Sentences with phrase «norms for learning»

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For the «digital natives» whose social norms have been shaped and learned online (and to whom many brands aim to appeal), seeing through these corporate accounts is second nature.

Bonhoeffer maintained that interpreting the Bible in terms of the present age is to make man the measure of the Gospel rather than to learn from the Gospel the true norm for human existence.

What David learned early from the example of his parents (and the FBI visitation in worship) was that there may well be consequences for taking a stand that goes against societal norms.

As for sitting a QB to learn, that used to be the norm.

I learned so much about meeting parents where they are and giving them evidence - based information about what children need for optimal development — that nevertheless often runs counter to the cultural norm.

Whether breastfeeding is your cultural norm or not, attending a workshop like this led by a passionate doula provides the education, troubleshooting and positive thinking for a head start in the learning curve.

It was the norm to have lots of children AND families tended to stay in the communities where they were raised so girls learned young how to care for a baby by caring for younger siblings, nieces and nephews, cousins, etc..

The good news for orphaned juveniles is that they still have time to learn social norms.

It's unfortunate that I'm not at all surprised to learn that the couple you mention are from the UK; it seems such abuse has almost become the norm for people who don't fit the mould.

She proceeded to take about ten hours to get ready / leave the house (something I would later learn is the norm for her), and we took the el over to Alaina's neck of the woods.

He goes on to emphasize that online dating is the norm for over 50s these days and that learning to be confident is an integral part of it.

While it is clear that online and blended learning is becoming a norm for educators, it is also critical that we embrace this learning model with a demand for quality and innovation.

As a recent New York Times article noted, «Today, you'd be hard - pressed to find a health professional, a sleep scientist, or educator who would defend starting high school in the 7 a.m. hour, now the norm for many U.S. high schools, as good for physical or mental health, safety, or learning.»

The event is running for its second year and we are challenging the norm this year, when it comes to empowering learning through technology.

These processes are often scary and can be fraught, but when class norms include space for student voices and responses to authentic student ideas, learning becomes a self - affirming process of risk taking, experimentation, and growth.

Manufacturing the phenomenon so that it becomes the norm is a priority for the future, particularly for students challenged by formal learning.

The theory behind personalized learning (PL)-- crafting an individualized education experience for each student — holds tremendous potential for better serving all students, especially students who don't fit the norm.

Use planning to create specific learning goals for students and also to discuss classroom norms and strategies for sharing leadership and responding to students.

We approached the administration with this idea after the district and community co-developed a new Strategic Plan for Byron Public Schools that included the clauses, «Byron Public Schools will challenge the status quo and develop new norms for education by the year 2018,» and «Byron Public Schools will leverage real - world tools and skills to develop in students a passion for learning.»

Resistance to evaluating teachers on results is well - founded at one level: Unsophisticated administrators might use unsuitable measures like norm - referenced tests or unfairly evaluate teachers for failing to reach grade - level standards with students who were poorly taught the year before or who had significant learning deficits.

Yet for all the promise of learning across distances, these wonderful flat - world projects still seem to be the exception rather than the norm.

• Tuition or fees at a qualified school or an eligible postsecondary institution • Textbooks • Educational therapies or services from a licensed or accredited practitioner or provider • Tutoring or teaching services • Curricula and related materials • Tuition or fees for an online learning program • Fees for a nationally standardized norm - referenced achievement test, an advanced placement examination, or any exams related to college or university admission • Contributions to a college savings account • Services provided by a public school, including individual classes and extracurricular programs • Any fees for the management of the ESA

Also, installed in places of education, heat pumps will provide a valuable learning tool for students who will gain awareness of the use of low carbon and renewable heating systems and see this as the norm in their future careers.

«Taking extra time to prepare for the paper based classroom, when the norm is digital, is an extra complication that does not ensure equity in learning experiences.

Last year, the district made full - day kindergarten the norm for its 13,000 students, and leaders are now working to leverage state pre-k dollars to get all kids ready to learn on the first day.

- ON THIS DVD --- Learning on Purpose — At this Texas high school, rigorous, relevant education - inside and outside of the classroom - is the norm for all students.

Identify thoughtful classroom setup and structure that honor student experience; establish norms for shared inquiry and dialogue; establish how to create social - emotional learning safety in the classroom; and analyze behavior management practice to ensure value - based components.

Develop and model strategies and norms for local inquiry into challenges related to student learning and program implementation.

The programs shared seven common features: they were focused on the subject areas that teachers teach; incorporated active learning; supported collaboration; used models and modeling to demonstrate effective practice; provided expert coaching and support, offered opportunities for feedback and reflection, and were sustained in duration, often unfolding over months or years, rather than occurring in a single, «drive - by» after school workshop, as is often the norm.

«The Teaching for Better Learning (TBL) model and standards set out in this article contribute an innovative approach to our thinking about teaching standards that not only challenges persistent and oft - criticized norms in the design and approach to standards set out for the teaching profession, but proposes an alternative approach,» said Associate Professor Mark Barrow, dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland.

We found teachers «leadership focused on collective responsibility for student learning to be more likely present in high poverty schools than in low poverty schools, but teachers are less likely in high poverty schools to share norms around teaching and instruction.

For example, in the video exemplars representing the high - leverage practice of establishing norms for classroom learning, we provide annotated illustrations of specific norms being established and the moves that the teacher is using in the vidFor example, in the video exemplars representing the high - leverage practice of establishing norms for classroom learning, we provide annotated illustrations of specific norms being established and the moves that the teacher is using in the vidfor classroom learning, we provide annotated illustrations of specific norms being established and the moves that the teacher is using in the video.

Also, teachers in higher - diversity schools report that teachers «leadership focused on collective responsibility for student learning is lower than that found in lowdiversity schools, and, again, that teachers in low - diversity schools are less likely to share norms around teaching and instruction.

We bring three lenses to our inquiry — Empirical Evidence, Equity, and Exception as the Norm — to ensure that rigorous research, relevant voices, and customized supports for learners shed light on each of the Learning Agenda questions below:

4) Norming Call: Once you have completed the Video Rating, you can join the pre-scheduled Norming Call (see your Learning Portal for dates).

The Wallace Foundation (Kutash et al., 2010) emphasizes that professional learning «must be aimed at breaking established routines and norms, changing entrenched expectations, providing new instructional approaches, and creating and enforcing a school culture of high expectations for all students.»

Our norms reflect my students» deep desire to learn from one another and their willingness to take responsibility for their own learning.

The basic argument for interim assessments is actually quite compelling: let's fix our students» learning problems during the year, rather than waiting for high - stakes state tests to make summative judgments on us all at the end of the year, because interim assessments can be aggregated and have external referents (projection to standards, norms, scales).

Educators are well aware of research clearly indicating that good things happen for kids (and adults) when teachers are part of a community that has shared values, beliefs, and norms; is focused on student learning; regularly collaborates, and reflects with one another; and makes their practice public.

Through its flexible guidelines, the department has put forward a more balanced approach that is the new norm for teacher evaluation: Student learning is a critical component of teachers» work, but their test scores should be one of many aspects when measuring effective teaching.

Generally, my work concerns the underlying «code» of education which includes things like the legal structure upon which the system is built, the norms of everyday school policy implementation, the technological architecture of learning, and the growing marketplace for educational choices, particularly leadership preparation.

Test scores only improve in isolated instances, unless there is a school culture where asking for help, collaborating, and learning from each other in order to improve instruction becomes the norm.

Taking the time to get to know the learning styles, needs, interests, fears, and hopes of each team member helps shape the norms for how the group engages in the shared work.

Because this practice has not been the norm for educators in the past, it often falls to the principal to help teachers learn to sift through student data without feeling defensive and under attack.

Moreover, smaller than usual class sizes (15 to 20, as opposed to the North Carolina norm for high school class size of 35) were also cited by students as important to their learning experience.

Santiago Charter Middle School Students Go Digital to Showcase Their Learning School Student - led conferences may be a growing end - of - year norm for students, but eighth graders at Santiago Charter Middle School stepped it up a notch and added a technology component.

What makes a good school is when the teachers engages in each student equally and gives out the right punishments for the actions the student and or norm they didn't follow and also when they have a great learning environment.

We need to rethink how we invest in and organize schools, so that time for extended professional learning and collaboration become the norm rather than the exception.

But even with access to technology and Internet connectivity, many schools still use an antiquated classroom model designed when factory work was the norm for most Americans — dozens of students in a room together, seated in rows facing the teacher, learning the same concept at the same time from a textbook that may be years out of date.

When using FastBridge Learning assessments for benchmarking, we suggest referring to our latest Norms and Benchmarks to determine what the expected benchmark for each measure, grade level, and benchmark period.