This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially educational and school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek
knowledge about improving education and training in the social and behavioral sciences throughout the educational lifespan.
Not exact matches
While antenatal
education and counselling is helpful, 8 68 % of mothers said that early problems with breast feeding was the main reason they stopped nursing before two months postpartum.7 Other barriers were lack of
knowledge about breast feeding and lack of support from health professionals.7 Women value being shown how to breast feed rather than being told how to.9 10 Evidence of effective interventions to
improve exclusive breast feeding for the recommended duration of six months is sparse.
Most
education evaluators see themselves as the vanguard of a post-positivist, democratic, and craft - based model of
knowledge growth that is superior to the elitist scientific model that, they believe, has failed to create useful and valid
knowledge about improving schools.
This revolution in new
knowledge about the developing brain and human genome, linked to advances in the behavioral and social sciences, offers new opportunities for more effective strategies to
improve outcomes in
education, economic development, health, and social welfare.
«These tests are
about high standards,
improving expectations, and giving our young people the basic skills they need that will prepare them for the
knowledge - driven economy in the 21st century,» said Richard W. Riley, Secretary of
Education, in his statement
about the Voluntary National Tests for Reading and Math.
The Campaign for the Harvard Graduate School of
Education will enable the school to strengthen its capacity in a number of areas including its ability to attract the most talented students to education and prepare them to be transformative leaders, to recruit world - class faculty to build a knowledge base about what works in education, to encourage entrepreneurship and partner with the field to implement innovative solutions, and to leverage the convening power of Harvard to improve e
Education will enable the school to strengthen its capacity in a number of areas including its ability to attract the most talented students to
education and prepare them to be transformative leaders, to recruit world - class faculty to build a knowledge base about what works in education, to encourage entrepreneurship and partner with the field to implement innovative solutions, and to leverage the convening power of Harvard to improve e
education and prepare them to be transformative leaders, to recruit world - class faculty to build a
knowledge base
about what works in
education, to encourage entrepreneurship and partner with the field to implement innovative solutions, and to leverage the convening power of Harvard to improve e
education, to encourage entrepreneurship and partner with the field to implement innovative solutions, and to leverage the convening power of Harvard to
improve educationeducation.
Given the need to
improve the quality of instruction and the lack of clarity and shared
knowledge about what systems and activities
improve teaching, this is the right time to take stock of what is known; what kinds of activities are currently underway; and what will be needed going forward as reforms roll through the
education system.
We believe that cultivating
knowledge and new ideas
about education will ultimately
improve students» lives and enrich society.
The recognition award is part of a larger U.S. Department of
Education (USED) effort to identify and disseminate
knowledge about practices that are proven to result in
improved student engagement, higher academic achievement and graduation rates, and workforce preparedness, as well as a government wide goal of increasing energy independence and economic security.
EN: I continue to lead through E4E at my school because I support E4E's mission of empowering teachers by supplying them with
knowledge about policies that impact teachers and the students they teach, as well as advocating for changes that will
improve the
education system.
Carol Campbell, the principal researcher for the study, added, «While Canada is internationally recognized as valuing
education and committing to both excellence and equity, there is a gap in shared
knowledge about the professional learning practices that contribute to
improved educational outcomes within and across Canada and in the unique and diverse contexts of each province and territory.»
For one hundred years, Bank Street's focus has been
improving the
education of children and their teachers by applying to the
education process all available
knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world.
The New Civics: This area represents the broader Foundation belief that cultivating
knowledge and new ideas
about civic
education will ultimately
improve students» lives and enrich society.
The purpose of CEELO's National RoundTAble is to provide early childhood specialists and their colleagues in State
Education Agencies with research and best practice to
improve states»
knowledge about and use of early childhood comprehensive assessment systems and teacher evaluation in the early years of the learning continuum.
At www.wallacefoundation.org, the foundation maintains an online library
about what it has learned, including
knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening
education leadership to
improve student achievement, helping selected cities make good afterschool programs available to more children, expanding arts learning opportunities for children and teens, providing high - quality summer learning programs to disadvantaged children and enriching and expanding the school day in ways that benefit students, and helping arts organizations build their audiences.
He leads AIR's Research and Evaluation area where he oversees projects across our entire range of subject areas including
education, health, and the workforce both in the United States and internationally, always with the goal expanding our
knowledge about how best to
improve people's lives, particularly the disadvantaged.
What is great
about working in the
education industry is you are not only a mentor and confidant to students, but you also help them
improve the quality of their lives by imparting wisdom and
knowledge.
An exceptionally educated, skilled and experience person with wide pool of
knowledge about physical and emotional health looking for a job profile of a health educator in a health centre where I would be given a chance to impart health
education to as many people as possible and thereby help
improving the health
knowledge of a large population of people.
* Dedicated public servant, passionate
about improving the lives through
education * Impeccable interpersonal and networking skills * Deep
knowledge of the administrative aspects of grantmaking and grants administration * Superior oral and written communication skills * Extremely detail - oriented writer and administrator
Durham, NC
About Blog The N.C. Science, Mathematics, Technology (SMT) Center is a non-profit organization focused on
improving education as a means of providing all students in North Carolina with the
knowledge and skills to have successful careers, be good citizens, and advance the economy of the state.
With the conference theme of «
knowledge systems, social justice and racism in health professional
education», many sessions heard
about efforts to
improve cultural safety in teaching, learning and practice environments.
McDonough is a data manager who has worked on several projects at MDRC: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) is an evaluation of marriage
education programs targeting low - income, racially and ethnically diverse married couples; Head Start CARES (Classroom - based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion) is a national evaluation of three evidence - based strategies to
improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start; the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) aims to build
knowledge about the effectiveness of the new federally funded Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home - Visiting Program (MIECHV) in
improving outcomes for at - risk children and families.