Sentences with phrase «in curriculum decisions»

Here are seven conversational do's and don'ts to consider when involving students in curriculum decisions:

Do acknowledge that students may react differently to the responsibility of participating in curriculum decisions.

The central focus of professional development and training for teachers and principals should be the educator (teacher or principal) who as a person lives and works within an educational, social and political context in differing ways and engages in curriculum decision making and leadership in unique ways that must be respected and celebrated — there is no sense in a «one - size fits all» approach to training and development;

Not exact matches

Huffington Post: «Beyond the Robe»: New Generation of Buddhist Monks Embraces Science Recently, the Dalai Lama addressed a luncheon gathering at my home in Boston and announced a decision by the leaders of the monasteries to make the study of Western science part of the core curriculum required of all monastic scholars in the Gelug tradition.

His Holiness further commented that the decision to include Western science was the most significant change to the monastic curriculum in centuries.

In earlier models, decisions about the curriculum were made for the students.

They involve new laws and policies, radical changes in mentalities and lifestyles, codes of conduct for businesses and institutions, changes in the content of curricula and textbooks, new norms and decision - making methods in politics, health care and education systems, new strategic priorities for international cooperation, radically new approaches to development, fundamental transformation of democratic principles and mechanisms - a new social ethos imposed on all.

We've designed, trained, and proudly teach the ProDoula Childbirth Education curriculum for those who wish to have all the information possible to make their decisions about the type of birth they are planning for in the smallest possible commitment of time.

Designed to teach young children about the importance of building healthy bodies and saying «no» to substances that can hurt them, the curriculum helps children develop positive feelings about themselves, and gives them practice in making appropriate decisions in the face of peer pressure.

«By autumn this year, schools will have introduced new safeguarding advice in staff recruitment, ensured their practices comply with new freedom of information policies, made decisions on new pay policies, adopted new codes of practice for special needs pupils, introduced an entirely new curriculum, redesigned assessment and ensured every primary school is ready to offer free school meals to infants regardless of existing kitchen facilities,» he said.

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has expressed disappointment at the decision, after the apparent cross-party consensus in 2010 to make PSHE a statutory part of the national curriculum.

We hope the Government will review the decision to back Exeter gaining state funding, and scrutinise in more detail the curricula and health policies of Hereford and Frome.»

In addition to scrapping the Common Core, Hawkins would improve schools by restoring aid cut during the state's economic downturn, encouraging desegregation through voluntary interdistrict transfers and returning curriculum decisions to local school boards.

In a 138 - page decision being hailed by U.S. educators and the scientific community, Judge John Jones III concluded that the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board violated the U.S. Constitution by adding ID to the high school science curriculum.

The curriculum's purpose was not to lead students to a predetermined best answer but to raise their awareness about making responsible and reasoned decisions, said Xin Zhang, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Illinois and the lead author on the paper.

Children who participate in collaborative group work to learn about significant social issues become better decision - makers than their peers who learn the same curriculum through teacher - led discussions, a new study finds.

The papers also describe key decision points in the curriculum development process and how the pilot test data on student and teacher learning and classroom enactment were used to revise and improve the unit.

The British government's decision to review the content of all the subjects in the National Curriculum has raised concerns that the amount of science taught will be reduced, and the commitment to a broad science education up to the age of 16 may be under threat.

Do ask students to brainstorm potential sources of (and solutions for) resistance to their increased role in making curriculum decisions.

This is an intentional decision to give coaches freedom in how they teach the curriculum.

The explosive growth of the conservative Christian school movement in the 1970s and 1980s was a response to the events and trends of the turbulent»60s: the consolidation of a secular science curriculum after the Soviet Union raced ahead in space exploration; the rise of the counterculture and the rioting in urban areas; and the Supreme Court decisions that restricted prayer and Bible reading in public schools.

Based on this expertise, they are expected to engage in scholarly endeavors, such as consuming and producing research, and are provided tremendous autonomy to make decisions about curriculum, instruction and assessment in their classrooms.

Resources such as curriculum need to be aligned to this goal, and these decisions are often made in central offices.

«The staffroom, the school - based spatial arrangement in which teachers work and / or meet, is an important site for influencing curriculum and resource decisions, a site for the constitution of professional subjectivities of the pre-service and experienced teacher,» the paper reads.

The Framework guides curriculum decision making and assists in planning, implementing and evaluating quality in early childhood settings.

Using the Bank of England's expertise, experience and management of the UK's economy, your students will learn the importance of critical thinking and forward planning in decision - making, through three engaging and curriculum - linked lessons.

She asked me how I had used data to make decisions about curriculum and instruction; she referenced techniques from Teach Like a Champion, Dr. Robert Marzano's «What Works in Schools» series, and Paul Tough's book about grit; and she quizzed me on formative and summative assessments, SMART goals, token economies, differentiated instruction and adaptive technology.

This was an in - depth examination of our own school, its curriculum, instruction, behavioral policies, student government, and how decisions were made.

Among the many issues that teachers and administrators in ABC have tackled together are curriculum development, textbook selection, recruitment and hiring, mentoring, teacher evaluation and support, and use of data - based decision making to improve student performance.

The curriculum aims to help students develop decision - making skills in real - world contexts.

With tight budgets, public schools are mired in layers of decision making that makes it hard to change curriculum.

Join me in building classrooms where students own their power and exert it through curriculum decisions.

Educators need specific skills to participate in meaningful discussion about curriculum and instruction, make decisions about resources, and recognize when change is happening (and when it isn't).

In the absence of more rigorous scientific research, the decision to adopt a curriculum like Investigations is being made on what the Times sportswriters would call «instinct and whim.»

Having the freedom to decide term times, teaching structure and curriculum are key drivers for those schools considering academy conversion, as many in the education sector feel controlled by central and local government decisions.

Curriculum decisions — what kids actually learn in school all day — seldom capture the attention of parents or the media.

Additionally, many primary school teachers admit to having limited content knowledge themselves, especially in the fields of physics and chemistry, which makes curriculum decisions even more difficult.

Curriculum materials with detailed information that supports teachers in making instructional decisions may help teachers themselves learn about content, pedagogy, and student learning.

Within a country's educational system, the relevant institutions and policies include the ways in which a society finances and manages its schools, how a society assesses student performance, and who is empowered to make basic educational decisions, such as which curricula to follow, which teachers to hire, and what textbooks to purchase.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

These same elected board members, moreover, will make decisions on a gamut of policy issues, from budgets to curriculum to student discipline, that teachers have a stake in and can benefit from enormously.

The decision comes down to several criteria including how attractive the modules would be to students, as well as how well they would fill gaps in the existing HGSE curriculum offerings.

Assessment affects decisions about grades, placement, advancement, instructional needs, curriculum, and, in some cases, funding.

«We will continue to push with this work to find out what parents really do think so when we're making decisions in the future, we're able to give information back to the people writing the curriculum and people creating the policies to say, «look, here is what your community actually thinks».»

«We wanted to get data back faster, including analysis, so that districts could make managerial decisions and make changes in practice with their curriculum.

«Australia is investing record funding in education that will continue to grow, all targeted based on need, and the Turnbull Government is focused on improving student outcomes through measures we know are effective — teacher quality, a better curriculum, greater parental engagement and support for principals to make local decisions about their local school,» he said.

Hamilton School District superintendent Kathleen Cooke said the changes had afforded teachers a greater role in developing curricula and a greater impact on school - level decisions.

«While those five factors are not representative of all schools it's helpful for teachers to know that these are the different ways students think about responsibility so that in their engagement with students and the way they structure their curriculum, develop policies in schools, this is part of the knowledge base that can inform their decision making.»

A recent recipient of the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, among Dr. Elias» numerous books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social Problem Solving curricula for grades k - 8, the new e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (via Kindle and Nook) and a book for young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2012).