Sentences with phrase «issues around learning»

We'll feature a blog about current issues around learning.

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The course uses «an active learning approach that challenges you to think quickly on your feet, to think critically and innovatively about business issues, and to step forward to make a difference in your community and around the world.»

Instead of shrinking in the face of a few bad apples, customers using social media to solve service or product issues will learn to go around trolls and «haters» — the same way they do for the rest of their Internet experience.

This is one of my issues: learning to be present, to be aware, to stop living inside my own head and get in touch with what is going on around me or what is happening to me.

I would think it is only natural for the FA to see if they can learn from Mr. Wengers observations around this issue but do not see how he can be a target of invetsigation.

Around ages 10 and 11, kids can really begin to embrace these concepts, says Jessica Hulick, founder and executive director of Social Justice Storytime, which strives to promote an inclusive community by creating a space for children and families to learn and discuss contemporary issues through storytime.

I'm posting a lot of what I'm learning to help deal with the issues of the hour around here.

Not only are good habits learned early likely to stick around for a lifetime, but an untidy bedroom is a safety issue as well.

But when I asked this question yesterday at our Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I learned that not only does stigma remain a real issue at some schools, there's now a troubling, modern - day twist on the problem: on some campuses, hapless kids standing in the federally reimbursable meal line are having their pictures taken by other students» cell phones, with the photos then uploaded to Facebook and / or texted around the school along with disparaging messages about the child's economic status.

If you're just starting to consider home education, or have recently taken your children out of school to educate them at home, you probably have all kinds of questions about what to do, how to help your children to learn, whether to use a formal curriculum, how to organise meals around home education, whether you'll ever again get any time to yourself... These home education articles address these issues and more, from my perspective having «been there, done that!».

She showed us around the school and explained how the school offers an intense therapeutic learning environment for children K - 10 with academic, emotional, and behavioral issues.

In addition to providing sustained environmental education, Mass Audubon helps support community organizations in conducting service learning and citizen science projects around critical environmental issues.

The day was a success with attendees from all around the state who learned about the many aspects of this issue including testimony from parents whose children died from shaking.

So we work with schools, parents and students to develop a plan of action specific to their school around the issues of student health, well - being, and engagement with learning.

We had no problems or issues until she learned to roll, sit up, crawl and move around.

The candidate is aggressively out there meeting with people and speaking around the state to different groups to learn more about the issue.

Baseball players have learned to get around this issue by blocking the sun's light with an outstretched hand.

«The health care provider identifies information the patient can use to build self - management skills, and also asks each patient what they want to learn about their epilepsy, whether it's medication management, avoiding seizure triggers, issues around driving — whatever they want to know about.

«We've already seen through our research that the episodes have an incredible power to stimulate debate around the issues, and that's how adults learn.»

I've been dealing with psoriasis patients such as this for many years and it gives me a great deal of pleasure to be able to help them resolve their issues and return not only their health but also their lives back to them as they begin to learn to live a life which does not revolve around their skin (or joint pain) related complaints, including endless doctor or medical specialist visits.

After having serious health issues and being diagnosed with Lyme disease, Nathan learned how to turn his health around using diet and lifestyle.

Learn How to Find Hormonal Balance with the Right Nutrition so You Can Regain Your Energy and Be Free From Weight Issues, Depression, Anxiety and Confusion Around Food.

We are looking for someone who has an interest in or even interested in learning the issues around the topics of skin care - toxic ingredients, natural herbs, lack of regulations, why choose natural and organic, etc...

From this starting point, there exist different approaches to developing this global awareness, such as: 1) curriculum design which embraces themes of awareness, empathy and a more holistic educational approach; 2) the use of technology that fosters connections between classrooms and destinations around the world; 3) social action projects that use service - based learning to create a deeper awareness of global issues; and 4) extra-curricular projects that offer a variety of tools to promote global citizenship.

There exist four major ways to develop global awareness within the international schools: 1) curriculum design which embraces themes of awareness, empathy and a more holistic educational approach; 2) the use of technology that fosters connections between classrooms and destinations around the world; 3) social action projects that use service - based learning to create a deeper awareness of global issues; and 4) extra-curricular projects that offer a variety of tools to promote global citizenship.

Read about a social justice - based school that addresses larger issues as a learning community, builds curriculum around service learning, and regularly involves families.

In my home state of Colorado there have been issues with lack of state policies that take into account virtual schools around issues such as funding, and the result is negative publicity aimed at online learning generally where in this case (in CO) it's really a state funding problem.

Do nt make interviews about questions and answers; make them about conversations around topical issues related to learning and teaching.

The PZC tackles challenging issues about the kind of teaching and learning that should be done in classrooms all around the world, but is not being done, in part because of the pressure for certain performances on certain kinds of standardized tests, in part because teachers teach what they were taught and in the ways that they were taught 10 or 50 years ago.

I'd like to explain some of the cognitive issues that we need to work around and give you clear tactics that make it easier for workers to learn in these chaotic circumstances.

Many schools use their summer reading to launch year - long study groups or Professional Learning Communities (PLC) around a pedagogical practice or school issue.

NCPI is committed to building a unified science of child development to explain the early roots of lifelong health, learning, and behavior in Brazil; translating and communicating science effectively to inform the public discourse around issues that affect children and families; and preparing leaders to leverage the science of healthy development in the design and implementation of innovative policies and programs that reduce preventable disparities and promote well - being for all Brazilian children.

With cross-disciplinary curricula that support broader school - specific goals, Global Cities and OOEL programs motivate students to develop an interest in learning about the world and engaging in meaningful dialogue with one another around important global issues.

And, it confuses several different issues around virtual learning, leading to uninformed commentaries that further polarize and inflame what could be good conversations about how best to implement digital learning.

The Roundtable also provides skills - based training in areas such as inclusion or social - emotional learning, and a forum for discussion around larger issues of diversity or education reform that will shape our work moving forward.

Principals take on the role of manager and facilitator of change, while teacher leaders take on responsibilities around issues of teaching and learning.

HL: Harry had learnt, teacher as a facilitator, he understood the language, and we did a lot of language immersion around entrepreneurship and he just said «no, this is not on, Miss Lewis has already spoken to you and told you, she is a facilitator, she doesn't want to have to deal with behaviour issues» and they just went silent.

In this article, I'll address a central issue around helping people select their own path to learn: Learner control.

With other schools, the initiative has looked at issues around compassion, the brain and learning, global education, and the role technology plays in helping children learn from one another.

The event is giving pupils the opportunity to learn about the issues faced by many children around the world trying to access an education while living in zones affected by conflict, natural disasters or extreme poverty, and who lack the basic tools and teachers they need to learn.

This webinar will tackle some of the main challenges in mobile learning deployment - including issues around security, content creation and connectivity - before offering practical advice on how to overcome these challenges.

«Sometimes people think education is an intractable problem,» McCartney said, citing the scale of the issues, the flood of unanalyzed data about students» performance, and the apparently inadequate American level of learning revealed on tests administered around the world — not to mention the daunting gaps in performance between and within U.S. districts.

So instead of saying, we're going to try to help our students communicate effectively, we're going to have our students communicate effectively to a global audience and an authentic audience around issues that people are really reading about and learning about and issues that people really care about.

From managing your digital footprint and dealing with safety and cyberbullying issues to ethical practices around copyright, plagiarism, and citation, students and teachers navigate new and sometimes treacherous ground as they learn with technology.

Her choice from among leading educators and administrators from other districts around the country reflected a strong desire by the board to keep the district in the hands of someone well versed on the challenges facing the district, someone who would not need months of on - the - job learning to become familiar with issues, schools and personnel.

Not every student's barrier to learning is the same; allowing students to build social and emotional skills around issues salient to them is critical.

March / April 2018: Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Frontier — This issue will shine a light on various types of school communities, providing strategies for universal challenges such as parent engagement, afterschool and summer learning, technology and broadband connectivity, teacher recruiting and retention, poverty, and wrap - around services.

Learn more about the issues surrounding voucher programs in Nevada and around the country through national and local reports, studies, research, and analysis.

In this Issue Brief, prepared by Public Impact for The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement at Learning Point Associates, we offer seven steps for district leaders to support the dramatic change required to turn around chronic low performance.

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the National Association of State Boards of Education Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around the country.