Sentences with phrase «play in the classrooms of»

While the use of tablet PC as a teaching aid in classrooms isn't new, what seems certain is that tablet computers will have a greater role to play in the classrooms of future.

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Everything from teasing, lack of encouragement, lack of role models and subtle biases have recently been proposed as playing a major role in women's decisions to look away from technical careers, but I suspect the answer is more portentous — and follows women from the classroom to the workforce.

But I discovered that these young innovators were far more intrinsically motivated, and when I looked at the pattern of what parents and teachers had both done to encourage intrinsic motivation, I found a kind of remarkable emphasis in the classrooms and among the parents of play, passion and purpose.

«It's appalling that students in the Vancouver school district will be stuck with leaking roofs and damp classrooms because the premier is playing politics rather than looking after the needs of aging school buildings in B.C.,» said New Democrat education spokesperson Rob Fleming.

This spring, the foundation's staff attorney sent a lawyer representing the district a letter about complaints of alleged discriminatory hiring and religious promotion in another county high school and praise music being played in an elementary school classroom.

Artistry is important because teachers who function artistically in the classroom not only provide children with important sources of artistic experience, they also provide a climate that welcomes exploration and risk - taking and cultivates the disposition to play.

And when I was at school I once came across a group of kids playing strip poker in a classroom.

Key Concept: Children will become acquainted with the landscape characteristics of their play space, their neighborhood and their classroom in order to better relate to the Belize landscape.

If we can teach our young people to compete, in the classroom and on the sports field of play, they will not only learn to deal with loss, but I truly believe they will understand the importance of competing.

We talk about this in the locker room as football players and leaders, how you want everyone around you to feel like they can be great for having played with you, sat in a classroom with you, been a friend of yours.

In addition, all of our recognized North Coast Section programs have earned Distinguished Scholastic honors by earning a combined 3.0 GPA or above during their season of sport, proving that our cougar athletes are as confident in the classroom as they are on the playing fielIn addition, all of our recognized North Coast Section programs have earned Distinguished Scholastic honors by earning a combined 3.0 GPA or above during their season of sport, proving that our cougar athletes are as confident in the classroom as they are on the playing fielin the classroom as they are on the playing field.

And they are suspect if they volunteer in classrooms, hang around parks while their kids play, or try to join in a playgroup, typically made up of moms.

There is excitement and anxiety in equal measure for our children (and ourselves) as they set out, once again, to meet the challenges of the classroom, the lunchroom, the playground and the playing field.

More important than the labels of «play - based» or «academic - focused,» though, is what actually happens in the classroom and how teachers respond to emotional situations, so ask about specific scenarios when you're considering a school.

Teachers play an important role in ensuring that every person in the classroom is aware of, and ready to respond to, a life - threatening allergic reaction.

These ideas are ones I've developed and tested in my early childhood and elementary classrooms, with my own two boys, and throughout my work in the field of play over the last 10 years.

Playing alone gets children ready for school since you won't be able to sit in the back of the classroom with them every day.

In our Nursery and Kindergarten classrooms, you will find warmth and comfort amidst natural play toys and crafts with aromas of cooking and baking and the sounds of children's laughter filling in the aiIn our Nursery and Kindergarten classrooms, you will find warmth and comfort amidst natural play toys and crafts with aromas of cooking and baking and the sounds of children's laughter filling in the aiin the air.

Our Early Childhood teachers cultivate children's reverence for nature, scaffolded by daily outdoor play on our twelve verdant acres and the incorporation of natural play materials in every classroom.

She states that modern children «need hours of play outdoors in order to establish a healthy sensory system and to support higher - level attention and learning in the classroom.»

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.)

Kids who play sports are better at following instructions and staying focused in the classroom, University of Montreal researchers find.

There are a couple of experimental classroom interventions that I think seem particularly promising, including Tools of the Mind, which uses extended make - believe play and other teaching strategies to develop self - regulation in 4 - and 5 - year - olds, and OneGoal, the Chicago - based high school program that teaches juniors and seniors a particular set of non-cognitive skills designed to help them persist in college.

It came out too late for me to include any reference to it in my book, unfortunately, but I would recommend it as a good resource for any of your readers who want to delve more deeply into the research around these skills and how they can play out in the classroom.

When we change from traditional universal free breakfast to universal free classroom breakfast we see a 300 to 500 % increase in participation at that school because we have removed several barriers to participation including the stigma of the free and reduced meal program, students who arrive at school just before the bell or who would rather play and socialize during the traditional before school breakfast period.

This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

Throughout the center, you should hear children talking and see them playing in different areas of the classroom.

«From securing funding for our schools, to increased parental involvement, to raising performance in the classroom, there's a role for all of us to play in creating a brighter future for our children,» he said.

«The developmental skill, executive function, and engagement in classroom - based play are not only important for being «school - ready,» but also may be unique pathways to becoming «civic ready» for children growing up in the context of poverty in America.»

Given the potential of afterschool programs to support youth in urban, low - income communities, the researchers examined the role that the afterschool classroom environment plays in terms of academic outcomes for youth with and without social and behavioral difficulties.

The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved performance on additional measures of working memory as well as enhanced other skills, including math, reading, writing and following instructions in a classroom.

Gamestars Testing fatigue, combined with more pervasive computer use in and out of the classroom and continued experimentation with games as learning tools, suggests that such video games will play a significant role in the future of education.

In fact, of those teachers who use video games in the classroom, more than half have kids play them as part of the curriculum at least once a week, according to a national survey released by education researchers at Joan Ganz Cooney Center in JunIn fact, of those teachers who use video games in the classroom, more than half have kids play them as part of the curriculum at least once a week, according to a national survey released by education researchers at Joan Ganz Cooney Center in Junin the classroom, more than half have kids play them as part of the curriculum at least once a week, according to a national survey released by education researchers at Joan Ganz Cooney Center in Junin June.

They will review existing laws and regulations, consider an April report of sexual misconduct procedures that was conducted by the University of California, collect recommendations on how best to foster harassment - free environments on campuses, in the classroom and in the field, and explore the role scientific societies can play in process.

He delivers great classroom - bully put - downs to Joan Allen, who plays the well - meaning functionary who's trying to make some sense of the mess: «You're in a big pile of shit, Pamela, and you don't have the shoes for it.»

After a quasi-lecture about his history with the film in Georgetown University's Healy Hall, we've walked through classrooms, courtyards and churches that all played significant roles in the making of the picture and the book that inspired it.

In flipped learning, where the bulk of the material is delivered prior to the classroom session with discussion and collaborative learning occurring during the face - to - face event, course facilitators are provided the foundations for creating scenario and role play based assessments.

Along with these four takeaways, we believe that our teachers» and students» accomplishments as a result of Innovate Salisbury will play an instrumental role in driving and defining the future of Salisbury, both in and out of the classroom.

You know, so we'd have discussions and debates and do role plays and play games and do more pracs and experiments and, you know, we'd come into the classroom and do things that took advantage of the fact that we were all together in the same place.

Within the EEE program, acknowledging one's own assumptions and seeing how they play out in the classroom has been equally powerful for white staff members and those of color.

In this second of two Responsive Classroom articles, Education World looks at how Responsive Classroom practices play out in schools and classroomIn this second of two Responsive Classroom articles, Education World looks at how Responsive Classroom practices play out in schools and classroomin schools and classrooms.

There's little doubt that school trips play a huge part in education outside of the classroom.

The cards are versatile, and can be used for a number of language learning games; I've described several games you can play and ways you can use them in the classroom.

Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge in context, which can help students remember it, especially if the students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing, students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount of effort involved in learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.

They can be used in a variety of ways, from a simple covered play area to a large outdoor classroom.

«When they put it in our classroom and I saw everything that it could do just playing with it, and my kids were so excited, I could see what a difference it made in a matter of weeks,» says Armstrong.

«One of things that disappointed me when I began as a teacher was that there was so little room for fun and play in the classroom,» says Wallace.

The kindergarten classroom was spacious, with tables spread out in the center of the room, a desk that looked like it didn't get much use, plenty of shelves and closets, play areas, a sink, and a bathroom.

Mismanagement from SLT can play a major role in forcing teachers out of our classrooms, writes one history teacher

The evolution of the gender gaps in achievement as children mature suggests that what occurs in schools and classrooms may play an important role.