Sentences with phrase «ivory tower approaches»

For too long the vast majority of pre-service programs have failed to address the core competencies of the profession, focused as they are upon ivory tower approaches and research rather than the practical skills and tools new teachers need in order to do their work well.

For too long the vast majority of pre-service programs have failed to address the core competencies of the profession, focused as they are upon ivory tower approaches and research rather than the practical skills andread more

Cut off the head of the LA by all means, but to write off the rest as somehow not massively contributing to the operation of education is a monumental mistake and symptomatic of an ivory towers approach.

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This dated, «ivory tower» approach can unintentionally discourage employee engagement and stifle the creative process.

In other words, paper theology is when we approach Scripture and theology from an «ivory tower» perspective.

How do you know what works best if you impose one approach from the ivory tower of Washington?

Why it matters: While ion collisions may seem the stuff of ivory towers, the new approach has implications for energy, space exploration, and national security.

And the real ones being hurt by this hard headed approach by the Big Five aren't the suits in their ivory towers but the authors and their readers.

He dismisses the often cited ivory tower / professional school dichotomy as irrelevant, and locates the trouble in the fill - in - the - blanks approach, where legal writing (and research) is seen as a rote or unceative exercise.