing of river ways) and Northeast (Sandy).

When a person incurs a spinal cord injury in an accident, the future is more about learning how to live with the injury rather than what can be done to reverse or heal the injury.

True machine learning is now (or, rather, soon will be) out of the research lab and into the hands of billions of users, and the future is being created in front of our eyes.

This kind of power is crucial when you are the company that is powering incredible new machine learning, AR apps and immersive 3D games, and making them the norm for everyone, rather than the company that releases expensive models that no - one buys and waits for Apple to innovate, take the future, and widely distribute it.

This puts the emphasis learning skills for future behavior, rather than on defending past behavior.