Sentences with phrase «like teacher inquiry»

Processes like teacher inquiry, lesson study, critical friends, or the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards's Take One professional learning model can be of great help in providing structure and protocols for the collaborative work.

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Whether it's a simple arrangement between colleagues to observe each other in action, or a more formal approach like teacher rounds (an iterative, inquiry - based cycle of observations between larger teacher teams), schools are turning teachers into lieutenants of their own learning.

He is currently researching how students read and engage with non-traditional texts like video game narratives, manga, horror, fantasy, etc. as well as the effects of inquiry teaching on teachers, students, and learning.

When we were designing it we decided to do a year - long teacher inquiry — our action research into modern learning practice and what it should look like in this environment.

What would American education look like if we had shunned IQ tests as a means of sorting children, used higher salaries to attract more able recruits to teaching, adapted the kind of engaging cooperative inquiry among both teachers and pupils that Dewey favored, and expected all children to do rigorous mathematics and science beginning in elementary school?

Rather than acting as directive teachers, our faculty members were more like coaches in a student - led inquiry environment.

You know, when teachers use inquiry they say things like «Wow, what do you want to find out?

McNamara says her science lessons have also become more rigorous: Teachers at her school are covering the same units, but instead of talking about «how scientists think,» first graders will have to learn — and use — terms like «inquiry,» «observation» and «data.»

The program begins with a Summer Intensive session during which Inspired Teaching Teacher Leaders explore what inquiry - based science and literacy education look like by delving into Inspired Teaching's inquiry - based, student centered approach.

Reports like Reading Next [1] and What Makes Middle Schools Work [2] highlight the benefits of collaboration for both students and teachers, while emerging research suggests that inquiry - based approaches empower teachers to advance their practice and student learning.

Formative classroom walkthroughs involve several elements: Collaborative inquiry that partners teachers and administrators to set and pursue professional learning targets; a laser like focus on evidence from what the students are actually doing and learning during the lesson; and, collegial feedback conversations based on student learning evidence.