Sentences with phrase «stand in front of classrooms»

Over 3 million women and men stand in front of classrooms every day in the U.S..

Professors stand in front of classrooms and give lectures, sometimes to hundreds or even thousands of students, who are expected to absorb it all and then apply their knowledge to writing papers and taking tests.

Because your teachers spent large chunks of time standing in front of the classroom talking at you.

This ignores how differently each of us learns and pretends that a single instructor standing in front of a classroom full of kids can effectively teach anything to all of them at the same time.

Adam Warner stands in front of the classroom like a teacher, but he's actually a tractor trailer driver with Walmart.

The catch - 22 is, when you are standing in front of a classroom half populated by 16 - year - old boys, the last thing you want to do is to draw attention to your breasts in any way.

It begins with the recognizable image of a red - haired little girl named Annie, who stands in front of a classroom extolling the virtues of President William Henry Harrison — he of the month - long presidency — before breaking into a spontaneous soft - shoe routine.

In other words, it is akin to what the teacher feels each day as she stands in front of a classroom full of new students — or a site leader opening up the first staff meeting of the year.

The basic idea in the grant proposal was that teachers had to overcome their squeamishness in talking about sex; indeed, they needed to learn how to stand in front of the classroom and describe intimate body parts using their students» vernacular, rather than the technical terms found in biology textbooks.

In one common scenario, a white educator in a suburban school stands in front of a classroom that has one or two or maybe a handful of students of color, surrounded by white students.

If I meant it, why was I still standing in front of a classroom of 50 students, using the same old standard lecture format I employed as an assistant professor over 40 years ago?

But until recently, no statistic has measured what experts have come to agree is the single most important factor in boosting student achievement — the effectiveness of the person standing in front of the classroom.

From where I stand in front of my classroom, the reforms — specifically, the new teacher evaluation system and Common Core learning standards — have advanced both teaching and learning in New York public schools.

Although the numbers are stark, there are solutions that will work to ensure that the teachers standing in the front of the classroom mirror the students filling the seats, and we can do far more as a nation to improve the diversity of our teacher workforce.

Unfortunately, anyone who has never stood in front of a classroom full of students for an entire day or has never attempted to create such a test has very little appreciation for the difficulty of the job.

I want to make sure that we continue to provide the very best for the students of Valparaiso Community Schools — from programs offered, materials provided, maintaining school facilities, to making sure we have the very best educators standing in front of our classrooms.

By then all our schools should be charters and we can just use new graduates in other fields on a 2 or 3 year revolving basis to stand in front of the classroom while students teach themselves (note under the new» 21st century critical thinking learning» model, teachers no longer «teach» but instead are just facilitators).

Instead of standing in the front of the classroom and explaining new concepts, stopping to pause as students (hopefully) calmly and patiently raise their hands, teachers have more opportunities to interact with students one - on - one when using individualized instruction in their classrooms.

Though I no longer stand in front of a classroom of Chinese college students, I am still teaching... and surrounded by college students (I mean, recent graduates) that continue to make me feel young.

Not exact matches

They would be great if, for some reason, you needed to camouflage yourself while standing in front of the crafts cubbie of a kindergarten classroom.

Some people naturally have the skills and temperament required to be able to stand up in front of a classroom of children and inspire them to learn.

Many years have passed since I stood at the front of a classroom trying to impart my enthusiasm for learning and the possibility I saw in my students.

In this classroom there is a more inviting learning atmosphere, and teachers walk among students, rather than just sitting or standing in front of the room; it is a space where students can choose where to sit, work, and collaborate with their peers; there are round tables, work areas, and even creative elements like beanbagIn this classroom there is a more inviting learning atmosphere, and teachers walk among students, rather than just sitting or standing in front of the room; it is a space where students can choose where to sit, work, and collaborate with their peers; there are round tables, work areas, and even creative elements like beanbagin front of the room; it is a space where students can choose where to sit, work, and collaborate with their peers; there are round tables, work areas, and even creative elements like beanbags.

Learning is no longer confined to classroom settings where the instructor stands in front of a room to teach, while the students sit down to listen.

It's not standing up in front of the classroom and lecturing.»

She stands at the front, centre, of the classroom, waiting for their initial (if noisy) settling in to their seats.

Thus, as the federal government continues to review and approve states» plans and states begin to implement their new accountability frameworks and school improvement strategies, they must work together to remember the teachers standing in front of our nation's classrooms — for they are critical to all of these other efforts and, ultimately, will have the most impact on their students» learning.

In a traditional classroom the teacher stands in front of the room and lectures to the students as the students listen and take noteIn a traditional classroom the teacher stands in front of the room and lectures to the students as the students listen and take notein front of the room and lectures to the students as the students listen and take notes.

None of this was a problem in the 1950s, when teachers were more likely to stand at the front of the classroom and lecture — and students were expected to listen or work quietly at their desks.

In a classroom where the teacher does little more than stand in front of the class and talk, there is a much greater chance of losing student interesIn a classroom where the teacher does little more than stand in front of the class and talk, there is a much greater chance of losing student interesin front of the class and talk, there is a much greater chance of losing student interest.

Along those lines, it's always a good idea to avoid just standing in front of your students and talking at them, which is what we often call the lecture style classroom.

The person who stands at the front of the classroom every day has a huge influence on the success of a student, both in school and later in life.

«Today's classroom looks almost exactly the same as it did in the Victorian age: a teacher standing in front of a roomful of kids with only a textbook, a blackboard and a piece of chalk,» Murdoch said.

Teachers stand on the front lines against dismissive attitudes toward climate change, and have had varying degrees of success in Idaho and Ohio classrooms in bringing students face - to - face with discomforting evidence, even when challenged by a new crop of deniers - in - training.

Then, maybe a time lapse, and show people doing it on the job - at their desks in front of computers, on construction sites, standing up at a chalkboard in front of a classroom (each student also holding the two dozen hairdryers at their desks).

As I stood in the LA classroom telling a little of my story I saw the many successful Lawyers sitting in front of me... there to learn a different way... ready and wanting to step out of the adversarial Court System... to become peace makers!

There's no question that Google stands to benefit from the program: this gets Chromebooks in front of students who might only ever see them in the classroom, if at all.