Sentences with phrase «learning of other subjects»

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In fact, Arnold's research demonstrates that students who truly enjoy learning the most often struggle in school, where students must balance attention given to subjects about which they're truly passionate with the demands of their other coursework.

When we continue to dialog on subjects that we're ignorant of without the intent to try and learn, empathize, or gain understanding from those who aren't ignorant of the subject... we just usually end up hurting others and someone needs to tell us to shut up.

She convincingly argues, among other things, that «where repression is especially severe, where institutions (schools, trade unions, churches, professional associations) have been purged and subject to constant governmental vigilance,» little discussion of human rights occurs («Human Rights in Latin America: Learning from the Literature,» Christianity and Crisis [December 24, 1979], pp. 328 ff.).

In the Abbasid period Muslim culture became society - oriented, with emphasis on such subjects as the sciences and engineering and architecture; but no contradiction was felt between these fields and religion, for all scholars combined religious knowledge with mastery of other fields of learning.

In Jesus time when he fled Herod with his parents, the largest group of Jews where he possibly fled to, were located in Alexandria, a place where 300 years earlier Alexander, who conquered as far as India and tried to have his subjects learn about and understand each other... had followers that built the great library of Alexandria, holding much of the knowledge of the ancient world.

In Scripture we learn that solitude can be a subversive act against the cultural and social pressures that come from constantly subjecting oneself to the opinions and judgments of others.

Others, however, make a more conscious effort to let piety enter the teaching - learning process by way of «rabbit - chasing» — discussion of topics tangential to the main subject, and personal commentary.

In the case of learning people, both the learner and the one being learned are subjects: the spirit that enables one person to overleap the boundary of the body in knowledge and love and to incorporate the other in the self is matched by the same spirit in the other.

Because the risen Lord is not an embodied subject in the same manner that other people are, the role of silence and meditation in learning Jesus is of critical importance.

Many of his most important essays on the subject are available only in learned journals or in anthologies substantially devoted to other topics.

Besides the physical benefits of being outdoors, for the purpose of physical activity, other valuable learning opportunities may also arise as your children encounter objects in nature or other subjects that captivate their attention.

Each Main Lesson relates to the students» stage of development for that year and is linked to other subjects, building upon prior knowledge, experience, and skills in creative ways that engage students in their learning.

My kids will learn about death, dishonesty, taxes, and a number of other unpleasant subjects.

This can not be done in a classroom where twenty - five children congregate with one teacher... The learning disabled child should not have to share his teacher with more than six to eight other children, at least not during those portions of the day when the key subjects — reading and arithmetic — are being taught.»

Once your child grows up, of course, he or she will learn how to read properly, but if he or she is deficient in reading at a small age, it is hardly possible that his or her basis of other subjects will be strong.

How military personnel learn to shoot or engage in close combat, and how that physical training is connected in a military regime with what we can think of as ideological education, has been the subject of close study, as have other regimes, disciplines, practices and settings such as sword fighting, or gang membership.

Nick Clegg is slowly learning Charles Kennedy's trick of picking a subject on which you feel strongly (for example, the Gurkhas) and using it to point out to the voters how distinct you are from the other two.

The Advocacy 2.0 Guide (Tools for Digital Advocacy) describes some of the best techniques and tools that digital activists — and others who wish to learn from this subject — can use as part of their online advocacy campaigns.

In other words, to learn the Spanish word for apple, the subject should make an apple gesture, taste an apple or look at a picture of an apple.»

When she first joined the company, she attended a 3 - week «mini-MBA» where she learned the basics of finance, microeconomics, and other business - relevant subjects.

In the first study, Sara Mednick of Harvard University and her colleagues investigated the role of sleep in perceptual learning by training subjects to report the direction of colored bars superimposed on other lines on a computer screen.

Learn about space probes, Mars Rovers, SETI and other out - of - this - world subjects.

Research of adults in their mid 60s showed that an area of the brain called the hippocampus, the seat of learning and memory, grew in the subjects who walked regularly compared to subjects who did other forms of exercise.

We learn a little about casting, the songs, production design and costumes, and other related subjects before we see a small snatch of the show.

In fact, the extended Personal Learning Networks can include global resources, such as Subject Matter Experts who live on the other side of the world.

Many educators agree, but according to Rosalie Pedalino Porter, writing in the Atlantic, «the accumulated research of the past thirty years reveals almost no justification for teaching children in their native languages to help them learn either English or other subjects.»

A Melbourne primary school is learning the joys of growing and cooking their own food, all the while enhancing their knowledge in other key subjects.

Arguably, outdoor education and learning experiences, by definition, should result in some development of an individual's understanding, be it of themselves, other people, the environment or a specific subject.

Seating students in heterogeneous groups maximizes the learning environment: weaker students see how stronger students learn and approach problems, while stronger students gain a deeper understanding of the subject by teaching it to others, creating a «technical success.»

In his first book on this subject, Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, published in 1987, he explained why all children and adults need to learn the words, phrases, idioms, ideas, and other information that are an essential part of contemporary society and culture.

These students may simply fall in the normal range of differing learning styles and challenges; they may be «gifted» in some subjects and not in others.

I have seen apathetic students change to students who are excited, enthusiastic learners; students who were failing every subject become engaged in learning and making better grades; students who, in the past, avoided talking with me about their grades, come... waving their report cards in their hands to show me their improvement; students who thought of themselves as incapable begin to think of themselves as capable learners; and students who thought that dreams were for others, begin to dare to dream about the world outside their school and community and how they can contribute.

«Once we had this in play and began to consider developing two year plans for other subjects was [the point at which] we realised that we could link some of the other learning areas together through similar topics,» she recalls.

Other staff members were the representatives for other subject areas and as I pulled them offline to plan units of work we would brainstorm generalisations about that Science unit of work and then analyse the learning area they were responsible for to identify any content that matched.&rOther staff members were the representatives for other subject areas and as I pulled them offline to plan units of work we would brainstorm generalisations about that Science unit of work and then analyse the learning area they were responsible for to identify any content that matched.&rother subject areas and as I pulled them offline to plan units of work we would brainstorm generalisations about that Science unit of work and then analyse the learning area they were responsible for to identify any content that matched.»

Identifying the overall message, the theme, is a vital skill that helps put both history and science in perspective, and learning sensory details also helps the strength of writing required for other subjects.

LOtC Mark is the first national accreditation for schools, nurseries and other educational establishments which recognises and supports the development of learning outside the classroom across all subject areas.

Total Talent Portfolios, or TTPs, are based on the work of Dr. Joseph Renzulli at the University of Connecticut and involve students creating a place where they can collect information about their learning preferences, strengths, talents, favorite subjects, goals and other important data about themselves.

It offers students the opportunity to think outside of the box, to disseminate and synthesise their ideas, think critically, justify their choices using evidence... It gives students an opportunity to organise their thoughts, to stimulate interesting discussions, make links between the knowledge and skills that they have developed in and around different subjects, thus building their capital and valuing the importance of their learning in each subject, and how it links to other areas of the curriculum and life.

Much of what the Monte Vista students learn in the architecture and design lessons can be applied to other subjects.

At Hogwarts, students of wizardry learn such subjects as potions, spells, defense against the dark arts, and other subjects necessary for students of wizardry.

In general, most of them are not concerned about the rewards that a gamified system can provide; they use it to network with others, to learn about a subject matter, just for fun, etc..

The opponents of bilingual education cite the STAR results as proof that those warnings were misguided and that bilingual education is not the best way for students to learn English — or other academic subjects.

That's not how it worked in the one - room schoolhouses of yesteryear, and it's oblivious to the many ways that children differ from each other, the ways their modes and rates of learning differ, how widely their starting achievement levels differ, and how their interests, brains, and outside circumstances often cause them to learn different subjects at unequal speeds — and to move faster and slower, deeper or shallower, at different points in their lives, even at different points within a «school year.»

As my first year progressed I found it easy to collaborate with a couple of teachers in subject areas other than mine but for the most part I was alone — on my own when it came to learning, growing, and developing into the social studies teacher I wanted to be.

Studying the arts in school may help strengthen children's academic and social skills that can, in turn, aid them in learning other subjects, concludes a new review of arts education studies.

Colour, design and integration with other physical aspects of the learning room are subjects that are attracting more and more time and research.

David Grissmer and his colleagues are producing a series of studies that suggest how much later success in math, reading, and science depend on early acquisition of the kind of «general knowledge» and fine - motor skills learned through art and other subjects.

Students learn how theory and practice inform each other through coursework that investigates adolescent development; race and power in urban classrooms; social - emotional learning; and methods of teaching particular subject matter, special education students, and English - language learners.

An integrated STEM subject doesn't mean we neglect all other learning areas, nor does it suggest the removal of explicit teaching.

Like English and Maths, Physical Education should be part of the bedrock of a good education which equips young people with the vital skills which support their wellbeing, ability to learn in other subjects and help prepare them for employment.