Sentences with phrase «larger teacher discussions»

Overall, Ahn strengthened her teaching through this co-inquiry process; evidence of her growth was apparent in our one - on - one conversations, our larger teacher discussions, and my observations of her class.

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They are full of student discussions and group activities large and small; teachers guide the conversation, but they spend much less time lecturing than most public school teachers do.

The complex event and its aftermath can also be further illuminated via discussions of larger themes in social and political history, such as balancing national safety and civil rights — comparing reactions to 9/11 with those following the attack on Pearl Harbor, for example — or the grounds for overseas military interventions — such as the recent U.S. engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan as compared with the U.S.'s position on the League of Nations after World War I. «These themes put a light on it,» Brodsky Schur says, giving teachers and even parents a way to integrate such a seemingly unteachable event.

Professor Mapp is an exceptional teacher who can transform a class discussion of 40 students in a large lecture hall into a conversation that feels as intimate as five friends sitting around a table.

Among the ways facilitators have encouraged discussion are writing a statement or question about the book on a large piece of paper and having people write responses as they arrive, said differentiation support teacher Suzanne Goff.

There is a surprising disconnect between discussions of state teacher pension systems and the larger discussion of retiree benefits in an era of longer life spans and the impending bulge of baby - boom retirees.

Future Is Now Schools has already begun discussions with community leaders in some of America's largest cities, bringing together all education stakeholders, including parents, teacher unions and district education officials.

Often, the authors of these studies provided a discussion that set the findings of impact on teacher practice in the larger context of conditions supportive of change in schools, of which teacher leader actions were a piece.

In larger schools of education, it may be possible to randomly assign students, sections, or classes to participate in threaded discussion forums or public online teacher communities.

In surveys conducted by Research for Action, a large majority of teachers reported that the literacy modules have led to both improved student writing and deeper understanding of content.1 A majority of math teachers surveyed reported that the math modules have encouraged students to engage in mathematical discussions and have improved students» math reasoning skills.2

Through discussion questions in the facilitator guide and links in the issues matrix, we hope to focus preservice teachers» attention on (a) the need to understand the larger context in which a lesson or lessons occur, (b) the tensions that are inherent in teacher decision making, and (c) the discrepancies that can occur between teacher beliefs and practice in the midst of making instructional decisions.

Rochester paints with an absurdly large brush when he argues that, «Educators for social justice are disingenuous in posing as facilitators of student - centered learning when as teachers they have largely foreclosed the discussion or at least steered it toward a preferred outcome.»

The teachers all noticed that their students improved in their reading and that reading became a larger part of their content discussions.

The state's largest teachers union will not participate in discussions led by Gov. Scott Walker and State Superintendent Tony Evers to develop a new statewide school accountability system.

Teacher education programs will need to not only give preservice teachers experiences with multimodal compositions but also prepare them to engage students in larger discussions about the selection of modes to best address particular rhetorical situations.

In Singapore, for example, teachers have 20 hours per week scheduled to work with colleagues, including time for «action research,» through which teachers identify and solve shared problems through discussion and classroom experimentation.20 Research suggests that professional learning in many high - performing countries tends to yield positive results when it is part of a larger school effort, rather than a patchwork of isolated activities not connected to school - level goals.21

PBL incorporates interesting and relevant topics, issues, and challenges; interaction with the teacher; and discussions and debates with peers, educators, and others into larger - scale projects with multiple learning targets and standards, and it usually involves technology and student presentations.

Berlitz Language School & Modern English School, Beijing • China 10/2004 — 6/2006 5/2009 — 8/2009 2/2010 — 8/2010 English Teacher Performed one on one teaching sessions to students and large classrooms discussions to students for large corporations in Beijing including Motorola, head HR of China one on one, and other large companies.