Sentences with phrase «of teacher reflection»

«The Importance of Teacher Reflection.»

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Having run several multi-million dollar companies and being a certified meditation teacher, Natalie MacNeil is going to show us how to clear your mental and physical clutter to help you get started on the right foot, along with the importance of building a weekly reflection time for your goal - achieving challenge.

Having run several multi-million dollar companies and being a certified meditation teacher, Natalie MacNeil showed us how to clear our mental and physical clutter to get started on the right foot, along with the importance of having a weekly reflection time for our goal - achieving challenge.

A: I'm very much a reflection of what Canadians have told me, not just over the past year and a half but over the past years, past decades of my childhood, of having been a teacher across the country, having met and chatted with Canadians of every possible background.

Or was it only an event in the lives of the disciples — a change in their outlook as they came to realize through further reflection upon their dead and buried Teacher, that his influence still lived on, that his teaching had been true, that his life must be their example and his character a pattern for themselves to follow, that although he was dead he must still be revered in their memory as their Lord whose spirit could still be recreated in themselves in so far as they dedicated themselves to the aim of following in his footsteps?

Instead, I'm looking across the Great Schism to read the Lenten reflections of Alexander Schmemann, an Orthodox priest and teacher well known for his prolific writing on the liturgy.

My reflections arose, as I have indicated, in part from formative books and teachers, but they also grew out of grappling with Scripture (one of the lightning bolts here was the simple but profound insight of realizing once again the ineradicable connection of form and content — for instance, what is said in a parable can not be said in any other way), and with the complex business, endemic to academic theologians, of, as Kierkegaard would put it, becoming a Christian (not in general or for someone else but in particular and for me).

The doctrine of pre-existence was the first, not the last, consequence of reflection upon the question: «Who was this person whom we knew as friend and teacher and whom we now know as Savior and Lord?»

Reflective teachers often consider how they might improve their teaching» the sort of assignments they give, for example, and how they lecture» but irony «disrupts my normal self - understanding of what it is to teach (which includes normal reflection on teaching).

Volume XIV, Number 2 The Social Mission of Waldorf School Communities — Christopher Schaefer Identity and Governance — Jon McAlice Changing Old Habits: Exploring New Models for Professional Development — Thomas Patteson and Laura Birdsall Developing Coherence: Meditative Practice in Waldorf School College of Teacher — Kevin Avison Teachers» Self - Development as a Mirror of Children's Incarnation: Part II — Renate Long - Breipohl Social - Emotional Education and Waldorf Education — David S. Mitchell Television in, and the World's of, Today's Children — Richard House Russia's History, Culture, and the Thrust Toward High - Stakes Testing: Reflections on a Recent Visit — David S. Mitchell Da Valdorvuskii!

When I look into the eyes of my children I can see a reflection staring back at me that trusts that I will be available... that I will take care of them... that I will do the work that is needed to surrender into me, into the moment, into who they are so that I am present for each of them to blossom into the great teachers that they are and will continue to become.

National Union of Teachers (NUT) general secretary Steve Sinnot said the London bombings had «triggered rightly a «reflection on how society can tackle ideologies which lead to terrorism».

Dear Anonymous, The test scores are due to the hard work and dedication of the teachers - they are in no way a reflection of a principal who sits in her office all day.

Teachers say those dismal student scores are reflections of a new testing system that dramatically lowered performance.

The Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors project is aimed to measurably enhance student STEM engagement and achievement in selected school districts via professional development for teachers consisting of: (1) STEM Professional Development in astrophysics and planetary science delivered via webinars & in - person workshops; (2) a week - long STEM immersion experience at NASA's science research aircraft facility in Palmdale, California, including participation in research flights on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA); (3) follow - through involving continuing webinars fostering reflection and connections with astrophysics & planetary science subject matter experts.

Our teachers impart teachings from the great book of Bhagvad Gita for internal reflection averted towards mental and spiritual purification.

by Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND May 8, 2015 Balance, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Clinic, doctor as teacher, Emotions, Finding yourself, Personal, Reflections

Registered Yoga Teachers are required to submit a written reflection or evaluation of each activity, to demonstrate what was learned and how it relates to one or more of our Educational Categories.

After years of spiritual study and reflection, inspirational speaker and bestselling author Wayne Dyer has emerged a highly esteemed teacher.

Opportunities for deep reflection on your hidden biases, intentions as a teacher, and actions in front of a class

Teachers at Loudoun County School Division had a thoughtful conversation about the power of sustained inquiry, which is based on questioning skills, and how student reflection was critical to learning.

From the creation of research questions to reflection on their learning, iPads facilitated the undertaking, allowing the teachers to implement an innovative new curriculum where students created, collaborated and connected in order to deepen their understanding of bats as well as the research process.

Successful technology integration must include an element of reflection to stay focused on how individual teachers and learners will use this technology in the classroom.

Stations with self - guiding questions for reflection can be a great way to allow students to move through the writing process at their own pace, and the teacher can rotate through the stations, addressing small groups of students instead of the whole class.

In July, we had a chance to find out when about 60 practitioners of this beleaguered calling from all parts of the nation gathered at Teachers College, Columbia University, for some R&R and reflection on the parlous state of the schools they lead.

«There would be more opportunities for reflection, for interaction, and to make connections between types of knowledge,» says Doug Springer, a speech and debate teacher who is part of the design team.

Teacher reflections on the practice of teaching computer science, as well as broader educational issues

Teachers know the value of reflection, but getting students engaged in authentic reflection is an art.

However, in claiming that meaningful preparation is yet to be found, he not only sidesteps my argument that teachers should be taught to think through intellectual and moral issues related to pedagogy, but also a long history of reflection on the aims, methods, and content of education.

Couple this pop culture inundation with the growing pressure on teachers to teach from a scripted curriculum, excluding discussions or even reflections, of kindness and other important lifeskills evoking critical thinking from children, and the fertile ground for growing a community focused on kindness is scarce (Darling - Hammond, 2012).

After the meeting, students fill out their reflection of the meeting at the bottom of the Parent / Teacher Agenda document.

I find that students feel safe in and respect an environment that seems to be responsive to them and not simply a reflection of a teacher's preferences.

«The best people in the world work in education,» says Merrow, author of numerous books on education including The Influence of Teachers: Reflections on Teaching and Leadership.

In the summer of 2015, Wildwood teachers are refining their IB planners, course maps, and quarterly curriculum maps to include opportunities for student voice and choice, personalized strategies and skills acquisition, daily and weekly goal setting, and ongoing reflection.

As part of HGSE's Teaching and Learning Week, Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt offers a personal reflection on one of his former teachers.

In the most effective classes I visited, teachers use data tracking as part of their weekly or biweekly classroom routine, and reserve time for students to write reflections on how they've performed.

The new mindframe suggests that when thinking about assessment, including formative assessments, as a reflection of a teacher's effort more than the students» it turns assessment into a positive force for designing instruction.

These double - sided A4 worksheets are great for: - Revision lessons - AfL - Fostering teacher - student dialogue - Directed Improvement Reflection Time (DIRT)- Exam preparation This is an ideal tool for your students to help them keep track of their learning, manage revision and help you monitor the classes strengths and weaknesses.

The opportunities for reflection, evaluation and goal - setting were what drove this project and empowered teachers to take ownership of the learning process.

Overall, after this reflection it is for certain that I am very fortunate to be a part of a fantastic team of science teachers.

A teacher can «translate» the game experience to classroom teams through written reflections and discussions, as well as hands - on gameplay in a fishbowl, where the classroom observes and documents elements of successful collaboration.

Written by a teacher for teachers, Teach Like a Pirate is an easy - reading, well connected series of pedagogical stories, provocations and strategies designed to encourage critical self - reflection and development of own practice.

In this candid reflection, Brenda Dyck describes the signs of teachers consumed by the job.

In my prior work as a mentor for new teachers in a highneeds school district, I was often amazed and humbled by the impact that the creativity of passionate teachers, when combined with thoughtful planning and reflection on their practice, had on the students they served.

The growing amount of educational exchanges and joint projects in between students, instructors, teachers, schools and diverse institutions in order to organize activities with similar goals and strategies contributed greatly to the development of common research, reflection and practices that enriched their work and created strong tights in the process of building human rights knowledge.

Developed by over 130 current, experienced teachers for every grade level, the featured lessons include the teachers» reflections and insights, student work examples, and an array of other supporting materials.

Every project, however, uses teacher REAL framework reflections to gather consistent data across teams on teachers» perceptions regarding the impact of AL on their own learning.

Key school leaders and teachers gathered data, input, and reflections from school - based teams, and used this information to design the content for the grant that ultimately led to program funding from the Massachusetts Department of Education.

Although they left their classrooms, reflections of the endowed students indicate they mastered the lessons most important to every teacher.

Thus the portfolio includes videotapes of the teacher working with students across a range of lessons, lesson plans, student work samples with teacher feedback, and the teachers» continuing reflections on why they are doing what they do.