Sentences with phrase «make classroom life»

Teachers should anticipate what skills and work habits students need, and these skills and routines help make classroom life academically productive and satisfying.

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That's no longer the case, as social movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo have thrust the power dynamics that she highlights in her own New York City classroom onto a cultural main stage, and made her work more accessible and understandable.

«We all enter the program with busy careers and social lives, and then we inject 20 to 30 hours of homework and 16 hours of classroom time... and the only way we can accommodate the new demands is by making sacrifices in droves.»

Creative church schools work hard to make everything that occurs in the classroom (worship, problems in interpersonal relationships, teaching - learning, and so forth), laboratories in which religious truths can be brought to life and experienced.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

Or maybe you think that what makes a university Christian today is real concern about a student's life outside of the classroom.

The same qualities that made Devens a star on the playing field made her life in the classroom difficult.

They're the two nattering dopes in the back of the classroom who can't pay attention to the lesson and make everyone's lives more miserable for it.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

As her report put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.»

They observe this correlation firsthand as they cultivate the school garden using materials they find in their everyday classroom lives, and in return, the garden provides educational tools, such as samples for botany classes and plants that can be made into natural dyes for fiber arts projects.

If we can change our policies and our practices in the classroom, and work with researchers devoted to finding ways to help our children, we can «make a tremendous difference, not only in the lives of individual children and their families, but in our communities and our nation as a whole.»

«Qualified, trained teachers, that is an absolute commitment in every classroom because all the evidence is that it is qualified, trained teachers that make a difference in people lives, particularly in state education.»

«By rewarding donations that support public schools, providing tax credits for teachers when they purchase classroom supplies out of pocket, and easing the financial burden on families who send their children to independent, parochial or out - of - district public schools, we can make a fundamental difference in the lives of students, families and educators across the state,» he said.

«Not only is inclusion better than exclusion from a moral and social - justice standpoint, but the inclusion of diverse views from diverse people with diverse life stories and experiences leads to a better, more robust decision - making process and far superior results whether in a classroom or in a boardroom,» said Lana D. Benatovich, president of the National Federation of Just Communities of Western New York.

According to Jo Ellen Roseman, director of Project 2061 and the principal investigator for the new curriculum project, textbooks rarely take advantage of the opportunities to help students make connections across physical and life sciences, nor do they provide experiences to challenge the misconceptions that many students bring to the classroom.

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About Blog I believe education is for life and not just in the classroom, but in stacks of books, messy projects, adventures, cooking experiments, random questions leading to library excursions and Internet searches, the daily grind, and even lazy days when boredom makes way for creativity.

Mean girls, cute boys and crazy parties might be considered stereotypical or overdone college - movie tropes, but Life of the Party pairs them with actual classrooms and libraries, making for a more realistic depiction of the college experience than most comedies.

Still, Nancy makes time to keep social and ethical development at the forefront of classroom life.

Also, the sense of community, togetherness, and the bonds we make with each other during a traditional classroom lecture can help you further in your career and life.

We also recommend schools purchasing a 3D camera, such as the Ricoh Theta S so teachers and students can make their own videos and bring those experiences back to life in the classroom

Make your classroom one of positivity so that they have a place to go to feel that the state of the news is not necessarily the state of their own lives.

Adoption UK has been campaigning for a better understanding of the issues facing adopted children in schools so we are delighted that the government is to consider a number of changes to make life in the classroom better for adopted children.

I made plenty of mistakes attempting to create a self - study course directly from a traditional, live classroom course.

But then one would recall that other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems other than a lack of money afflict the schools, such as students who arrive unprepared for learning or life in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at best mixed.

In Experience and Education, he states that an adult's life experience guides their decision - making around which experiences are «educative» and worth students» time in the classroom.

You may explore questions eg «What's a saint» and «Are angels real» - and thinking about what make heaven and hell in the lives and experiences of our students - at home, in the playground and in the classroom.

Some of Calkins's ideas on writing have made exciting contributions to the life of the classroom.

The new curriculum integrates history, science, and art into daily classroom life, explains Michael Birnbaum in the Washington Post, but some teachers say that the integrated curriculum makes it more difficult to differentiate instruction for students at different levels.

Many of these programs do employ the highest level of encryption currently available to the civilian market, though, so there are not as many hacking incidents as people would lead you to believe.Educational technology is constantly a part of our lives, and as such it only makes sense that cloud based technologies have moved into the classroom.

Your classroom needn't be based in a nursing home, an assisted - living facility, or a retirement home for your students to make great academic and social connections with community elders.

It is recognised that by combining classroom teaching with outdoor experiences significant achievements can be made by children, supporting a holistic education and life long approach to learning.

For students to make it a practice beyond the classroom, they must find mindfulness relevant to their lives.

Given that 94 % of human communication occurs non-verbally, and that public speaking and presentation to groups are (along with expository writing) among the proficiencies most lacking in young hires today, it makes sense for the classroom to be a place where young people can develop the «people skills» required to work and live successfully.

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Teaching this engagement in today's classroom has to include digital media because it is the conduit through which students are prepared to receive information, and their ownership of content is what will make life lessons stick.

Technology in the classroom is here to stay; it has become such a big part of our lives it makes sense to make the most of it, especially as kids find gadgets so much more engaging than textbooks.

Farr's team works with all network partners to discover how in classrooms all over the world, teachers are making huge strides with kids living in poverty.

Finally, the school - related factor that makes the most difference in the lives of students who live in poverty (or all students, for that matter) is the quality of teaching that occurs in the classroom.

Susan Day, the founder of Connect felt that there was a gap in the UK market for a training platform that allowed teachers to practise interaction with pupils in an environment reflecting a real classroom experience while also providing the opportunity to tailor - make specific situations.She said, «C - Live is especially effective for teacher training as it can offer consistent scenarios.

These include using literature that focuses on mathematical content to engage students, using mathemagic that links to the development of meaningful mathematics, games that have a clear purpose and specific mathematical content, investigations that focus on interesting problems or using mathematical trivia and making links between the mathematics students complete in the classroom and their everyday life.

«Everything I learned in my courses here only made me more excited to return to the classroom and test out all my new ideas for years to come,» says Nirmalan, who admits that the perks of HGSE life — air conditioning, sleeping in, being able to use the restroom whenever she wants — are somewhat hard to give up.

With gender inequality making headlines worldwide, the four - week course explores ways to support girls in the classroom in order to prepare them for their future lives and careers.

It's a matter of what teachers can do to make a difference in their students lives with the 4.25 hours a day they have to cover the curriculum in the context of their school and classroom.

Bethan, 16, was chosen by judges for the remarkable progress she has made both in the classroom and on the sports field after five years of involvement in Sky Sports Living for Sport projects.

High frequency tubes reduce energy use and heat output, eliminate flicker and hum, extend lamp life (by up to 50 per cent) and can allow dimming — all of which can make a classroom more comfortable.

In an excerpt from his new memoir This African - American Life, former president of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price describes his elementary and secondary education in Washington, D.C. Price focused on his studies and dreamed of playing major - league baseball — all while he and his schoolmates made history in some of the city's first integrated classrooms after the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.

We can not change every life outside of school, but we can do our part to make the larger life outside our classrooms one with opportunities to help us all.