Sentences with phrase «in the hands of students as»

That being said, I also believe that technology can become a babysitter and the idea of putting access to the world in the hands of students as a babysitter is a little unnerving to me.

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But — as one court recently held — if a student hands another student a piece of paper stating that «if any man is in Christ he is a new creature,» that act violates the principle of separation of church and state.

It is young men and women such as these that encourage me in my conviction that the world is much safer in the hands of the newer generation than it ever was with those of my own older generation or of the generation between me and those former students.

The series comes to a dramatic end with a fictional letter, written as though from St Petersburg, in which Chesterton's alter ego, «Guy Crawford», describes himself as joining a rebellious mob in which he recognises an obviously Jewish student called Emmanuel, and as springing to his defence, sword in hand, as the Czarist troops attack: but Emmanuel sustains a fatal blow and dies in the street, «a champion of justice, like thousands who have fallen for it in the dark records of this dark land».

On the other hand, I have tried to summarize not only my experience, but also the experiences many of my fellow students, as viewed in the «rear - view mirror».

I've seen that first hand as I've celebrated with friends marking their first day of debt - free living, thanks in part to Ramsey's teachings and all those white envelopes of cash he urges his students to use instead of credit cards.

Like his more speculative contemporary Ptolemy, a moderate Gnostic teacher, he undoubtedly thought of himself as standing in «the apostolic tradition» in a «succession» of teachers.24 Like pagan teachers and rabbis, Justin laid hands upon the head of each disciple on the completion of the course.25 At his trial, Justin, philosopher - prophet - teacher, describes the «school» where he has been teaching for the examining prefect, who will presently put him and several of his students to death.

South Jackson Elementary School students learned science standards through hands - on food activities, school gardens, and in their greenhouse as part of their farm to school based Scienhancement program.

Handwork classes provides an antidote to the stress and rush of modern life by allowing students a contemplative space as they slow down and use their hands to work in complex and simple ways.

Fixing school food in every community — the relatively wealthy Boulder and Berkeley, as well as the outright destitute parts of the country devastated by the housing debacle and unemployment — requires all of us to work together as one to get the fedreal government to fund school meal programs in a way that provides fresh nutritious food for all students, not just those lucky enough to live where people can afford to take matters into their own hands and make a local fix.

In addition to meeting the students where they already are — in the hallway — it allows school nutrition staff to take back the responsibility of handing out food from teaching staff, who can then focus all of their attention on starting the school day as students eat breakfasIn addition to meeting the students where they already are — in the hallway — it allows school nutrition staff to take back the responsibility of handing out food from teaching staff, who can then focus all of their attention on starting the school day as students eat breakfasin the hallway — it allows school nutrition staff to take back the responsibility of handing out food from teaching staff, who can then focus all of their attention on starting the school day as students eat breakfast.

We've found that students in FoodCorps schools with more hands - on learning activities are eating triple the amount of fruits and vegetables as students who receive less of that hands - on learning.

«Her dedication to engaging students in a hands - on way, her drive to continue her own learning and growth as an educator and her generosity in sharing best practices with her colleagues makes her the perfect example of a great New York state teacher.»

Raising her voice and even slapping her hand on the table for emphasis, Arroyo was angered by what she saw as a lack of assistance for bilingual students and their families in city schools.

ST. GEORGE — Students from high schools around Staten Island had a hand in directing taxpayer money to fund improvements to their campuses as part of a $ 22 million investment from Borough President James Oddo's office.

Students will engage with scientific ideas and practices through hands - on activities and learn to write clear and concise explanations of real - world phenomena as part of a novel curriculum that the National Science Teachers Association Press is slated to publish in mid-September.

As a graduate student in paleobiology at UC Davis, Farmer had developed an interest in studying the paleoecology and preservation potential of fossils, something that would lie largely dormant over the next decade while he tried his hand at other things.

Science Cinémathèque, a project funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, features reviews of recent movies such as Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man and a series of short student films on such topics as wormholes, the patterns in pinecones and sunflowers, and Ignaz Semmelweis, the 19th - century Hungarian physician whose campaign to promote hand washing among doctors was met with near - universal scorn.

Thatcher could support the reforms, Agar argues, because she «had lived the life of the working research scientist, as a final - year chemistry student in Dorothy Hodgkin's x-ray crystallography laboratory, as an investigator of glues for BX [plastics company] and as a food chemist for Lyons & Co.... [I] t was precisely because Thatcher knew what scientific research was like that made her impervious to claims that science was a special case, with special features and incapable of being understood by outsiders, and therefore that science policy should be left in the hands of scientists.

He was a genius who invented calculus as a student at Cambridge during a 1665 outbreak of plague but failed to publish his findings; an egotist who would later covertly convene a committee to accuse his rival Gottfried Leibniz, an independent originator of calculus, of plagiarism; and a heretic who rejected the Trinity but was deeply religious (one fascinating document on display is his hand - drawn reconstruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, based on biblical units of measurement).

* Contains practical, hands - on information for tissue engineers and students * Provides comprehensive protocols covering numerous topics, including polymer synthesis, cell culture, encapsulation, bioreactors, therapeutics, and the creation of tissues and organs * Includes contributions by leaders in the latest areas of research, such as stem cells and fetal tissue engineering

Elmer's support will also enable Science Buddies to provide additional resources to support parents and teachers as they guide students in the creation of hands - on science projects.

As part of 13th Transgenic Technology Meeting (TT2016) we are arranging 3 - day workshop designed to give practical, hands - on training to technicians and students in current technologies and methods employing CRISPR / Cas9 - mediated genome manipulations in the generation of mice mutants.

Students are engaged in activities such as taking a virtual tour of McDonald Observatory telescopes, observing the Sun, the Moon, or Venus live with videoconference telescopes, completing a hands - on activity, and more.

By hosting hands - on demonstration sessions for middle and high school students, as well as sessions created in partnership with local Girl Scouts troupes, the EdCom introduces young people to the science of acoustics.

However, a declining interest in a faculty research career may also imply a greater divergence between students» interests on the one hand, and the academic orientation of traditional PhD curricula as well as advisor expectations on the other [8].

On Fair Day, students spend the whole school day at the Observatory and participate in hands - on activities and demos, as well as having their projects judged of course!

Fortunately for me, as a seeker and lifetime student of the world, the seeds of softness and sensitivity had been sown in my soul by wiser, gentler hands, and I found my way to a more graceful understanding of the true nature of success and power.

As a student, teacher and practitioner of Ayurveda, using these Ayurvedic spices regularly has contributed to making my kitchen like a magical medical clinic, in which I feel inspired and empowered to create as much health as I wish, with my very own two handAs a student, teacher and practitioner of Ayurveda, using these Ayurvedic spices regularly has contributed to making my kitchen like a magical medical clinic, in which I feel inspired and empowered to create as much health as I wish, with my very own two handas much health as I wish, with my very own two handas I wish, with my very own two hands.

That is why at our massage school, nearly 80 percent of class hours are dedicated to our students to practice massaging other students, receiving massage, and observing the teacher demonstrate how to massage.The remaining 20 percent of class hours are spent discussing the theory of Raynor massage and other subjects such as hygiene, professional ethics, contraindications, the theory of hand and foot reflexology and the qualities of different aromatherapy oils, which are covered in the Diploma course.

Hogwarts is now in the malevolent hands of the sinister Severus Snape (hissing, sniveling Alan Rickman), who is holding students and staff hostage as they wait for Harry to rescue them.

From that, the rest of the film follows, for there is no broadly, easily villainous type present in the film at all, whether student, faculty, administrator, or even parent; thus the focus more clearly and cleanly zeroes in on the central idea at hand: that the two are their own worst enemies, and they need to get over themselves to be awakened to what's truly worthwhile in their lives and in life as a whole.

A natural leader, he questions every request made by Hundert, targets the man as the brunt of practical jokes and uses rude hand gestures in class to the amusement of his fellow students.

One of its strongest assets is its cast, with superior actors in the leading roles: Cumberbatch as Steven Strange, the brilliant and arrogant New York surgeon whose reason for existence is cut short by a horrific car crash... Tilda Swinton as a mystic known as the Ancient One who is willing to lead him to enlightenment in Kathmandu if only he will subjugate his inflated ego... Chiwetel Ejiofor as her faithful follower and right hand man... Benedict Wong as the guardian of the library where the accumulated secrets of their sect are stored... and Mads Mikkelsen as the brilliant student gone rogue who may soon destroy the earth, one major city at a time.

Jesse Eisenberg does his overeager pup thing as Ben's student chaperone on a campus visit and for a while the dynamic recalls his breakthrough role in Roger Dodger, with Douglas handing out the dubious advice on dating and sexual politics, but in this case he's just another slice of youth that Ben uses to convince himself he's still young at heart while simultaneously building his ego as the charmer of an elder statesman holding court.

«I have mixed feelings [being here] because on the one hand, I'm very proud of what the school is trying to do to make education possible for so many students in this community who come from similar backgrounds as I came from,» he says.

In short, do as much as you can to expedite the process before the device actually touches the hands of the students.

Ranging from giving children the chance to extract their own DNA to characterising the proteins of an enzyme, trying their hand as a formulation scientist and even working through crime scene forensics, the experiments have been designed to help give students insight into how science is used in everyday life.

I handed back the students» unmarked papers and gave a brief overview of the strengths and growth areas I noticed in the essays as a group.

Each day consists of three hours of classroom lessons and three hours of athletics, and students spend at least six hours a week working with their hands in activities such as gardening and woodworking.

As part of J - Term, HGSE students participated in a two - day field visit to the Laboratories of Cognitive Neuroscience at Boston Children's Hospital where they listened to lectures, conducted on - site and hands - on visits to labs, and discussed the experience.

We gave the students, right from the word go, a very simple engineering model of: Look at the problem, brainstorm — think about some ideas, draw some initial designs (and we get the children to sketch those)-- but what we've also brought in is some experiment as well because children will be using the hands - on materials and they love to experiment.

This book has a lot of good strategies for helping students do hands - on activities in which teachers serve as facilitators.

«With LEGO Education's long tradition of using the LEGO brick as a strong hands - on learning tool to increase engagement and Pearson's renowned credibility and strong foothold in the education market, we know this solution will help educators with students who need extra support.»

While Hart (2003) described trying to define spirituality like «trying to hold water in our hands» (p. 8), some scholars such as Claxton (2002) have boldly listed spiritual qualities that can be taught to students, including aliveness, belonging, an affinity with the unknown, and peace of mind.

A hand drawn colouring in page that I created for my students as part of a lesson on Viking Age Britain in the year 789AD.

My students are so engaged by the topic — in our end - of - year reflection it is hands - down the most mentioned unit we study — that we have branched out naturally over the years into exploring other forms of persuasion, such as speeches, print text, and various aspects of social media.

I have produced these booklets as a task for students to do in the first 5 minutes of each lesson whilst I am doing the register and handing books out.

I have seen apathetic students change to students who are excited, enthusiastic learners; students who were failing every subject become engaged in learning and making better grades; students who, in the past, avoided talking with me about their grades, come... waving their report cards in their hands to show me their improvement; students who thought of themselves as incapable begin to think of themselves as capable learners; and students who thought that dreams were for others, begin to dare to dream about the world outside their school and community and how they can contribute.

The researchers» first - hand observation and extensive interviewing of student teachers and first - year teachers in three school districts near Salt Lake City during the 1982 - 83 school year revealed that the instructors used their own ideas about teaching about as often as they used methods taught them in education schools.