Sentences with phrase «in teacher study groups»

Reading lives: Creating and sustaining learning about culture and literacy education in teacher study groups.

Learning about culture and literacy education in a teacher study group.

Not exact matches

Statistical studies of the frequency of sexual abuse of minors in the general population as well as statistics about abuse among other groups such as public school teachers lend support to MacRae's point.

The Academy of the Lay Ministry offers opportunity for service in several categories: volunteer group counselors, grief therapists, coffeehouse workers, teachers of parent - study groups, psychodramatists, pastor's assistants.

When he studied the lives of those who gave themselves to the search for truth, he saw that they might be classified in four groups: the scholastic theologians, who proclaimed themselves the followers of reason and speculation; the Isma`ilis and other Shi`as who held that to reach truth one must have an infallible living teacher, and that there always is such a teacher; the philosophers, who relied on logical and rational proofs; and the Sufis, who held that they, the chosen of God, could reach knowledge of Him directly in mystical insight and ecstasy.

There are few theological schools where these groups do not compete for the students» interest and time, where some members of the former group do not feel that the scholarliness of theological study is being impaired by the attention claimed for field work and counseling, where teachers of preaching, church administration and pastoral care and directors of field work do not regard much of the theological work as somewhat beside the point in the education of a minister for the contemporary Church.

At New Legacy, language arts and social studies are combined into integrated theme - based humanities courses; math is taught in a blended environment that enables teachers to effectively support and challenge a diverse group of learners; and science is taught in six - week modules that focus on scientific inquiry and the scientific process.

That study, from researchers at the University of California, Riverside, the Oregon Research Institute and the University of Oregon, used personality ratings from elementary school teachers in an ethnically diverse group of children in Hawaii back in the 1960s, comparing those personality ratings to videotaped interviews of 144 of those people 40 years later.

Waldorf teacher education at Sunbridge Institute includes a deep exploration of child and human development; development of a teacher's contemplative capacities; exploration of pedagogical approaches and skills; studies in the arts; courses that develop abilities for working in a group of colleagues; and practical learning or mentored teaching in the classroom with experienced teachers.

The Campaign launched in June 2013, and is also already being supported by the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and a number of local campaign groups.

The legislation, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August, received support from the Police Athletic League, civics education group Generation Citizen and the Association of Teachers of Social Studies.

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 study reviewed the records of 2,437 children, born between 1988 and 1998 in Stockholm, in response to parents and teachers who had raised concerns about whether children with a Somali background were overrepresented in the total group of children with autism.

In the study, researchers looked at a group of about 100 patients with speech and language disorders and noticed many of them were teachers.

This approach was evident in another part of their study in which the researchers conducted focus groups with teachers in six schools.

Gross cites an unpublished study that found a cohort of fourth graders in schools with Vermont Mathematics Institute — trained teachers performed significantly better in math four and six years later than a matched group attending schools without such teachers.

While the «high» risk group is easily identified by behaviour such as alcohol and drug use, parents and teachers are probably not aware of that adolescents in the «invisible» risk group are at risk», says Vladimir Carli, at the National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill - Health (NASP) at Karolinska Institutet, first author of the study.

In 1968, The Beatles went to Rishikesh, India with a group of close friends, including Prudence, to study with enlightened teacher, Maharishi Mehesh Yogi.

In the JAMA < study, one of the key components that led to the positive results is that senior Iyengar teacher Marian Garfinkel carefully designed a therapeutic yoga program tailored to the specific needs of carpal tunnel patients and, when necessary, adapted it to the individuals in the grouIn the JAMA < study, one of the key components that led to the positive results is that senior Iyengar teacher Marian Garfinkel carefully designed a therapeutic yoga program tailored to the specific needs of carpal tunnel patients and, when necessary, adapted it to the individuals in the grouin the group.

Two other studies — one involving 79 pairs of teachers in Los Angeles (which I wrote with Douglas Staiger) and the Measures of Effective Teaching study involving 1,591 teachers in six different school districts (which I wrote with Dan McCaffrey, Trey Miller and Douglas Staiger)-- randomly assigned teachers to different groups of students within a grade and subject in a school.

Today is all about social media and online access yet still emphasizing interaction (like teacher's office hours or study groups); reinforcing what is already «popular» and using that to your advantage is a move in the right direction.

In our study, we randomly assigned second - grade teachers in high - poverty schools that had low performance on state tests to two groupIn our study, we randomly assigned second - grade teachers in high - poverty schools that had low performance on state tests to two groupin high - poverty schools that had low performance on state tests to two groups.

I have seen teachers in higher elementary grades and middle school special ed classrooms adapt the material to their age group and course of study.

This study focuses on the Seeds of Science / Roots of Reading program via a cluster randomized study of 100 teachers instructing students in a light / energy unit, with 50 teachers in the control group and 50 in the treatment group.

We wanted the study to be realistic in terms of the degree of professional development (PD) support districts might be likely to provide to teachers, so PBL - group teachers received only three hours of initial PD in our approach to PBL and the first PBL unit.

We asked teachers in both groups to teach 80 social studies lessons over the course of the year, so that we would be comparing two different ways of teaching social studies, rather than teaching social studies versus not.

A study looking at a costly pension enhancement in St. Louis found it only affected the behavior of a very small group of teachers who were right on the cusp of retirement.

It is a nonsense to propose that teachers, who according the study get it wrong in grouped situations, are suddenly going to be better operators with a range of possibly 18 months in front of them.

With this in mind, we see the results of our study as representing the effect of group - based teacher merit pay for schools that are already under accountability pressure.

I am a San Marino High School (CA) social studies teacher and for the past several years I have increasingly required my US Government students to think critically by engaging in a semester - long group project that culminates with an end - of term - presentation.

In 2003, I learned of the research on identity safety with the Stanford Integrated Schools Project (SISP) and designed a follow - up study with a group of elementary school teachers.

In order to provide these lessons and aid educators, the PZC is organized around plenary sessions, study groups, and mini-courses that help teachers to encourage students» efforts to understand content, recognize and develop student's multiple intellectual strengths, help students learn to think critically and creatively, and assess student work in ways that promotes further learninIn order to provide these lessons and aid educators, the PZC is organized around plenary sessions, study groups, and mini-courses that help teachers to encourage students» efforts to understand content, recognize and develop student's multiple intellectual strengths, help students learn to think critically and creatively, and assess student work in ways that promotes further learninin ways that promotes further learning.

In the study the advocacy group moved from our nation's ongoing discussion of grade inflation at our colleges and universities to a specific look at grade inflation at our teachers» colleges.

One group of teachers received copies of the national standards in the arts, civics, geography, history, mathematics, physical education, science, and social studies beforehand.

The study split the schools into two groups of 25; in one group schools maintained their original system of one teacher per class; in the other, principals reorganized the school day so that teachers taught one or two of their strongest subjects to multiple classes.

(Teaching Fellows in the study had four years of experience and they were no worse than their comparison group of teachers who had 13 years of experience.)

One example is study groups, in which teachers read books or articles and then discuss what they read and how it might inform their practice.

Teacher Study Group: Impact of the Professional Development Model on Reading Instruction and Student Outcomes in First Grade Classrooms.

We will randomly assign these interventions to teachers who enroll in the study, and will set aside 1 / (X +1) of the teachers to serve as a control group.

He has also led experimental studies of several widely used teacher professional development interventions for improving reading and writing outcomes in the elementary and secondary grades, including the Pathway Project, Teacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervteacher professional development interventions for improving reading and writing outcomes in the elementary and secondary grades, including the Pathway Project, Teacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading IntervTeacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention.

REVIEW Science teachers looking to engage their students in a more meaningful way can use case studies in classroom discussions and small group learning, and this site gives you all the information and resources you need to get started.

When teachers talk about their first impressions of lesson study, that is often what stood out to them: I do nt want a group of people in my classroom, watching me.

Last year, Julia Jacobson, a fourth - grade teacher in the network (and a fellow HGSE alum), studied student teams and wrote a paper on methods of improving group work.

Today, NCATE has 33 member organizations, including the two national teachers unions; the major subject - based associations in English, math, social studies, and science; and policy and administrator groups (see Figure 1).

The case study illustrates how three groups of charter management organizations (CMOs)-- High Tech High in San Diego; Uncommon Schools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable students.

The study, carried out by researchers Alice Bradbury and Guy Roberts - Holmes from UCL Institute of Education, University College London, involved more than 1,400 teachers and leaders who took part in focus groups, interviews, and a large - scale survey.

Embedded staff development takes many forms: collegial planning, team teaching, study groups, or teacher centers, as in New York.

Also in line with current studies is the report's finding that «for any groups whether minority or not, the effect of good teachers is greatest upon the children who suffer most educational disadvantage in their background, and that a given investment in upgrading teacher quality will have most effect on achievement in underprivileged areas.»

In a 2002 pilot study involving three middle school classrooms in Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give directioIn a 2002 pilot study involving three middle school classrooms in Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give directioin Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give directioin three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give direction.

They will travel in three groups in June, October and November 1998, and will be among a total of approximately 5,000 teachers to take advantage of this opportunity for intercultural study in the coming years.