Sentences with phrase «of teacher creativity»

Responses were dazzling in both their display of teacher creativity and the range of subjects addressed.

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Another read aloud that whet appetites for more... set in 1948 in Alaska, this story of a teacher in a one - room schoolhouse inspires curiosity in art and literature and creativity.

I've seen creativity in more than just fibre arts and the written word: I've met creative coders, out of the box business builders, imaginative project managers, doctors with ingenuity, resourceful teachers, pastors with vision for creative community.

He is critical of the way they defeat self - learning (the only real learning) and stifle creativity by their built - in coercion and by seeing the student as the passive, dependent recipient of the «knowledge» transmitted by the teacher.

examines the importance of play in early education, and how teachers can help children explore the world around them and develop their creativity.

The artistic courses have a two-fold purpose: to enhance personal self - development and creativity, and to provide a basis for the work of the early childhood teacher.

It looks at the roots of emotion, intelligence, and creativity, translating the most current scientific research into practical suggestions for parents and teachers.

At best, the harvest of salad greens (for example) can make a nice big salad that every student in one classroom can enjoy as part of a class lesson (and here the teacher's creativity comes into play — the lesson can be math, with the kids figuring what percentage of the salad is romaine and what percent arugula, or it can be science, or even spelling.)

Essential reading for parents, teachers, coaches, psychologists, and anyone else who wants to guide children towards lives of independence, creativity, and courage.»

Throughout her career, Beth has been in demand as a teacher of workshops on creativity, songwriting, grief, and healing through art.

We credit the wonderful teacher's at the school for our sons curiosity, creativity and love of learning.

Yep, they are so into being attached daddies that they and their wives started this unique school with the mission of preserving the parent - child connection and fostering teacher - child connections while developing children's creativity and imagination.

«It is deeply disturbing that the professional knowledge, skills and creativity of disabled teachers are being wasted due to overt discrimination which is blighting careers and educational provision.

The Empire State Excellence in Teaching Program aims to reward teachers who «foster creativity, instill a love of learning, and inspire independent thinking and student initiative,» according to an announcement from Cuomo's office.

Launched in 2014, participating schools were freed from some United Federation of Teachers union and Department of Education rules in a bid to foster greater innovation and creativity.

Partly, it's a matter of creativity, says Childs: When she recruits teacher trainees, she looks for «creativity; people who have alternative ways of explaining things.»

Vinyasa yoga isn't confined to one particular sequence, dogma, or structure, the style presents a huge range of yoga possibilities and gives teachers plenty of room for creativity.

Each teacher provides their own creativity and imagination to create a yoga class in a way that kids can understand and relate to the essence of yoga.

For Teachers, YogaDigital supports your creativity in offering students a variety of tools to support them.

From health, nutrition and fitness to creativity, productivity, spirituality, relationships and parenting, hundreds of extraordinary teachers are sharing their expert advice on everything that goes into optimizing our lives — all in one place!

«For his raw, complex and deeply human portrayal of middle - aged teacher and writer who tries to rekindle his creativity by plunging into an ill - advised affair with a student, the award for Best Actor goes to Alessandro Nivola, in Liz W. Garcia ’s

«For his raw, complex and deeply human portrayal of middle - aged teacher and writer who tries to rekindle his creativity by plunging into an ill - advised affair with a student, the award for Best Actor goes to Alessandro Nivola, in Liz W. Garcia's One Percent More Humid.»

The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity George Couros's 2015 jeremiad against cultures of compliance within the school system emphasizes empowerment instead, stressing the importance of questioning, creativity, and wonder for students, teachers, and administrators alike.

Teachers might note that Ender's game - based education hits all of the 21st - century learning skills, including collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, resilience, leadership, empathy, and differentiated instruction.

Over two thirds (68 per cent) think the use of VR technology to overcome financial or physical barriers that some students face is desirable and as well as these uses, three in four teachers (74 per cent) stated that there will be a positive effect on the design and creativity skills of students.

This series of three videos shows how designers and community volunteers helped a teacher at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco transform his crowded classroom into a space that fosters collaboration, creativity, and active student learning.

How can teachers promote the kind of character and creativity that they have displayed?

Whether through creativity, humor, or social - intelligence, teachers must find ways to fully leverage their strengths as they face the demands of teaching.

Files Included with this Lesson • Teacher Notes and Resources • Quick Getting Started Tutorial for Students • 3 Lessons for Projects with grading rubric including: o Create a Web Site o Create a Blog o Create an Online Portfolio • List of project ideas for each assignment Students love authentic work and sharing their knowledge with the world is a great way to teach creativity, pride in quality and the importance of copyright.

They would disapprove of the teacher - centered instruction, of the seemingly heavy - handed curriculum that leaves little room for individual styles of learning and creativity.

In those moments I would expostulate with myself about why my life at school seemed so ruinously vacuous, why I was so interminably miserable, why acts of creativity, and why displays of ingenuity and wit seemed to be off - limits and treated by so many teachers as unjudicious, as a type of impolitic epistemological breach.

For a significant subset of teachers (actually a very large subset), the mere thought of a set curriculum imposes an intolerable burden on their autonomy and creativity.

Moreover, as director of the Making Creativity Visible initiative, I have the pleasure of working with classroom and museum educators over the next 18 months to develop and disseminate tools that will help teachers to model, foster, and assess creativity and make that learning visible.»

The beauty of the game is in the way it unleashes the creativity of both students and teachers.

«I will be focusing on the ways in which our museum can support teachers who are hungry to make their classrooms incubators of creativity.

Adobe Spark empowers creativity and enhances digital literacy for teacher and students in classrooms and at home Adobe announced today that Spark for Education with premium features and additional functionality is now available to primary, secondary, and higher education students free of charge.

As well as the award for teachers, the Anti-Bullying Alliance is calling on students and school staff across England to showcase their creativity and harness their «inner Director» by entering a film - highlighting how important it is to use our Power for Good to stop bullying and create a world we'd all like to live in - with the chance to become the official film of Anti-Bullying Week 2016.

Cracking down on creativity Next comes the topic of the increasingly structured curriculum and high levels of admin preventing teachers from being able to bring their creativity to the table.

The game opens with a colorful video that exposes first - time users to an amazing storyline, a host of characters and — most importantly for teachers — an endless variety of spaces in which creativity and collaboration are the theme and focus of the gameplay.

At a time when government testing of spelling, punctuation and grammar can lead to less creativity in the teaching of writing, the project provides compelling alternative approaches for schools and their teachers which will engage children and give them a strong investment in their writing, whilst also being able to satisfy curriculum demands and statutory testing.

Teacher trainer Sue Cowley looked at ways of promoting creativity in group teaching and promoting positive behaviour in students.

This year, we've got Andrew Coy, senior advisor for making in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, sharing why making is critical in schools today; Alixandra Klein, a Vermont - based entrepreneur who makes jewelry using a laser cutter and upcycled materials, talking about the importance of art and creativity; and Dr. Jorge Valdes of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (and also a high school science teacher here in New Jersey) discussing intellectual property, patents, and the inventor's mindset.

The teacher should not say names of the items as that might stifle the creativity of the students.

But my biggest achievement of late is co-founding a school newspaper at my daughter's local elementary school and feeling even more in awe of teacher's daily sacrifices and creativity.

One of the things that I hear teachers worrying about is the disappearance of creativity in the curriculum.

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 ideology behind the single - point rubric inherently moves classroom grading away from quantifying and streamlining student work, shifting student and teacher focus in the direction of celebrating creativity and intellectual risk - taking.

Started by veteran teachers who were exploring creativity in children, Key Learning's program is based on the theory of multiple intelligences, pioneered by Harvard University professor Howard Gardner, which holds that each individual possesses different forms of intelligence — verbal - linguistic, musical, logical - mathematical, visual - spatial, naturalistic, body - kinesthetic, intrapersonal (such as insight), and interpersonal (such as social skills)-- to greater or lesser degrees.

The approach was designed to operate within the existing curriculum, based on a language of creativity which teachers understand.

«The push for mastery of basic skills has led teachers to neglect critical thinking and creativity,» he said.