Sentences with phrase «general curriculum which»

(b) Three (3) semester hours in school organization or general curriculum which includes the elementary and secondary instructional levels.

Not exact matches

When we were home educating, we liked to use a variety of text books and other resources, such as CD - Roms, some of which tied in with the UK National Curriculum, some of which were for more general interest.

In 2010 there was cross-party consensus in support of proposals to make PSHE a statutory entitlement for all young people as part of the national curriculum, which were only dropped because they were not passed before the general election.

A faith school is a school in the United Kingdom that teaches a general curriculum but which has a particular religious character or formal links with a religious organisation.

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.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Among Hehir's work recognized by the Federation is his involvement in drafting the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which ensured children with special needs would gain access to a general curriculum and high quality education programs.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers NAEP, the determination of proficiency in any given subject at a particular grade level «was the result of a comprehensive national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the assessment should test.

My hypothesis is that we'll see these models grow more rapidly in subject areas that are hard to offer or not offered at all — not just computer science, but also foreign languages (which video - based tutoring services like Fluentlee aim to target), elaborate project - based curriculum (which Educurious produces), or STEM coursework in general (which Nepris and Skype in the Classroom are poised to address).

Arguments about the national curriculum, to some, has too much focus on these «general capabilities», which include skills like critical and creative thinking, ethical behaviours, personal and social skills and intercultural understanding.

But I was not involved in the Fordham review, which lauded the span of K — 12 EngageNY curricula, noting that «in general, alignment to the Common Core State Standards is strong — and the materials go beyond the standards in specifying important content and skills for each year of instruction.»

Statistics students who passed earned college credit, satisfied the quantitative requirement of the CUNY general - education curriculum, and were qualified to enroll in courses for which introductory statistics was the prerequisite.

We have general teaching resources which cater to all ages and abilities for upper primary / elementary and our new packs which are specifically designed to meet each strand of the curriculum.

«Their legislation seeks to change teacher licensing standards from requiring that teachers pass a Praxis exam to requiring that they pass the much more rigorous North Carolina Foundations of Reading and General Curriculum tests, which are based on Massachusetts» MTEL teacher licensure exam.»

What high stakes testing DOES DO, is create a standard by which parents and their advocates can demand access to the general curriculum for their child with disabilities.

«It provides a rich collection of resources for teachers, assuring that all students have access to the general education curriculum, which will better equip them with the skills they need to succeed in college and their careers.»

High school magnet programs in the arts, some of which are application - and audition - based, give students intensive studio experiences in the visual and performing arts, extensive credits beyond the high school arts requirements, and an accelerated general education curriculum that promotes college and career readiness at a high level.

This practice stems from the federal requirement of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)(2004), which outlines that students with disabilities should be allowed to access general education curriculum.

Design instruction, both individual and small group, which parallels the general education curriculum

(And which require much more time commitment for many students to pass than many a full - credit course in the general curriculum.)

Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General) 2015 SCC 12 Administrative Law — Civil Rights Summary: As part of the mandatory core curriculum in schools across Quebec, the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports required a Program on Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC), which taught about the beliefs and ethics of different world religions from a neutral and objective perspective.

Unlike associate's degree programs which contain some general education course material, the course curriculum for medical assistant certificates focuses mostly on core courses in medical assisting.

An Associate's degree, which takes up to 18 months longer, includes general education courses in its curriculum.

The plausible explanation to this pattern of results could be the tendency in many Zambian preschools to use English as a medium of instruction contrary to the Ministry of General Education curriculum requirements which emphasises the use of a familiar language from pre-primary to grade four.

The agency's home visitation intervention used the Parent Aides Nurturing and Developing With Adolescents curriculum.25 The curriculum was based on theories of human ecology, attachment, and social support, which emphasize that positive child development is promoted by nurturing, empathetic parenting and is influenced by the characteristics of families and social networks.25 (pp1 - 9), 26 The home visitor was to use the curriculum in weekly home visits with the teenager to teach and model nurturing parenting behaviors, encourage the teenager to continue with her education, make general assessments of health and social problems, and initiate referral for early intervention when necessary.