Sentences with phrase «other curriculum changes»

An evaluation of the Shanghai exchange scheme, published today by Sheffield Hallam University, found some changes in teaching practices and a perception by teachers that pupils were more engaged in maths learning, but all evidence is described as «anecdotal» or having limited reliability due to other curriculum changes occurring at the same time.

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If we can not truly rethink the curriculum, so that the horizon of all of the teaching is the reality of the world in which ministry occurs, any other changes that are made will be unsustainable.

If a colleague says, for example, «I didn't like the way everyone was talking about changing the curriculum at the meeting the other night,» several things might need clarification.

Kelly's summary of the trends in the curriculum of Oberlin Seminary applies to many others as well: «The program of study was changing from the dogmatic to the practical, from the ecclesiocentric to the socio - centric... «34 More recent examinations show the continuation of these emphases in our time though they also show a revival of interest in systematic and exegetical theology and in the Biblical languages.

Sixty percent of the parents of students enrolled in the stronger food curriculum said school changed their child's knowledge about healthful food choices, compared to 36 percent in the other program.

Alongside many other changes, it also introduced the National Curriculum, dictating what schools taught.

But his push to change curriculum oversight regulations for yeshivas and other religious schools — while seemingly esoteric — largely held up the finalization of a deal on Friday, the drop - dead day to get the budget done before a holiday week.

Graduate programs are also expanding, and others are changing their curricula.

IIN students come to Integrative Nutrition to learn about nutrition and receive countless other benefits through our life changing curriculum.

Mica Ghimenti, a parent in the Clovis Unified school district, joined two other parents and the ACLU in filing a lawsuit to change the district's sex education curriculum.

Recently we have seen some tremendous changes to the ICT curriculum, leaving some teachers confused, others excited and many simply in need of support so they can meet the new requirements.

Activity is written using standard pseudocode / python, so easy to change and update for any other programming language Questions from the new curriculum on 2D array data manipulation

Mitchell hopes his efforts will change that attitude with students at Indian Island and with others at other reservations as he shares his curriculum units that encompass the past, present, and future of Native Americans.

In other words, as external pressures on the teacher increase, due to changes in government policy such as testing and changes in curriculum, the need for those responsible for the running of schools to step up and show true leadership and support becomes ever more important.»

We recommended the DfE to strongly urge schools to review the curriculum time they give to Computing as a discrete subject, in view of the changes to the Computing curriculum, with a view to treating it like other longer - established disciplines.

In the early 1980s, spurred by disappointing national test results and reports such as «A Nation At Risk» — the seminal document published in 1983 that decried the mediocre state of public education in America and recommended sweeping change to fix the problem — other states mounted reforms using administrative reorganization or new curriculum as levers for change.

While one is called the «turnaround model» and the other is called the «transformation model,» they amount to the same thing: using the same types of interventions applied over the last number of decades to try to improve struggling schools — replacing some staff, improving professional development, changing the curriculum, etc..

In the end, the teacher professionalism agenda has functioned like a black hole, sucking in much of the available energy, attention, and funds and leaving little for other reforms - not just other teacher - related reforms (such as those urged by the Excellence Commission), but also a very different list of changes (technology, choice programs, preschool, new curricula) that might prove more effective and economical as strategies for boosting pupil achievement.

A study of 300 schools which increased their EBacc entry rates between 2010 and 2013 found that pupils» average attainment in GCSE English and maths increased following the curriculum changes and that pupils at these schools were also less likely to have left education after the age of 16, than peers at other schools.

Or instead just change your curriculum structures to improve occupancy rates on your existing lab rooms and other resources, at no extra cost?

Granted, the kindergarten curriculum, like every other aspect of education, must change with the times.

«Researchers at Texas A & M University, who measured changes in environmental attitudes for elementary students in gardening classrooms, support what garden - based educators have experienced for many years: that children engaged in a cross-disciplinary gardening curriculum acquire a direct, personal understanding of what living things require to thrive, and how they adapt and interact with each other.»

We know that good schools with strong resilient cultures collaborate to stay on top, have skilled practitioners who are generous with others, share knowledge and skills freely, think big and embrace calculated risk to welcome positive curriculum change to ultimately benefit their students.

For instance, when teachers wanted easier ways to design their own curriculum and share it with other teachers, the engineering team changed the platform to make it easier to customize and collaborate, said Sam Strasser, the platform's chief architect.

The problem is, that with unprecedented change in other areas of education — everything from school meals to SEND provision — school leaders may struggle to fulfil even more demands for curriculum space, no matter how worthy the cause and how strong their desire to help.

The Newport - Mesa Unified School District may consider changes in its curriculum and other practices after hearing a presentation from a Stanford - based nonprofit that works to help schools and families create a more balanced life for students.

In urban schools students come and go all day.No 45 minutes is like the time that preceded it or the time that will follow.Urban schools report 125 classroom interruptions per week.Announcements, students going, students coming, messengers, safety aides, and intrusions by other school staff account for just some of these interruptions.It is not unusual for students to stay on task only 5 or 10 minutes in every hour.Textbook companies and curriculum reformers are constantly thwarted by this reality.They sell their materials to schools with the assurance that all the students will learn X amount in Y time.They are continually dismayed to observe that an hour of school time is not an hour of learning time.Many insightful observers of life in urban schools have pointed out that it is incredibly naive to believe that learning of subject matter is the main activity occurring in these schools.If one observes the activities and events which actually transpire — minute by minute, hour by hour, day in and day out — it is not possible to reasonably conclude that learning is the primary activity of youth attending urban schools.What does the process of changing what one does every 45 minutes and even the place where one does it portend for fulfilling a job in the world of work?If one is constantly being reinforced in the behaviors of coming, going, and being interrupted, what kind of work is one being prepared for?

I control for other factors that affect all NYC public schools in a given year, such as the appointment of a new chancellor or curriculum changes, and I use prior - year test scores to capture students» ability and control for previous school and family effects.

It would be a logical error to infer that leadership as it is distributed and practiced for one leadership scenario, such as leading a new reading initiative, would necessarily be similar to leadership distribution across other scenarios, such as changes made in the science curriculum.

All three studies described school reform efforts that utilized teacher leaders in addition to other strategies, such as the use of a new curriculum (Balfanz et al., 2006), professional development workshops for teachers and changes in the structure of the school day (Ruby, 2006), or a training program for school administrators (Weaver & Dick, 2009).

Local school districts need support for curriculum development, course materials and other changes to meet federally sponsored standards and assessments.

My district, like so many others, is changing our entire curriculum pre-K to 6th grade.

One other important factor (not outlined in the article) that might help explain the results, is the change in core curriculum over time.

Finally, this study, in conjunction with other work on differentiating instruction, should cause educators and policy makers to ponder that teaching well does not require changing curriculum and materials frequently.

Principal Langston and teacher Ward are planning to use a structured curriculum for teaching social and emotional skills next year, among other changes.

School reform can mean changing the climate of schools, the delivery of curriculum, the assessment of students and any other component of learning, teaching and leadership in schools.

School improvement strategies and curriculum changes should not be made on the basis of score changes that may be caused by factors other than educational improvements.

And parents don't know that our district will be the model for all others — because we do it best — we will collect SSP data in the form of social and emotional surveys, we will change our curriculum to socially engineer our children with social and emotional instruction without parents suspecting a thing, we will assess and survey up the wazoo about academics, school climate, cyberbullying, etc. while willing parents stand by, we will enhance our teacher evaluation program and refine it into a well - oiled teacher manipulation machine, and since our kids would do well no matter what because we have uber - involved parents, it will look like everything the Administrators are doing at the State's recommendation causes the success.

In Milwaukee, students in schools that implemented a bullying prevention curriculum without other components (coaching, whole school policies and procedures, etc.) either reported no change or increases in the amount of bullying behavior.

E. Sutton Flynt, head of teacher education at the U of M, told The Commercial Appeal last October that the university's results will improve in the next round when curriculum and other changes are reflected in the data.

But on accountability, workload, Ofsted, curriculum and exam stability, and lots of other areas, it feels as though they are trying to deliver on their promise to reduce pressures where possible, and not make changes that add to the burden of the job.

The second year is spent planning the implementation, which, among other requirements, calls for professional development for teachers to adjust to the curriculum and instructional changes.

Parent groups get annoyed when the principal seems to be an obstructionist of good ideas, and principals get frustrated when their parent groups want every change to happen yesterday or when their parent groups don't remember the 178 other priorities — like faculty and test scores and swine flu and the curriculum and leaky faucets — that a principal also must face.

As other schools around New York City and the nation scramble to change their curriculum to suit the Common Core standards, New Dorp teachers say they're ready.

Still others, focused on innovative curricula (in science and mathematics, for example), typically address one part of a school's program and aim for widespread implementation, while innovative approaches to instruction, such as cooperative learning, hope to change teachers» practices one teacher at a time.

We call on President Obama and other Democrats to reject these policies and join parents and education experts in support of a more positive set of changes that includes small classes, a well - rounded curriculum, more meaningful parent involvement and greater investment in teachers and families.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

With standards, as with other areas of educational innovation such as new school reform models or a new curriculum, educator buy - in seems necessary for change to be truly integrated and sustained.

With the heavy push for high - stakes testing, the questionable negative rhetoric by the Obama Administration and others about STEM, and the dramatic changes to the curriculum with Common Core State Standards, is this country going to wake -LSB-...]

One section authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to universities and colleges to develop curriculum and training programs that prepare students for careers in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other forms of climate change mitigation.