But a June report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute shows high
schoolers are interested in learning.
Law is a trade and I think that vast majority of people who enter law
school are interested in learning to practice that trade....
Not exact matches
After observing that students become 26 percent more likely to eat vegetables served
in the nearly 350
schools where Musk's
Learning Gardens allowed students to grow their own produce, Musk
was satisfied, and the project attracted
interest from other underserved communities and donors.
If the material
were to
be presented
in a manner which melded training with causes that truly
interest students like Global Warming, species extinction, and catastrophic weather changes, it
is more likely that they will
be able to find time outside of
school to
learn more of the necessary techniques.
Through the years, the Kelley
School has fashioned a reputation as a true MBA innovator, from
being one of the few programs that give a single grade for the entire core curriculum to having a series of first - year academies that provide experiential
learning, consulting projects and coaching to students
interested in six core areas that range from capital markets and strategic finance to consulting and supply chain management.
It has
been more than a half - century since James Coleman and his team surveyed students
in ten high
schools to determine their values and
interests and attitudes toward
learning.
Parents
are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to
learn «through natural consequences» — that
is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles
in the morning and
is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of
being late to
school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and
learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who
is misbehaving
is often merely craving attention and if he gets it
in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it
in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child
in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and
be, or what other people think he should do and
be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child
in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and
are interested in.
It
was interesting to
learn about her work
in Catholic
schools in India.
I
learned a little bit about raw foods
in 2009 while I
was attending the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and it
was interesting enough that I signed up for a raw «cooking» class at the local adult
school.
While I've always
been passionate about hockey and teaching, and have always had an
interest in learning about sports injuries, it wasn't until I
was a freshman
in high
school that I realized I wanted to become an athletic trainer.
In social - science class that day, however, they
were learning complex material and behaving perfectly well — and not because they
were incentivized with rewards or threatened with punishments, but because
school was, for that period at least, actually kind of
interesting.
While the trip ended
in tragedy, I started to wonder why it
was we arbitrarily sent our kids to
school and how much more excited they might
be about
learning, if they had a little flexibility, more time to explore things they
were interested in, and more freedom to discover themselves.
If you
are interested in learning about our
school survey and / or scheduling a survey, contact our School Program Director, Margaret D
school survey and / or scheduling a survey, contact our
School Program Director, Margaret D
School Program Director, Margaret Dunlap.
The goal
is to keep children
learning and
interested in swimming so they will succeed
in Swim
School.
Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of
interest and direct involvement
in children's
learning, education and
schools,
are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at
school • better attitudes towards
school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at
school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).
In school I was interested in doing scientific research and learning about ways to improve healt
In school I
was interested in doing scientific research and learning about ways to improve healt
in doing scientific research and
learning about ways to improve health.
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are interested in learning more about alternative delivery
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Your child may also find they
are just not
interested right now
in what they
are required to
learn at
school.
The thing
is though, play
school really helped him
learn how to deal with his emotions, to understand how to get on with others and it has sparked his curiosity and
interest in the world around him.
If your child
is interested in attending a high
school game or a high
school play or concert consider going together so you can also
learn more about the
school and foster your child's
interest in his or her future high
school experience.
This summer I have built my own internship and will
be working with three local organic farms,
learning about how they operate and
in particular I
am interested in how the
are participating
in farm to
school lunch programs.
Many students
in secondary
schools are not remotely
interested in learning.
Whatever your
interests or
learning style, with hundreds of families
in the region choosing to leave conventional education
in favour of home
schooling you
are soon bound to find others to share your journey with.
Since I
am interested in the wide range of
school concussion management plans that exist, I have
been researching and summarizing the best «Return To
Learn» resources that
are currently available online for free.
A villagewide survey for the Park District on residents»
interests in recreational facilities
was conducted by students
in the
school's Reality Based
Learning program.
This
is your chance to network with your peers and
learn about innovative and
interesting ideas
being applied
in school nutrition.
I highly recommend it to anyone who
is interested in learning more about the topic of
school food.
Description Day One: This training
is designed for the new and the experienced play therapist
in agency, private practice, and
school settings who
is interested in learning more about play therapy interventions and techniques.
Ironically, this
is an apt metaphor for Judt's entire life: the son of Eastern European Jews who never felt completely at home
in England; an autodidact at Cambridge who never
learned historiography or became part of a dedicated «
school»; an expert by training
in French social thought with serious and evolving
interests in Eastern European history; and an American denizen and critic without the faintest bond to the United States.
«Our lab team
is interested in learning just how susceptible metallic glasses
are to fracturing, how much energy it takes to create a crack,» said Falk, a professor
in the Whiting
School of Engineering's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
In middle and high school, increased opportunities such as science camps like SciGirls, recruitment of girls to participate in upper level science courses or extracurricular activities, informal science learning experiences and increasing visibility and access to women scientists both fictional and real are other methods to sustain girls interest and engagement in so called «hard science» field
In middle and high
school, increased opportunities such as science camps like SciGirls, recruitment of girls to participate
in upper level science courses or extracurricular activities, informal science learning experiences and increasing visibility and access to women scientists both fictional and real are other methods to sustain girls interest and engagement in so called «hard science» field
in upper level science courses or extracurricular activities, informal science
learning experiences and increasing visibility and access to women scientists both fictional and real
are other methods to sustain girls
interest and engagement
in so called «hard science» field
in so called «hard science» fields.
Companies
interested in learning more about the Kit Club grant program and
in potentially sponsoring
schools in their own communities
are encouraged to contact Jayme Burke at
[email protected] for more information.
«Motivating more young people to take an
interest in understanding and
learning science at
school is important not only because science careers
are exciting and rewarding, but also because young people need to know about how science and technology
is changing our world - their world!
I
am applying to Naturopathic Medical
School and have
been interested in learning more about diet, nutrition, detoxification and how to prevent disease.
Yoga 4 Classrooms
is a ChildLight Yoga affiliate focused on providing professional development training for K - 12
schools and individual
school professionals
interested in sustainably implementing yoga & mindfulness
in their classrooms and
schools to improve self - regulation,
learning and climate.
If your
school is interested in partnering with Bent On
Learning to advance your wellness programming, review our Program Overview, which provides details on our program and impact
in NYC
schools.
New York About Blog Opera Teens
is a national initiative to empower high -
schoolers to pursue their
interests in opera, share opera
learning with others and leverage the power of opera to serve local communities.
Braff neglects some crucial or at least just potentially
interesting story threads, like the fact that daughter Grace, seemingly modern
in all other ways, has embraced all the religious stuff she
's learned at
school and
is looking forward to someday shaving her head for her husband.
This
is only marginally less true of the nominal lead, the oddly named Zurich (Trevor Jackson), a tall, handsome and serious young man who has a steady girlfriend and, under the benign auspices of a professor (Alfre Woodard,
in a role only slightly bigger than a cameo), takes an
interest in learning about the
school's namesake.
What
's interesting is that both these films tell stories that needed to
be told,
in my opinion, because you never
learn anything
in school or during Black History month about the Buffalo Soldiers or the African - American military campaign during World War II.
I
was very much
interested in his perspective on
school design; for he understood that classrooms should offer a variety of activity settings to support the diverse ways that people
learn.
«What we found
is that
school staff
are very
interested in connecting with families to support
learning and
school improvement, but don't always know how to do that,» Mapp said.
Serving as a think - tank intermediary to devise such a strategy, PASA developed a plan called
Learning in Communities / Providence, led by Rhode Island Kids Count (RIKC) and funded by the Wallace Foundation, which had taken an
interest in the needs of the city's after -
school programs
in April 2003 after several studies reported that high - quality after -
school programs
are an affordable and effective way to improve
school attendance and success.
Caldis, who
is taking a year off teaching at
school to teach pre-service educators at Macquarie University, says connecting
learning to the real world and getting students out of the classroom to carry out their own investigations increases engagement and
interest in the subject.
Further information Teachers who
are interested in learning more about how to incorporate outdoor
learning into the curriculum, develop outdoor spaces and
learn how to grow food
in school grounds can attend a one - day workshop at the Eden Project on Friday September 28.
There
are also more age - specific signs.Pre -
school children may show: Persistent difficulty
in learning nursery rhymes or the name for things, like «table» or «chair»; difficulty with clapping a simple rhythm; enjoyment of
being read to but no
interest in words or letters; delayed speech development; primary
school children may show a poor sense of direction and confusion between left and right; pronounced reading difficulties, specifically hesitant or laboured reading, omitted lines or repetition of the same line or loss of place
in the text and difficulties
in saying multi-syllabic words.
I believe students
are more
interested in school when they have a hand
in their own
learning.
Struck by the extent to which «every interaction
was keyed to preparing for Japan's comprehensive college entrance exam,» Ho became
interested in standardized testing and its effects on
schools and
learning.
The public
school districts that have contacted us have
been particularly
interested in the cost implications of blended -
learning spaces, since our analysis suggests that blended environments
are more efficient and less expensive to build.
Your principal and
school superintendent will have more information about this process if you
are interested in learning more.