Sentences with phrase «social studies curriculum as»

Teachers make sure to include content - area and thematic words by connecting with the science, math, and social studies curricula as well as to cross-curricular themes.

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Whereas Australia has made Asia an important focus of its national curriculum, Canada, where education is a provincial matter, could follow the model practiced in the US, where a network of universities across the country acts as hubs for teachers to deepen their understanding of Asian geography, history, social studies and arts, so they can introduce that content into their classrooms.

Jim is a Venture Partner at Reach Capital, an edtech social impact venture fund, and co-founded Teachers» Curriculum Institute, widely regarded as the nation's most innovative publisher of K - 12 social studies cCurriculum Institute, widely regarded as the nation's most innovative publisher of K - 12 social studies curriculumcurriculum.

Accredited by the German Government and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the GISSV offers a dual - immersion program that follows ambitious curricula, focusing on science and social studies as well as arts and sports.

She also said that the city's social studies curriculum, which went out this year, has just been adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense as the curriculum to be used internationally.

Topics such as personnel management, tax, social security, work laws, etc. had not been on my curriculum during my studies in Rostock and Munich.

Events such as Election Day mock voting, Veteran's Day Memorial program, and our 9/11 Remembrance take place throughout the year and are integrated into our rich curriculum, which includes classes in physical education, music, Spanish, art, and technology in addition to the core subjects of reading, math, science, and social studies.

Dr. Chris McGee serves the Webster Groves school district located in the St. Louis suburban area as a curriculum coordinator for Science and Social Studies.

After two years working in Portland, I found my way to Bay Area, California where I taught 9th grade social studies for 3 years while I supported faculty in developing their capacity to hold space for critical conversations around diversity, inclusion, and equity, as well as supporting social justice curriculum reform within the network.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

I was a founding faculty member of Mid-Pacific Institute's eXploratory Program, a core subject curriculum with project - based learning as the primary focus of student work, with 10 years of experience in the Social Studies classroom.

In our states social studies curriculum the comparative study of various religions is encouraged much as stated by Justice Clark.

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The Instructional Leadership strand is designed for individuals who have taught at least three years, seek to increase their knowledge of instruction and curriculum in their subject area (science, mathematics or social studies) or English Language Arts (ELA) at the elementary and secondary levels, and are interested in finding ways to extend their influence beyond the classroom into areas such as coaching, curriculum development or teacher research.

Two 4th grade teachers ride the rails of the «Orphan Train» as they use technology to add vitality to their social studies curriculum.

This fall, in seven classrooms in three states, the guide served as the basis for an exploratory study by Selman and Elizabeth seeking to delve into how a transmedia curriculum may affect students» motivations to read and learn and how it may affect their social and ethical development.

He sought to integrate math into other subjects, such as literature, science, social studies, and geography, so that users could easily adopt the activities and focus on more than one area of their curriculum at one time.

Teacher Erin Okata integrated social studies, language arts, science, math, fine arts, and technology into the project as a way to help students develop an awareness of ocean life and to meet specific Hawaii state curriculum standards.

Kennedy acknowledged that there are roadblocks to schools adopting the Speak Truth to Power curriculum, citing as example how social studies loses its place in an era of standardized testing.

New Hampshire schools have a powerful social studies, history, and civics program that uses the presidential election as one of anumber of linchpins in the curriculum.

High course requirements were defined as a high - school curriculum that includes at least three years of English, two of social studies, one of science, and one of math.

Consider the challenge of deciding what experiences constitute «service learning» for high - school students in jurisdictions where this is now expected as part of a civics class or social studies curriculum.

Teachers and curriculum designers are encouraged first to establish their program frameworks using the social studies standards as a guide, and then to use the standards from history, geography, civics, economics, and others to guide the development of grade level strands and courses.

Ben began his career as a social studies teacher in Morrison, IL where he initiated and lead the district's iPad pilot program and redesigned his own curriculum.

EL Education EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) offers a comprehensive, free ELA curriculum for grades 3 - 8, as well as upper - grades materials in science and social studies that engage students in substantive reading and writing.

The effectiveness of the model has been studied in over 20 years of research and field - testing about: (a) the effectiveness of the model as perceived by key groups, such as principals, teachers, students, and parents; (b) research related to student creative productivity; (c) research relating to personal and social development; (d) the use of SEM with culturally diverse or special needs populations; (e) research on student self - efficacy; (f) the use of SEM as a curricular framework; (g) research relating to learning styles and curriculum compacting; and (h) longitudinal research on the SEM.

In social studies, while rightly criticizing the tendency of earlier American citizenship educators to produce America - Firsters by teaching a sanitized, celebratory U.S. history, Giroux overcorrects in promoting a curriculum calculated to produce America - Worsters, focused on the country's warts, as schools serve as «sites of struggle that address the suffering... of the oppressed.»

The curriculum in the crucial eight grades leading to the high - school years should be specifically designed to provide a sound base for study in those and later years in such areas as English language development and writing, computational and problem - solving skills, science, social studies, foreign language, and the arts.

Others raised the specter of social studies entering the 21st century trapped as a static and traditionalistic discipline with an outdated and irrelevant curriculum (Berson, Cruz, Duplass, & Johnston, 2007; Berson, Lee, & Stuckart, 2001).

Center for Inspired Teaching partners with school districts and charter schools to create teacher - leaders with the ability to write and implement curricula aligned with the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) standards framework for social studies as well as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

As a K — 5 social studies coordinator at VBCPS, Meghan Raftery works in 56 elementary schools, implementing and adapting school curriculum to fit each school environment while supporting enrichment and remediation opportunities.

Perspectives: Technology as content in social studies curricula for young learners.

Teachers are expected to teach more economics as part of their social studies curriculum and the NeEconEd website helps teachers learn what is expected at each grade level and link quickly to good materials to use in the classroom.

Children will be taught math, science, language arts, social studies and more, following an established curriculum as they would in a traditional school, but are taught in a foreign language, in which they will also become fluent in reading and writing.

As of April 2018, 42 states have adopted the Common Core curriculum for all students attending public schools, which involves teaching standards for each grade level in English, mathematics, reading, social studies, history, and science.

Mission Through the use of Social and Restorative Justice Principals, Five Keys provides... Plans and implements a program of study following state and school goals / curriculum that as much as...

In addition, many states are already requiring Civics education as part of the social studies curriculum, whether integrated in a general social studies course, or as a stand alone.

The Ofsted study will also consider what can be done to tackle issues such as schools «curriculum narrowing», and promoting social mobility.

A recent study conducted by the Council for Basic Education confirms what many educators have feared: The curriculum is narrowing as schools zero in on reading, writing, and math at the expense of the arts, foreign languages, and elementary - level social studies.

College preparatory curricula, the default curriculum in Texas, are comprised of four years of English, math, science, and social studies (referred to as «4 by 4»).

As part of a 2000 - 2001 college / community partnership for learning, Hartwick social studies students collaborated with social studies classroom teachers at Oneonta Middle School to design ways to align GIS with existing units of instruction in the middle school social studies curriculum.

We use Expeditionary Learning (reading), Eureka Math (math), McGraw Hill - A Closer Look (science), and Houghton Mifflin (social studies) as our core curricula.

Recent studies have shown that merely adding technology to one's curriculumis not enough to bring about instructional reform in social studies education.There is a need for «thoughtful curriculum development, and careful instructionaldesign based on the thorough and on - going explication of assumptions aboutsociety, learners and learning, as these are critical to the productive useof technology as to any other teaching mode» (Shaver, 1999, p. 27).

Prior to his role at Westside, he served as director of secondary curriculum, high school building administrator, and junior high school social studies teacher for Papillion - La Vista Public Schools in Nebraska.

Would he lament the fact that the arts and, to some extent, politics and war (also known as social studies) have less time in the curriculum than they used to have?

National social studies tests for 4th grade students and high school seniors have been indefinitely postponed as a result of sequestration cuts, which has alarmed social studies advocates and contributed to the perception that federal decision making and policies have narrowed the curriculum and downplayed the role of subjects other than reading and math in preparing students for college and careers.

The Social Studies curriculum and instruction includes an in - depth look at the geography, culture, and history of the Eastern Hemisphere; as well as the essential ancient civilizations.

The Shelby County Schools have adopted Facing History units as a mandate for the social studies curriculum in grades 6 - 8.

As a 6th grade social studies teacher, I built a curriculum based on teaching students to think, read, talk, and write about history as it relates to identity and social justicAs a 6th grade social studies teacher, I built a curriculum based on teaching students to think, read, talk, and write about history as it relates to identity and social justicas it relates to identity and social justice.

As curriculum coach, Kate was a designated mentor for the department; however, she was not an expert in social studies pedagogy.