To achieve equality in access to high - quality schools, we may be required to focus on «beyond school» conditions to compensate for the deficits that many students experience
in life outside the classroom.
The student to teacher ratio is not the same as the average classroom size, as the ratio often includes part - time teachers who may serve as tutors or substitutes, and sometimes the ratio even includes non-teaching faculty (administrators, coaches, dorm parents) who are part of students»
daily lives outside the classroom.
If you can afford it, Applebaum suggests hiring a dog trainer and taking your dog to obedience classes, where your pup will get to socialize with other dogs and people and learn how to deal with distractions, which are common
in life outside the classroom.
«I work hard to make sure they see the connections between what we are studying in class and
life outside the classroom,» says Lisa.
The teacher can structure the journal prompt or questions as an invitation for students to share their feelings, concerns and questions about the class and about
their lives outside the classroom.
• Relevance: Students have the opportunity to connect a current activity to previous in - classroom experiences, such as science investigations, and to
their lives outside the classroom, such as a need they perceive in the community.
Help them see how classroom lessons can be applied to
life outside the classroom.
Applied learning blurs the distinction between schoolwork and
life outside the classroom, blending academic rigor with real - life relevance.
«Getting to know the kids and what is going on in
their lives outside the classroom helps them learn best,» says Shanske, a teacher at Crossroads.
They want to enjoy
their life outside the classroom.
Studies have shown that students understand and retain knowledge best when they have had the opportunity to apply that knowledge in a practical, relevant setting, which allows students to better understand how academic skills transfer to
life outside the classroom.
Research has shown over the years that students are more engaged when they feel that what they are learning is connected to
life outside the classroom.
Fifty four percent of middle school students report feeling their school work was relevant to
life outside the classroom, compared to just 46 percent of high school students.
Discover three emerging technologies affecting
our lives outside the classroom today, and see how schools could implement them tomorrow.
The demands do not allow for teachers to have
a life outside the classroom.
Empathizing with your students means taking the time to learn about
their lives outside the classroom.
An April report from the Ontario Public School Boards» Association noted that students «power down» inside schools because the use of technology is not keeping pace with
their lives outside the classroom and warned they will disengage without it.