Sentences with phrase «pedagogical approaches focus»

In the UK, pedagogical approaches focus on children learning through experience, learning from each other, learning through trial and error, and learning through talk.

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Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

While the study focuses on the kinds of technology being brought into the classroom and used by educators at home and in the classroom, little is reported about how this has changed teachers» pedagogical approaches aside from how they give and collect assignments.

The administration's new approach, Bloomberg said, was to allow the chancellor's office to «dictate the curriculum and pedagogical methods,» including a reading program with «a daily focus on phonics.»

An approach to professional development that combines collaborative, local learning communities with a focused pedagogical framework.

Self - regulated learning in the primary — secondary schooling transition years offers a proactive pedagogical approach to classroom behaviour management beyond the focus on students» behavioural compliance towards an aspiration to empower students and teachers for lifetime learning.

One focuses on the pedagogical approach employed.

With observed teachers, the focus was on specific activities during the lessons; general approaches to pedagogy; the role of the principal as well as other leaders within the school, district, and state on pedagogy; curricular and pedagogical decision making in the school; professional development; and student learning.

In providing professional development, teacher leaders focus on particular subject matter content or pedagogical approaches intended to build the instructional skills and abilities of classroom teachers.

Key features of every professional development day are sessions that focus on mathematical theory, and pedagogical approaches that promote both conceptual understanding and mathematical knowledge.

Ethnic Studies incorporates culturally relevant, social justice, community responsive and other pedagogical approaches with a focus on literacy and critical thinking skills.

Educators are increasingly focusing on simply utilizing the most appropriate technological applications to support specific pedagogical goals and approaches.

The course is sequenced starting with foundational material like learner assessment and curriculum development then focuses on research - based pedagogical approaches to teaching and finishes with either a research or capstone project.

It is a mistake to focus solely on the technology as its the active lesson which really makes this a powerful pedagogical approach to learning.

Her dissertation focused on how technology - based learning activities can facilitate emergent algebraic understanding that is subjectively transparent and proposes a new pedagogical approach called Reverse Scaffolding.

Research work around investigating the impact of learner - centered practices on student learning is focused on the question: What is the impact of professional development approaches that rely on learner - centered pedagogical approaches on teachers» practices and on students» learning?

While there's a rich scholarly literature on PLCs, Goldstein focuses on the «still speculative» idea, from scholars Jal Mehta and Steven Teles, that teachers» communities of practice should be linked to particular pedagogical approaches.

Therefore, connections between technology and subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge must be prioritized and privileged during learning experiences for teachers, which requires focused discussion of subject matter and instructional approaches to teaching that subject matter.

This focus on doctrinal rules created a formalist center for the dominant pedagogical approach that subsequently came to dominate in American law schools.

Newman is committed to social justice, creative pedagogical approaches, and to serving marginalized communities in the Miami area and beyond, and her initiatives have focused on the Haitian diaspora, veterans» rights, pediatric care, and more.