Nearly three quarters were required to pay for materials for
practical lessons such as art and cookery; 14 % of parents said their at least one of their children had been unable to participate in trips due to cost.
Not exact matches
Courses
such as painting, drama, chorus, and movement support the academic
lessons while
practical arts — weaving, woodwork, and metal work — foster self reliance and a genuine engagement with the world.
There will be time and space to consider and hone your skills in
such practical matters as main
lesson books, block planning, projects and activities, and classroom management.
Hands on Banking is a free, bilingual financial education program that provides
practical lessons in areas
such as managing your cell phone bill, saving and paying for an education beyond high school, living on your own, including the money basics of housing and transportation; creating a budget and living within your means, buying a car, opening bank accounts, establishing, building and managing credit; and avoiding debt problems, according to Wells Fargo.
For example, technology and science
lessons have benefitted from the ability to zoom in on physical objects,
such as circuitry or
practical demonstrations.
But in general, instruction is both lively and
practical,
such as in one classroom where a biology teacher, donning a lab coat, leads a lab on extracting DNA from strawberries, or a ninth - grade math class in which a teacher integrates a Texas Instruments navigator system into every part of her
lesson; she has her class turn assignments in via a graphing calculator and checks for comprehension with every student in real time.
Content
such as
practical learning tools, exams, workbooks and
lesson plans, are produced by the project's Master Teachers and distributed to academy teachers through tablet computers so they can concentrate on delivering the
lessons, student progress and building relationships.
The program also provides corps members with access to
practical teaching tools,
such as specific classroom management strategies,
lesson openings, and questioning techniques.
The
practical lesson builds
practical skills
such as voice control, body language and team work.
This portion of the symposium will highlight several
such lessons in an effort to illustrate
practical considerations for translating theory to practice.
The
lesson plans and assessments included in Money Math for Teens explore the mathematics behind personal finance concepts
such as compound interest, opportunity costs and more — all in a way that's
practical and relevant to teens.
Most programs combine classroom instruction with
practical lessons that cover topics
such as breed identification, medical terminology, restraint techniques, post-operative care, how to administer medications and much more.
«Supplementing
lessons with additional online learning
such as RED's Road Brain Trainer will help improve cognitive driving skills, benefiting both
practical test success as well as general driving awareness.