At a time when many people are asking how we can get more students interested in STEM fields, we are
hearing from teachers who have found making to be a great way to get students excited and engaged in their classrooms.
This finding echos the anecdotal reports I've
heard from teachers who complain that classroom behavior worsens after children consume sugary or nutritionally «empty» meals.
We were excited to
hear from a teacher who had noticed Science Buddies in her streams at Pinterest.
(PS: I would love to
hear from any teachers who have managed to create a PBL project from a seemingly difficult math standard.
In the US, we frequently
hear from teachers who become too involved in their students» lives, who take too much work home with them, and who suffer from emotional burn out as a result.
I would love to
hear from teachers who have already had transgender students in their classes.
We also
heard from a teacher who led her school to adopt a process that included students in the writing of their own IEPs.
Helmick said she's
heard from teachers who have been told to strip 42 stickers from their cars, delete pro-42 posts from their Facebook pages, and refrain from sending personal emails supporting 42.
I have also
heard from teachers who are using the audio for listening practice.
We frequently
hear from teachers who want to assign Study Island as homework and record the results in the program.
Not exact matches
With fall education programs getting under way and Sunday school
teachers beginning another year of teaching, it may be disconcerting to
hear this reading
from James: «Not many of you should become
teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we
who teach will be judged with greater strictness.»
Which is why it's a shame that your knowledge of Hitler and stalin stems
from what someone
who heard it
from someone else and possibly half asleep in school and not
from a homeschool
teacher who used the term «home schooling» as an unintended euphemism.
Citing Donniel Hartman's «Putting God Second,» — A
teacher of mine used to love to tell the story of a famous Hassidic master
who was walking along a cobbled street in Eastern Europe some two hundred years ago, when he
heard the cry of a baby coming
from his student's house — a cry that pierced the night.
We have gathered around ourselves
teachers who tell us what our itching ears want to
hear, and we ignore and silence the prophetic voices
who tell us what we need to
hear because these prophetic voices come
from those many Christians love to hate.
... I can tell the very place where the blessed Polycarp used to sit [note the posture of the bishop as
teacher or preacher upon his cathedra] as he discoursed, his goings out and his comings in, the character of his life,... the discourses he would address to the multitude, how we would tell of his conversations with John and with the others
who had seen the Lord, how he would relate their words
from memory... and I can testify before God that if that blessed and apostolic presbyter had
heard the like [the Gnostic vagaries], he would have cried aloud and stopped his ears and said, as was his custom: «O good God, for what sort of times hast thou kept me, that I should endure these things?»
Even more gratifying is
hearing from parents and
teachers who've told me how much their kids liked watching it — and that they clearly understood the message about healthful eating.
«Sadly, we have
heard today
from teachers of a consequent rise of employers
who are singling out disabled
teachers for bullying and discrimination.
For months, we've
heard from teachers, superintendents, and parents
who oppose Governor Cuomo's reform efforts.
We've
heard from Mike Mulgrew and Karen Magee —
teacher union leaders
who say the Governor has gone too far.
Then, it
heard from two moms
who buried sons and a suburban
teacher who has attended 15 wakes for former students.
Avella,
who received 53.17 percent of the turnout, or 25,864 votes, said he has not
heard from Padavan,
who got 22,781 votes, since the election, which Avella said he won in part because of support
from the United Federation of
Teachers as well as an effective campaign operation that included knocking on 7,000 doors.
She believes that her deafness made mathematics an appealing subject: understanding it relied much less on
hearing than other subjects did, and she benefited
from good
teachers who encouraged her natural mathematical curiosity.
I have read and
heard accounts
from yoga
teachers who talked about how their practice didn't change that much throughout their pregnancy.
I
heard it
from my
teacher Gary Kraftsow
who had studied with Sri Krishnamacharya.
It all began with a phone call 10 years ago
from David Duchovny's manager
who'd
heard about Kundalini Yoga and wanted a
teacher.
I
heard about her
from my BFF, a certain Ms. Moore, high school
teacher extraordinaire
who told me about one of her favorite students
who has since graduated,
who had the best fashion sense.
And, while some of them can certainly help you out of difficult situations, sometimes you don't want a
teacher, you just want to
hear from a sympathetic friend
who has also been in the trenches.
Another response sprinkled with humor that I
heard from a
teacher: «You need to learn this because some day when you have a child
who asks you for help and you can't help because you don't know it, you won't feel stupid.»
Similarly,
teachers can leave audio feedback for students
who benefit
from hearing input multiple times.
RV: We then
heard from Dr Linda Hobbs,
who spoke about the idea of transition for early career
teachers.
But I also
hear from parents
who, rightly, worry about too much testing, and
from teachers who feel so much pressure to teach to a test that it takes the joy out of teaching and learning, both for them and for the students.»
RV: We then
heard from Coral Campbell
who spoke about school culture and the impact it has on beginning
teachers when they first begin out - of - field teaching.
Today we
hear from Anna Bennett,
who runs workshops for early career
teachers which focus on equipping them with the tools and skills required in the classroom.
Alvarez
heard about the Lots of Power design competition
from her
teachers at Science Leadership Academy,
who knew she was interested in art and architecture.
A student
who is having a very difficult time understanding math or does just not find it interesting, for example, can feel threatened by
hearing regularly
from a
teacher how important math is to his or her future.
Recommended for anyone but especially new
teachers,
who can learn a lot
from hearing these educators reflect on their successes and failures.
Brenda Frazier, a K - 12 psychologist in the Williamsport (Pennsylvania) Area School District
who attended the conference, said she has
heard concerns
from teachers about making adjustments for explosive children.
Just as every virtual student is expected to contribute to discussions,
teachers who have taught online expect to
hear from every student in the 3 - D world.
We are excited about doing it again next year, and we have already started
hearing from additional
teachers and students
who plan to participate.
(I also
hear from many
teachers who manage to elicit enormous gains for which they don't get any credit because the kids are still behind some standards or pacing guides.)
Explore some of the student - friendly Dickens Web sites we found and
hear from some of the
teachers and Dickens fans
who created them.
Twelve - year - old Manuel
heard about the program
from his sixth - grade literature
teacher who suggested that Citizen Schools could help him improve his grades.
EDUTOPIA: What questions do you
hear most often
from teachers who are new to place - based education?
Viewers will also
hear from Melinda Gates,
who will have the latest news
from the work on
teacher effectiveness supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
«We
hear a lot of anecdotal stuff
from teachers who say that they've seen playing Scrabble improve students» spelling, teamwork, and interest in reading,» according to Williams.
We want to
hear from everyone — teens, parents,
teachers, and others with great ideas
who want to improve the world.
In the St. Louis area, school districts tend to be divided along racial lines, and a New York Times reporter covering the story of the transfers
heard from white parents in receiving districts
who expressed concern that troublemakers will be among the transfers, and that
teachers may have to slow down to allow the students
from struggling districts, which are predominantly black, to catch up.
I am too young to have known Coleman personally as a scholar, but I have
heard from numerous scholars
who did know him that he commenced the EEOS thinking that it would demonstrate, among other things, the importance of school inputs:
teacher characteristics, class size, and the like.
«We have
heard from so many
teachers who are really struggling» to navigate the current climate, Costello says.
Teachers who seek to affect policy, should keep in mind that policy makers usually want to do the right thing but that they often don't know how their policies are playing out in real world, and are eager to
hear from practitioners
who show up with practical ideas and workable solutions.