Sentences with phrase «science teachers in this country»

At CU Denver, we recognize the urgent need for outstanding math and science teachers in this country.

This means the book and DVD could end up in the mailboxes of more than 200,000 K - 12 science teachers in the country.

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Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

The country was in the midst of a major push to deliver several core subjects — including math and science — in English instead of Arabic and the education ministry needed to recruit thousands of teachers on two - year contracts.

Graduate Teachers in a «Teach Ghana» program focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Technology and Mathematics (STEM) and other relevant subjects in primary and secondary schools across the country.

More than 250 current math and science teachers will be chosen from the Mid-Hudson, North Country, central New York and western New York regions to participate in the program, where they'll mentor undergraduate education students and early career teachers.

Teachers in Brooklyn «Unplug» to Build a Stronger Computer Science Foundation Educators around the country this week are celebrating the Hour of Code, an international effort to bring awareness to computer sScience Foundation Educators around the country this week are celebrating the Hour of Code, an international effort to bring awareness to computer sciencescience.

«I already have new travel plans to bring science and innovative educational pedagogies to other countries,» says Carpenter, who is now in her second - year of the PRISM program and works weekly with a high school teacher at the Carver School of Technology, an Atlanta public school.

The assessment materials, used to measure students» understanding of the sciences in middle and early high school, will be amplified by Naiku, a Minnesota - based company whose assessment platform reaches teachers around the country, and a Canadian consortium that includes McGill University in Montreal.

The importance of excellent science education in schools has been stressed by science policy makers in recent years, and many European countries are trying to recruit teachers who are passionate about their subjects.

In October, 200 science research teachers from across the country received an all - expense - paid weekend to share best practices at the 2017 Research Teachers Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by RegeneroIn October, 200 science research teachers from across the country received an all - expense - paid weekend to share best practices at the 2017 Research Teachers Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Reteachers from across the country received an all - expense - paid weekend to share best practices at the 2017 Research Teachers Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by ReTeachers Conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Regeneroin Washington, D.C., sponsored by Regeneron.

It also recommends that the government help to create 1000 new STEM - focused schools across the country and assist in a $ 15,000 - a-year salary boost for a cadre of 22,000 master math and science teachers with exemplary records of boosting student achievement and participation in science.

So although I had already accepted a place to study geography at Liverpool University in the United Kingdom, my home country, when I came back I talked to my PE teacher who recommended Loughborough University as the best place to study sport science in this country.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

The Obama Administration wants to give a $ 20,000 salary bonus to thousands of the best elementary and secondary school science and math teachers in the country.

Responding to the country's critical need for STEM teachers, and for teaching that supports students all the way to graduation and employment in ever - expanding STEM fields, education researchers and practitioners have fought hard to build effective approaches, and AAAS has helped to spearhead those efforts, said Rush Holt, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.

As administrators and school boards around the country consider the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Science Buddies is helping teachers begin ramping up, now, for some of the ways in which traditional classroom science projects and assignments may Science Standards (NGSS), Science Buddies is helping teachers begin ramping up, now, for some of the ways in which traditional classroom science projects and assignments may Science Buddies is helping teachers begin ramping up, now, for some of the ways in which traditional classroom science projects and assignments may science projects and assignments may change.

The more than 500 volunteers that make up NASA's Solar System Ambassadors Program bring the excitement of NASA science and engineering to children, teachers, and adults across the country and in several international locations.

Editor's Note: Although Fran Koontz, the teacher shown in this video, retired in 2008, the Journey North continues to be actively used in schools all over the country, and is considered the nation's premiere «citizen science» project for children.

The already severe shortage of science and mathematics teachers in most parts of the country is expected to grow steadily worse in the next 15 years, experts predict.

Specifically, students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the international math and reading tests, and about 15 percent higher on the science test, than students in countries without performance pay.

Students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the international math and reading tests, and about 15 percent higher on the science test, than students in countries without performance pay.

The government will also be piloting a new student loan reimbursement programme for science and Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teachers in the early years of their career, targeted in the areas of the country that need them most.

From one - fourth to more than a third of young adults take and pass high - level exams in those subjects in other industrialized countries, says the report, which was released here last week by the American Federation of Teachers and the National Center for Improving Science Education.

Qualified math and science teachers are scarce in Texas, as in other areas of the country.

Professor Brian Cox, Professor for Public Engagement, says, «I have been delighted to be involved in filming these video resources, travelling around the country and meeting teachers and pupils who are inspired by science and involved in exciting, practical science in the classroom.

The competition, supported by Capita SIMS, is now in its sixth year and offers teachers across the country the chance to win a grant of up to # 15,000 for their innovative idea to raise the achievement of disadvantaged children in maths, English or science.

Our investment in this new digital platform for the awards will recognise the hard work of pupils and teachers across the whole of the country and help secure the UK's position as a world leader in science and innovation.»

With members in all the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 69 foreign countries, NCSS serves as an umbrella organization for elementary, secondary, and college teachers of history, civics, geography, economics, political science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and law - related education.

So much is this set of attitudes - the priority of «liberation» or «emancipation» as the central metaphor for the teacher's work - taken for granted among American educators that the higher performance of pupils in other countries on international tests in math and science is often dismissed as reflecting other countries» inappropriate stress on drill and memorization.

SHINE — Let Teachers SHINE 2015 Run in partnership by the Shine Trust and TES, Let Teachers SHINE is a national competition that aims to find some of the country's most innovative teachers with brilliant ideas to raise attainment in English, maths or science among disadvantaged sTeachers SHINE 2015 Run in partnership by the Shine Trust and TES, Let Teachers SHINE is a national competition that aims to find some of the country's most innovative teachers with brilliant ideas to raise attainment in English, maths or science among disadvantaged sTeachers SHINE is a national competition that aims to find some of the country's most innovative teachers with brilliant ideas to raise attainment in English, maths or science among disadvantaged steachers with brilliant ideas to raise attainment in English, maths or science among disadvantaged students.

Across the country, states and school districts experience a critical shortage of teachers, especially in hard - to - staff subjects, such as science, technology, and math, and in hard - to - staff schools, such as those in high - poverty and rural areas.

Agile Mind Biology was developed in collaboration with teachers throughout the country and by distinguished science educators from the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study group (BSCS) and the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin.

Given the evidence on where teacher supply and pay shortfalls are greatest, it is encouraging the new recruitment measures are tightly focused on languages, science, and maths teachers, and will concentrate additional funding in «challenging schools» or parts of the country with acute supply issues.

The Washington Post notes that the top - performing countries on standardized tests in math, science and reading all «selectively recruit for teacher training programs.

As the coauthor of 20 books on applications of mind, brain, and education science, he has led statewide initiatives and worked in 30 countries, reaching more than 100,000 administrators and teachers.

U.S. elementary - grade teachers get far less training than teachers in high - achieving countries for deep understanding of the foundational math, reading, and science content they teach.

Science teaching self - efficacy of preservice primary teachers: A review of research in three countries.

He has been invited to present research at conferences across the country, including the Association for Middle Level Education, National Science Teachers Association, and National Council of Teachers of English, and was recently invited to present at the 2018 GIMAR Conference in Tokyo.

Jill's calling as an educator began in 1989 as a math and science teacher and dance and cross country coach.

She also coordinated two teams of science teachers, one in the US and the other in the country of Namibia.

Through differentiation, quality content and extensive support, students and teachers get something that they and this country need — success in science.

This allows them to carry out practical science with confidence and knowledge of the underlying principles, something that was strongly underlined in the teachers we met in countries such as Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Singapore.

On a site visit in Lilongwe to one of the schools across the country that are benefitting from the Malawi Education Sector Improvement Project (MESIP), the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, announced that the government will recruit 8000 primary school teachers to reduce the student - teacher ratio.

It is the country's top producer of math and science teachers, and won the 21st Century Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning from the United States Distance Learning Association several times.

As California takes these steps to address the bilingual teacher shortage, the state will serve as an important model of an education system designed to build on our country's racial, cultural and linguistic strengths in a way that is aligned with science, and is simply good for all children in our state and our nation.

Excerpts from her article appear below: U.S. elementary - grade teachers get far less training than teachers in high - achieving countries for deep understanding of the foundational math, reading, and science content they teach.

Surprisingly in this magnificent country many high school teachers I interviewed are skeptical about global warming, even when presented with fact laden articles from publications such as Science.

In fact, KidWind offers everything from do - it - yourself kits that teachers can use in the classroom, to all kinds of curricular materials, lesson plans, science fair ideas, and in - school seminars specifically for teachers to improve their own knowledge that have been given across the countrIn fact, KidWind offers everything from do - it - yourself kits that teachers can use in the classroom, to all kinds of curricular materials, lesson plans, science fair ideas, and in - school seminars specifically for teachers to improve their own knowledge that have been given across the countrin the classroom, to all kinds of curricular materials, lesson plans, science fair ideas, and in - school seminars specifically for teachers to improve their own knowledge that have been given across the countrin - school seminars specifically for teachers to improve their own knowledge that have been given across the country.

Its model Environmental Literacy Improvement Act, adopted in classrooms across the country, might not teach climate denial outright, but it does encourage teachers to give climate skeptics and deniers a voice, in order to provide students with a «balanced» view of the science.