Sentences with phrase «rather than an educator»

That American society criminally undervalues teachers so we get warehouse attendants rather than educators because it pretends anyone can do the job, or that labor is best served when it's organized?

In From Andragogy to Heutagogy (2000), Hase and Kenyon suggest that learning is a learner - centric experience rather than an educator - centric one, where learners who encounter subject matter, in addition to tips on how to learn, increase their overall learning capabilities by becoming highly autonomous and self - determined.

As a lawyer, rather than an educator, Joel Klein revealed a troubling disregard for parental involvement; a crucial element in school success, as any educator knows.

«[B] eing able to easily discipline students often led others to see them as enforcers rather than educators — a reductive stereotype that we heard throughout the focus groups,» the researchers wrote.

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Part of the problem is educators» adherence to traditional thinking, and schools» reliance on pedants rather than innovators to deliver entrepreneurship education, Blank says.

For most of the public, the reputation of the Federal Reserve will continue to be measured mainly by our success in promoting economic growth with price stability, rather than by our interactions with educators and students.

But rather than incentivize teaching innovation that would allow science educators to discuss religion and ethics --- for example, creationism in light of evolution and vice versa, or the scientific and ethical implications of stem cells and in vitro fertilization — many teachers are afraid to even mention these issues, despite their importance, for fear of losing their jobs.

However, in the end, the dominant influences in this campaign were anonymous: they were the people who decided to fund and promote the «equality» agenda wherever and however possible; the editors and sub-editors of influential publications who carefully manipulated the presentation of the issues so that reasoned argument always looked cold and uncaring, and above all, the educators who decided to teach social inclusion by means of a series of examinable clichés rather than do the hard work of equipping people to think for themselves (but that is for another long article...).

Educators who anticipated that churchmen might use their leverage to obstruct rather than encourage their plans for academic reform withdrew their colleges and universities from ecclesiastical governance.

They largely refused to acknowledge that poverty rather than school quality was the root cause of the educational problems of disadvantaged kids, for fear that saying so would merely reinforce a long - standing belief among public educators that students unlucky enough to live in poverty shouldn't be expected to achieve at high levels — and public educators shouldn't be expected to get them there.

Rather than write this type of review, I wanted to offer my personal take on the film as a parent of a child with concussions and as concussion educator, and why I think parents should see Head Games.

He «dissents strongly from the Bloomberg [education] legacy, starting with how teachers have been treated,» saying that educators have been «demonized and blamed» and that they «need to get the tools they need,» rather than «punished» by the «emphasis on high - stakes testing.»

Arguing for the need to focus on «solutions rather than on catastrophic consequences of climate change,» Wibeck suggests effective methods for moving forward with climate change communication, emphasising a need for strategic interaction between communicators and educators, arguing that it is necessary if the public role in challenging global climate change is going to increase.

This concrete and explicit intention to help — rather than simply to advance knowledge or technology — exerts a powerful draw for women students and makes biomedical engineering the most heavily female engineering specialty, according to engineering educators I've spoken with recently.

«For example,» suggested Dr. Choshen - Hillel, «We recommend that parents and educators encourage children, especially those who are seven years old or older, to make resource allocation decisions by themselves, rather than have the adults make these decisions.

As a client of the STOTT PILATES Studio for almost 9 years it was an easy decision to take my training with Merrithew rather than through a different mindful movement educator.

When I asked Boo Shexnayder, educator to the NCAA track and field coach contingent, about building glutes for athleticism, he actually favors the effect that good therapy can have on getting glutes active, and then doing the standard battery of weight room movements, jumps and sprints, rather than trying to overly specialize on glutes in the weightroom.

Naturopathy views the role of the physician as one of educator rather than paternalistic all - powerful figure of the past.

In so doing, it partakes of the central assumptions of the education profession itself and risks sliding over the edge into being a professional trade journal for educators, like, say, Phi Delta Kappan or Educational Leadership, rather than a watchdog on behalf of the broader American public.

Rather than focusing solely on changing the demographics of their workforce — an effort that can take decades as staff retire and are replaced — the district's model centers on teaching current educators how to think differently.

I've got to believe that it's something about the structure of the charter sector — its governance by mission - driven boards instead of local politicians; its ability to recruit and retain educators that share a vision rather than a collective bargaining agreement (and conventional preparation and certification); its sense of urgency driven by accountability to authorizers and funders — that makes the difference.

In the Loop: Students and Teachers Progressing Together Looping — when a teacher moves with his or her students to the next grade level rather than sending them to another teacher at the end of the school year — was initially advocated by early 20th - century Austrian educator Rudolf Steiner and since has been used successfully for years in Europe.

Educators can use the site to teach about online credibility, fact checking, primary and secondary sources, crowd sourcing... rather than simply banning it.»

Rather than relying only on a numerical index or an A-F grading system that would obscure the critical information needed for improvement, the measures above should be part of a dashboard that informs educators and the community about progress in each area and allows for analysis of what's working and where attention is needed.

Design thinking, which is a dynamic, creative and collaborative approach to problem solving, presents a unique model for educators who wish to facilitate from within the class, rather than impart knowledge to it.

If we lead from a belief that our staff is comprised of learners, of people who are not fixed vessels of knowledge but curious explorers, then opening up time and space for educators to create new things (rather than make iterative adjustments to what exists in the form of curriculum, assessment, etc.) seems to be an incredibly cost - effective way to grow a healthy, collaborative culture and nourish an innovative working environment.

States and school districts may find it tricky to navigate what is required and how money can be spent, which can lead to funds being used in «safe» and «permissible» ways rather than the ways that educators deem most useful.

They can still contribute enormously to a dynamic classroom, especially if they're seen as a «tool, rather than a philosophy,» as one educator, LoriC, put it in an Edutopia.org discussion.

Dr Chris Campbell explains how a new digital resource project is encouraging educators and students to become curators, rather than just consumers, of teaching and learning content.

Rather than ignoring these horrific scenes, educators can help students understand the roots of hate and bigotry and become proactive about preventing them in their own world.

Rather than shielding children from news about hate, educators could prepare them for the real world by teaching what hate is and how to prevent it.

So it's more important than ever that parents and educators are vigilant in encouraging kids to be empathetic, and to become «upstanders» rather than bystanders.

Many educators believe that authentic assessment (asking students to perform complex tasks rather than answer multiple - choice questions) encourages better teaching and learning; if this proves true, then curriculum providers using authentic assessments would dominate the market, despite their higher costs.

For example, from the get - go we seek to help educators avoid one of the biggest mistakes in implementing blended learning, which is deploying technology for its own sake, rather than to solve a meaningful problem or achieve an important learning goal.

Rather than purchasing standing desks, the educator found a simpler solution by making space available at elbow height.

Some of the obstacles to including classes in the arts as essential rather than «enrichment» studies, they noted, are the imprecision of the language usually used to discuss the arts; incorrect assumptions by educators, students, and the public about the arts and learning; and a lack of precedents — except in higher education — for...

Rather than scrupulously avoiding the topic of death in Romeo and Juliet or God in the Mayflower Compact, our tests should include these the very passages — the ones that make these texts worth reading — so that educators are encouraged, not penalized, for teaching what is worth teaching.

Removing seat time from state regulations certainly stands to open up more opportunities for students to move at their own pace, and for educators to measure progress in terms of authentic learning rather than hours and minutes.

We're not urging delay or half - measures, but merely a willingness to see ourselves as problem - solvers, solution - finders, and tool - builders rather than warriors going to battle with intransigent educators.

Properly viewed as an opportunity rather than as a compliance hurdle, the Common Core makes it easier for educators to do what they wanted to do all along.

Charles Fadel, Cisco's global lead for education, suggests that educators devote their multimedia resources and interactive lessons to teaching complex subjects, rather than wasting them on building students» basic skills.

But for high schools, this research at least suggests that educators should think more about how students are learning, rather than just what they're learning.

While Burack argues that global education's believers «exercise a strong degree of influence among textbook publishers,» many of the problems he describes with the treatment of global diversity are a reflection of the textbook production and marketing process rather than the result of a conspiracy among educators.

Kennedy has three pieces of advice for educators considering applying for an ATO - approved building fund — go for it, aim high, and have a small steering committee with focused roles rather than a cast of thousands.

Secondly, Downsborough recommends that when managing behavioural infractions, every educator must look for student strengths and build on these, rather than focusing on negative character traits.

This route to exploring their story in which they feature as the key player makes it real to teenagers and together educator and pupils can enter a dialogue and an exploration of how to keep safe rather than handing down some rigid rules in a top down model.

In an ambitious study that seeks to examine state education spending down to the school level, a new analysis of K - 12 expenses in Wyoming shows that while per - pupil spending has swelled to one of the highest rates in the country, schools devoted a significant portion of their money to raising teacher salaries rather than hiring more educators.

were responsible for reproducing inequality, since course and program selection now rested with students and their parents rather than with educators.

As educators, rather than raising your voices Over the rustling of our chains, Take them off.

Ironically, the expansion of student legal rights, rather than enhancing youth outcomes, has increased the extent to which schools have relied on authoritarian measures, decreased the moral authority of educators, and diminished the capacity of schools to socialize young people effectively.