Sentences with phrase «more on curriculum»

In a primary or a secondary school, they will concentrate more on curriculum development and lesson planning.

However, Hargrave and Hsu (2000) noted a shift in instructional technology courses that focus less on the general pedagogy like teacher productivity and more on curriculum integration and content emphasis.

Sometimes, we avoid those conversations that are needed and we focus more on the curriculum to be taught, the assessments to be given and the accountability that is ever - present.

They also can focus more on curriculum, scheduling, and even student placements.

Not exact matches

Concordia recently revised its EMBA curriculum to place more emphasis on responsible management.

UCLA's Anderson school has completed a sweeping curriculum overhaul in the hopes to get their students to develop a specialty early on so they are more attractive to job recruiters.

Instead of following the curriculum of what might be a more traditional conference, ICON places emphasis on building a community among attendees.

Valdis Krebs of Orgnet explains that «Schools are still stuck on teaching 20th century math for building things rather than 21st century math for understanding things» and suggests that curriculums focus less on the mathematics of engineering (e.g. algebra and calculus) and more on the mathematics of patterns (e.g. set theory, graph theory, etc.).

Although the percentage of Canadians who accept the modest proposal of putting more content about Asia in the curriculum has now grown to 50 per cent, a stunning 58 per cent oppose putting more emphasis on Asian languages in the school system.

When we write one, we believe we are remembering something discrete and doing something more than recording a list of items on a curriculum vitae.

While mainline publishers of religious books and church - school curricula have been virtually silent on the subject, there are currently in print more than 350 books challenging evolutionary science and advocating a «creation science» based on six 24 - hour days of creation, a «young - earth» dating, and a worldwide «flood geology.»

By offering a standardized curriculum focused on math and science, we can give Wakandans a bedrock upon which they can build a more civilized society.

Evolution, Intelligent Design and Philosophy should be all taught together if you want a more accurate curriculum based on current known truths.

The Sportswriter's cosmopolitan milieu of death - denying Jersey suburbs and wry commentary on New York magazine journalism has made its author more accessible to professors, who will start working him into their curriculum.

Brown focuses far more than Kelly does on the structure and unity of a theological school's curriculum.

More often, efforts to deal with fragmentation and pluralism focus on reforming the curriculum of a school.

And for that to happen the Catholic school needs to take on board Benedict XVI's reminder to Catholic educators in the USA in 2008 that there is much more to Catholic education than the nature of the curriculum: «Catholic identity,» he said, «is not dependent upon statistics.

More than 50 percent of teachers reported a difference in behavior based on the curriculum.

With our culture and our nation's emphasis on high academic achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.

They've developed a curriculum that focuses on interactive play, helping moms and kids develop communication, sensory skills, language, and more.

Driven by a passion to help her clients, Lisa has researched many challenging situations and shared her discoveries in articles, conferences, online support groups, and through co-authoring The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk as well as the chapter on Low Milk Production and Infant Weight in the Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care.

You can read more about possible curricula that can be used as part of home education in the page about the curriculum minefield, or some ideas about taking formal exams on the GCSE page.

Keep reading for more on our Sonlight curriculum review.

Since its our summer holiday and we have finished our homeschool curriculum, I have taken some time to do some more structured learning activities with my preschoolers in the form of lapooks, based on stories that we read together.

Some schools create custom curriculum based on the child's learning abilities so that they can excel in the subjects they're really good at while at the same time become stronger at the subjects that are more challenging to them.

The CYSA curriculum, offered through the Academy for Youth Sports Administrators, has certified more than 3,000 professionals and educates youth sports administrators on these topics and more.

For more information on choosing curriculums, get this excellent book, «100 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum: Choosing The Right Curriculum And Approach For Your Child's Learning Style (Paperback) by Cathy Duffy.»

I'm not sure that the boys are covering everything on the National Curriculum - Tim in particular doesn't appear to be doing a lot of maths - but they're certainly learning plenty of other things, and enjoying life considerably more than some of their friends who go to school out here.

The PSI Perinatal Mental Health Certification Program builds on the existing certificate training curriculum but is more comprehensive and indepth.

This article has information on what to look for when searching for the best homeschool curriculum for your family, such as philosophy, subjects, accredidation, warranties, and more.

From challenging school curriculums to being teased on the playground to body image issues, demands and anxiety are causing today's children to be weighed down — more than ever before.

Although the actual curriculum varies depending on the facility, most offer some combination of individual, group and family therapy in addition to more hands on experiences like music, recreational or culinary therapy.

South Dakota uses the Connections curriculum, which focuses on marriage and relationship communications skills; a 2004 study of the program found marginal success — some students felt somewhat more negatively about divorce and somewhat more positively toward premarital counseling.

This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

As an established school with a more than 40 - year history, we offer a deep curriculum, and have the unique experience of having a working biodynamic farm on the same campus as the school.

Of course, we're low on those trained providers, but there are more every day, as medical schools begin to adopt breast - feeding curricula.

Bill Mitchell from the BCS gave oral evidence on the need to re-introduce computer science, programming and more challenging aspects of ICT back into the school curriculum.

Or to be more specific: when Balls takes the need to respect diversity away from the curriculum of faith schools, he takes away the freedom of vulnerable, young children to explore their desires without being crippled by the stigma and idiocy which faith will impose on them.

Under the Labour government, schools had to spend more time on paperwork and wasteful bureaucracy than ever before, the national curriculum became too rigid and discipline deteriorated.

In April, state Senator Simcha Felder (D — Brooklyn) refused to sign off on the state budget unless yeshivas, which accept millions of dollars in government funding, were given more autonomy over curricula.

Labour tried to change all this last year, with a proposal to get more teaching on the importance of sexual consent as part of the national curriculum.

State Senator Ken LaValle is calling on education department commissioner John King to «hit the delay button» with rolling out new, more rigorous curriculum in public schools through the Common Core.

«If the Prime Minister were to acquaint himself more thoroughly with the National Curriculum and with practice in schools he would be congratulating state school teachers on the great job they are doing in competitive sport as well as in all forms of activity which encourage fitness.»

Respond to the national curriculum review: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/what-you-can-do-to-help/respond-to-the-national-curriculum-review/ Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on PSHE and Sex and Relationships Education: http://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/schools-and-education/school-curriculum/pshe-and-sex-and-relationships-education/ The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

The Republicans are tapping into an anger among many parents in New York state over the botched rollout of a more rigorous curriculum that relies more on standardized tests, and is tied to teacher evaluations.

However they have also shown the same thing about non-religious beliefs such as Humanism, the teaching of which stands in more urgent need of well - funded academic research by virtue of their more recent arrival on the curriculum.»

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Fariña also said she wants to reduce reliance on testing, which features more prominently in the Common Core curriculum over the old status quo:

The curriculum is also being reviewed to focus more on maths and the sciences, Dr. Bawumia disclosed.

Sen. George Latimer, a Westchester Democrat, told City & State he's not sure if he would pass a high - school level state exam based on the new, more difficult Common Core curriculum standards, and he bets not all of his colleagues would pass it, either.