Sentences with phrase «into focused curriculum»

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Alanna tells Anthony Lacavera how Flipd is helping people achieve tech life balance and how it is being integrated into curriculums to assist students in staying focused.

The purpose of this program is to provide academic institutions Micro Focus training materials for inclusion into their academic curricula and for internal staff development.

Whereas Australia has made Asia an important focus of its national curriculum, Canada, where education is a provincial matter, could follow the model practiced in the US, where a network of universities across the country acts as hubs for teachers to deepen their understanding of Asian geography, history, social studies and arts, so they can introduce that content into their classrooms.

The focus of its curriculum in the seventeenth century and well into the eighteenth was logic — not formal logic as we understand the subject, but the art of reasoning and living well, and even the introduction of Cartesian logic in the 1680s was seen as a simplified way of discovering certainty and praised for its «use in the affairs of life.»

I am in the process of recruiting keen individuals from any sporting background to go into schools on a weekly basis and «take over» a Year 7 P.E session, following the curriculum but focusing on building key skills such as communication, trust and teamwork.

The program is focused on integrating these practices into existing curriculum, routines and rituals.

Environmental studies are incorporated into many aspects of the curriculum, with specific focus in areas such as geography, science, creative arts, and the Gardening and Glen Brook Farm Programs.

This curriculum — organized into missions and quests — focuses on multifaceted challenges that may have more than one correct answer, letting students explore different solutions by making choices along the way, says Ross Flatt, assistant principal at the school.

Although most reformers say that they want to raise student achievement, many projects focus on interim targets, like attracting more students into STEM fields, training more and better math and science teachers or improving the skills of those already in the classroom, and strengthening curricula.

It focused more on the content and curriculum development of such degrees, taking into account various statements and conclusions developed at previous seminars.

Furthermore, while American schools are known for complementing design courses with classes that focus on marketing and merchandising, some French schools struggle to integrate business education into the design curriculum.

Our curriculum turns timeless wisdom into practical skills that have helped tens of thousands to live and serve with clarity, focus, ease, and grace.

Our curriculum turns timeless wisdom into practical skills that have helped tens of thousands to live and serve with clarity, focus, ease, and grace.

My students and I are deep into the third of six Design Experiences, and the curriculum arc that I've been imagineering since this past summer is coming into focus.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Our school looks for ways to incorporate digital technologies all throughout the curriculum into rich learning tasks — focused on fostering student creativity and critical thinking.

The plan focuses on personalized learning and integration of the 4Cs into curriculum and teaching frameworks.

«Teacher training also has been minimal over the past few years; the focus has been on software, rather than on integrating technology into the curriculum or on teachers using technology professionally.

Torney - Purta recommends putting a focus back into civics with an opportunity for discussion in the middle school curriculum, enhancing professional development for teachers, recognizing the differences within immigrants, and using ethnic identity as a source of motivation.

Funders are wise, then, to focus on new initiatives around curriculum development and adoption, student assignments and grading, next - generation professional development, and efforts to integrate technology and personalized learning into the classroom.

In a 2011 interview by Lynnette Guastaferro of Teaching Matters, Darling - Hammond says that whether the national standards are put into effect in a way that is «much more focused on higher - order learning skills» (that is, progressive education classrooms for all) depends on «building curriculum materials,» «transforming» testing, and changing in - service teacher training.

and «Making Education More Relevant,» Fadel's research into education, and more specifically, curriculum, has focused on developing innovative ways to revamp education systems to make learning more relevant.

This in turn focused the curriculum and produced data that teams could sink their teeth into, giving much more substance to their meetings.

Stressing the balance between theory and practice, the program focuses on how participants can translate their subject - matter knowledge and expertise into curriculum that will best serve the diversity and needs of Boston's adolescent youth.

«The academies are based on a model of teachers training teachers, with a focus on integrating technology into curriculum areas, especially science and math.

The chapters devoted to practices break down the concepts into the areas where a teacher seeking to implement a proficiency - based curriculum will devote her or his focus in create authentically communicative units of instruction.

He sought to integrate math into other subjects, such as literature, science, social studies, and geography, so that users could easily adopt the activities and focus on more than one area of their curriculum at one time.

In recent decades, state property tax cuts and a focus on literacy and math skills in K — 12 curriculum have pushed the arts further into the background.

So as the curriculum does not allow assessment with levels our school use key words: Foundation: e.g. L3 - 4 Secure: e.g L5 - 6 Developing: e.g. L6 - 7 Excellent: e.g. L8 Here I have broken down the KS3 Curriculum into the main focus areas: Design Make Evaluate Technical Knowledge Cooking and Nutrition There are posters and a modified grid available to purchase here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-assessment-poster-display-d-and-t-with-cooking-and-nutrition-11710887 This grid work best in a3 size, and should be «printed to fit»; in your printcurriculum does not allow assessment with levels our school use key words: Foundation: e.g. L3 - 4 Secure: e.g L5 - 6 Developing: e.g. L6 - 7 Excellent: e.g. L8 Here I have broken down the KS3 Curriculum into the main focus areas: Design Make Evaluate Technical Knowledge Cooking and Nutrition There are posters and a modified grid available to purchase here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-assessment-poster-display-d-and-t-with-cooking-and-nutrition-11710887 This grid work best in a3 size, and should be «printed to fit»; in your printCurriculum into the main focus areas: Design Make Evaluate Technical Knowledge Cooking and Nutrition There are posters and a modified grid available to purchase here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-assessment-poster-display-d-and-t-with-cooking-and-nutrition-11710887 This grid work best in a3 size, and should be «printed to fit»; in your print settings.

«I applaud the focus on integrating physical activity into everyday life and the creativity Ms. Zavacky brings to her classes, and her integration of physical activity into the broader curriculum.

As Daniel Peabody, Maryland's 2015 Middle School Counselor of the Year pointed out in a recent interview, the standards have brought the traditional focus of the school counselor — promoting college and career readiness — into the realm of day - to - day curriculum and instruction.

A shift to a focus on measuring outcomes will open the licensure process to high - quality alternative pathways into teaching and encourage innovation among higher education providers who wish to compete on cost and quality rather than on traditional curriculum and seat - time requirements.

However, schools and colleges could do more to ensure that this trend continues and encourage entrepreneurial ambitions among students at an earlier age.Introducing business and finance - focused subjects into the curriculum will help prepare future entrepreneurs — and help resolve chronic educational issues.

However, before delving into a eLearning strategy that focuses solely on social intelligence, take a careful look at the types of intelligence mentioned above to see if any others can be integrated into your curriculum.

School practices are organized into eight categories: student focus and support; school organ - ization and culture; challenging standards and curriculum; active teaching and learning; professional community; leadership and educational vitality; school, family, and community partnerships; and indicators of success.

The Future Generations program focuses on bringing the cross curriculum priority of sustainability into every subject — from the Arts to Humanities and English — from year one to year six.

Learning outside has been proven to improve motivation and attainment and enhances behaviour, concentration and focus when the pupil is back into the classroom, if built into the school curriculum effectively.

Intel Teach professional development empowers teachers to integrate technology effectively into their existing curriculum, focusing on their students» problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration, which are precisely the skills required in the high tech, networked society in which we live.

In addition, asked what curriculum changes might be necessary in middle and high schools today, 47 % «strongly agree» and 44 % «somewhat agree» that courses or content focusing on digital literacy must be incorporated into every school's curriculum.

Michael Soskil: We need a shift in focus from accountability measures based on standardized test scores toward metrics that take into account universal access to quality teachers and learning environments, robust curricula that include the arts, as well as student engagement and well - being.

(Calif.) Even as a press event by the state superintendent last week focused attention on a handful of schools already teaching lessons based on new science standards, legislation was being crafted that would delay until 2017 development of the tools educators need to bring that new curriculum into all California classrooms.

Teachers of science, math, and other subjects are now taking on the challenge of integrating literacy into their curricula, she says, citing new practices from organizations such as the National Science Teachers Association, which is increasingly focusing conference offerings and resources on literacy instruction for members.

ArtsEdSearch focuses on research examining how education in the arts — in both discrete arts classes and integrated arts lessons — affects students» cognitive, personal, social and civic development, as well as how the integration of the arts into the school curriculum affects educators» instructional practice and engagement in the teaching profession.

One description I find useful is categorizing implementation into a 3 - part 3 - year rubric that schools / districts are in an Awareness or Transition or Implementation phase, with Awareness being activities becoming familiar with common core standards themselves, Transition being professional development on the more detailed curriculum frameworks and acquiring instructional materials focused on common... Read More

Training for staff in the West Orange, New Jersey school district was centered around how to integrate brain breaks for better focus and concentration... healthy eating messages sprinkled throughout the school hallways, cafeteria, and classrooms... and nutrition education woven into PE and core curriculum K - 12!

Nontraditional models typically include a focus on parental empowerment and integrating community into the school curriculum.

First, when professional development that focuses on the integration of Web GIS that does not have a direct curriculum - linked focus is used, georeferenced data related to specific concepts must be identified, validated, and placed into a Web GIS.

The focus on business and economics is purposely woven into the fabric of NSCS curricula, and is considered to be a core foundational skill for NSCS students.

In contrast, instead of focusing on achieving high scores, integrating the skills of entrepreneurship into curriculum could prepare students to innovation, risk - taking and collaboration skills.

Unlike SATs, which focus on curriculum - based material, primary school CATs focus on a child's natural cognitive reasoning ability, allowing our teachers and other staff to gain an invaluable insight into pupils» ability to reason across four distinct areas: verbal, non-verbal, mathematical and spatial.