Sentences with phrase «give teachers the creativity»

As TeacherGaming makes educational versions of more games, its founders hope to continue to give teachers the creativity and ability to present their students with new challenges.

Not exact matches

Vinyasa yoga isn't confined to one particular sequence, dogma, or structure, the style presents a huge range of yoga possibilities and gives teachers plenty of room for creativity.

At a time when government testing of spelling, punctuation and grammar can lead to less creativity in the teaching of writing, the project provides compelling alternative approaches for schools and their teachers which will engage children and give them a strong investment in their writing, whilst also being able to satisfy curriculum demands and statutory testing.

Computational thinking is a new idea for most teachers and is given great prominence in the new national curriculum which states: «A high - quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.»

You want to give teachers agency so that they feel good about being in the school, and they feel that their creativity, experience, and knowledge about their students is valued.

For those teachers giving alternative exams or projects, use these recall opportunities to prime a student's brain for the type of content, creativity, connections, and skills you want them to demonstrate.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

In any case, once the tech is available, all it comes down to is the creativity of the teacher; using it to help engage pupils, giving them more of a reason to get involved in learning.

Only after everyone has a chance to offer opinions and observations do the teachers whose students performed the dance — two women who run an after - school neighborhood outreach program sponsored by the Boston Ballet — reveal that the dance is a blending of hip - hop and Bhangra, an Indian dance form, assigned as a choreography project to enhance self - confidence and to give the girls a chance to work on creativity within boundaries.

So, traditional teaching methods must now give way to new methods such that our teachers can help students develop these critical thinking and creativity skills.

These novice teachers are certainly proficient users of technology themselves, but rather than just giving their students time to work on the computer, our graduates understand the importance of using critical media literacy skills to enhance students» creativity, thinking, learning, and awareness of how each of us are situated in the world.

Her teacher, Steve Mac, said his classroom may look chaotic from the outside but that that happens when students are given more creativity.

I get so passionate about wanting to help people follow their dreams (I'm a teacher, author, and creativity coach), that I would almost give away my services (and often did).

A good Resume Format for the post of a music teacher should highlight qualities such as trained musician, formal music training, creativity, capacity of anticipating outcomes, organizational skills, motivational skills, assessing effectiveness of different programs, interest in learning, etc. knowhow of musical instruments and different techniques related to music should be given special emphasis.