Sentences with phrase «more academic learning»

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But the most important lesson he brought with him from the academic world, he says, is that humans learn far more from failure that they do from success.

Most of the remaining books are so academic that there is a greater danger, in me recommending them, of turning the reader off than inspiring them to learn more.

As these tools evolve over the next decade, the academics we work with expect to see radical change in training and workforce development, which will roll into (although probably against a longer timeline) more traditional institutions of higher learning.»

The program facilitates teamwork between Micro Focus Training Services, Authorized Instructors, Academic and Commercial Training Partners to provide training to customers wanting to learn more about Micro Focus products and solutions.

If our account of alienation as a repeating process is reliable, then the American Catholic institutions of higher education are nearing the end of a process of formal detachment from accountability to their church, and instead of exerting themselves to oblige that church to be a more credible patron of higher learning, they are qualifying for acceptance by and on the terms of the secular academic culture, and are likely soon to hand over their institutions unencumbered by any compromising accountability to the church.

Twice therein occurs the statement, «Any certain extent of academic education shall never be a requirement for credentials...» (22) While there is always more to learn for any student of Scripture, however brilliant or trained, I am not at all prepared to say that such simple pietistic use of Scripture is defective; it is not so much wrong as limited.

He wrote to prelates about the matter, and «I published my theses, inviting learned men and them alone to discuss them with me... By a miracle which astounded me more than anyone, these theses were spread through almost the entire world», even though, being academic theses, the text was dense and summary.

It's hard to blame the academic, so - called «book learned» types that typically compete (and often do extremely well) on TV's «Jeopardy!» when questions more of the pop culture nature, or say, sports variety don't exactly go their way.

The thinking is that this redshirting allows new players to adjust to college life, more rigorous academics, the speed of the college game, developing their bodies, and learning the schemes and plays of the team.

In the same way that responsive parenting in early childhood creates a kind of mental space where a child's first tentative steps toward intellectual learning can take place, so do the right kind of messages from teachers in school create a mental space that allows a student to engage in more advanced and demanding academic learning.

The sensory experience can be mixed with some learning of more academic nature and over on 3 Dinosaurs they have a great ABC sensory bin — a fantastic way to combine different types of learning.

A study of seventh - graders revealed that those who put more value on learning than on making good grades were able to push through academic challenges more easily than those who had fixed ideas about how smart they were.

While at a preschool like this the kids will learn more academics earlier, I feel the focus on developing positive discipline and good, self - respecting social skills is far more important for kids this age.

Your teen's academic downturn might have a root problem that's a bit more serious, such as a learning disorder.

And in today's classroom, where teachers must compete with digital distractions for their students» attention while trying to satisfy increasingly demanding academic standards, it is more important than ever that educators be able to combat apathy, instill vital problem - solving skills, and create a climate that maximizes learning.

Democratic schools like Longview School focus on teaching the whole child, so they not only learn rigorous academics, but also develop into more independent, responsible young adults.

What that means is that kids who can't learn academics because of a learning disability will have trouble dealing with more complex topics like social problem - solving, getting along with others and reading social situations.

In an attempt to learn more about dragonfly migration, the US Forest Service's Wings Across the Americas program has assembled a group of dragonfly experts, nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and federal agencies and formed the Migratory Dragonfly Partnership (MDP).

To accomplish this, your child will need to learn skills in more than the academic areas.

Even in more touchy - feely districts, O'Brien said, many administrators balked at trying to spend money on programs for empathy and emotional learning when the district needed to compete in academic arenas.

What we actually need is a more democratic model of impact where it is conceived of as impact upon the public debate; inspiring gradual, long term change — and in which academic communication is part of a mutual, democratic learning process.

Become open to learning about the law and policies pertaining to your office and ask questions often, and partner with local universities» academic as they know more about your ministerial needs and guides understand the domestic culture than an expatriate of Euro / American background.

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at the College of Agriculture, More Plantation, Ibadan, may soon embark on another round of industrial action over the refusal of the college provost to allow its members carry out their activities, The Nigeria Standard has learnt.

Our universities are places of learning, not academic sweatshops, and we need to get away from the idea that more can be delivered for less.»

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Learn from sources other than your advisor: Your mentor may have grown up in a different world entirely, when the world's scientific infrastructure was in the growth mode and opportunities on the academic track were more widely available.

Students — more than 1,000 in the 2016 — 2017 academic year — learn about biotechnology through hands - on experiments.

While personal preferences play a role in choosing this uncertain career path, it seems that during Ph.D. programs, young researchers learn to regard academic employment as more desirable than other employment.

Such activities offer academic scientists great opportunities to apply their expertise to real - world challenges, impacting human health more directly, learning how business works, and even improving their financial situations.

With a more homogenous learning environment, it's easier for teachers to match their instruction to a student's needs and the students benefit from interacting with comparable academic peers.

When teachers read a case study of a boy with academic challenges, meant to suggest learning disabilities, they were more likely to refer white boys than black and Latino boys for testing.

But ScienceInsider caught up with Smith after his presentation to learn more about his formative academic experience.

But generally in academic labs, without these industrial - scale resources, scientists are focusing more and more on learning how to control analog quantum simulators.

«And if you want to become a PI, you should also learn more about the academic field, so that you have more understanding of grant writing and items you don't get exposed to as a Ph.D. student.»

Get to know more about the UPPDA, the Office of Academic Career Development (OACD), Pitt's Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), the English Language Institute (ELI) and more!

The review, entitled Scientists must be taught to manage, was written by husband and wife faculty members who attended the February 2012 workshop, gives their personal perspective on why the skills they learned are so important and why more workshops like this are needed throughout the academic and scientific communities.

I attended a private school to learn English and because the academic programme was more challenging.

The university empowers undergraduates to chart their own academic path, combining experiential learning opportunities on seven continents with more than 150 undergraduate majors and concentrations, including interdisciplinary majors and major - minor combinations.

Help and Hope for ADHD The Brain Balance Program is designed to offer a drug - free, integrated approach that focuses on the whole child and brings parents and kids together to achieve a common goal of improving a child's processing and learning ability, leading to a more successful academic and personal life.

The Brain Balance Program is designed to offer a drug - free, integrated approach that focuses on the whole child and brings parents and kids together to achieve a common goal of improving a child's processing and learning ability, leading to a more successful academic and personal life.

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Teachers who are engaged in service - learning tend to be more positive about the work they do, and we also see a higher level of parental involvement, which is key to academic achievement.»

The research, from Canvas, the Virtual Learning Environment for academic institutions and companies worldwide, reveals that one in six (17 %) teachers in the UK are spending more than 11 hours a week on marking and assessments.

05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP schools across the country operate on longer days — her school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.

Voices From the Field Challenge Education Week, May 1, 2011 «I believe strongly that wisdom lies close to the ground; as an academic, I always learn more when I'm in schools listening to people doing the work,» writes Assistant Professor Jal Mehta.

There was a time when social learning was more of an academic theory reserved for massive textbooks, peer - reviewed journals, and the halls of university psychology departments.

We met with three hundred charter leaders around the state to learn more about what could be done, and then built goals and objectives for the California charter schools movement by first providing insurance, cash - flow financing, and other resources to schools willing to focus on academic quality (measured in many different ways).

Once the rules are in place and students understand logical consequences, teachers can move on to other aspects of the Responsive Classroom approach, such as Academic Choice, which gives students more flexibility in their learning.

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