Sentences with phrase «students about their classroom»

Few of the nation's 15,000 public school districts systematically question students about their classroom experiences, in contrast to American colleges, many of which collect annual student evaluations to improve instruction, Dr. Ferguson said.

What is possible when we ask our students about their classroom experience?

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We are constantly thinking about our interactions with students and reflecting to improve our performance in the classroom, as well as theirs.

It may sound far from what traditionalists would define as classroom learning, but it's all in service of getting students excited and passionate about education, Baker says.

Using the case method in the classroom, students can expect to contribute in about every second class and hear from about half the class on each case.

Our students benefit from opportunities to flex their skills and knowledge well before they graduate and to find out firsthand about the business world beyond the classroom.

Becoming a Golden Hawk means more than just cheering on our (really good) varsity teams — it means being a student who cares about your community, who works hard in the classroom, and who takes advantage of all the learning opportunities that can happen outside the classroom, too.

These groups, which encourage students to grapple with bold truth - claims about the nature of God and the meaning of life, are tapping into a hunger for truth too often ignored in the classroom.

The modern university's emphasis on academic specialization and its skepticism about the possibility of discerning moral truth have deprived students of opportunities to pose and ponder life's biggest questions in the classroom.

Professor Negy sent a sharply worded email to some 500 students, complaining about the «bigotry» demonstrated by Christians who had «argued the validity of Christianity» in his classroom.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

She also points to the revolutionary educational possibilities: «Other applications involve things in the classroom, where students are able to not just see a picture of Niagara Falls or some alien world like Venus — we have maps from our various spacecrafts of Mars and Venus that would allow students not just to hear about far - off places, but will allow them to scroll around the world at will.»

The classroom also offers remarkable moments of interreligious exchange, as when a Hindu student queries a Muslim classmate about various aspects of the Islamic tradition, and vice versa.

Or maybe you think that what makes a university Christian today is real concern about a student's life outside of the classroom.

When I walk into work every day now, I look out at a classroom of students in their khaki pants and crew - neck sweaters, and all I can do is think about Newtown.

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What Jackson's study suggests is that what is going on in those classrooms may not really be about students acquiring skills, at least not in the traditional sense.

What I've learned from my research is that in addition to making sure our classroom practices are engaging, we also need to talk to students directly about their beliefs about school, helping them see how disengagement works against them, and what engagement actually is.

Some schools have developed comprehensive approaches to teaching character strengths, and in classrooms across the country, teachers are talking to their students more than ever about qualities like grit and perseverance.

But in my reporting for How Children Succeed, I noticed a strange paradox: Many of the educators I encountered who seemed best able to engender noncognitive abilities in their students never said a word about these skills in the classroom.

Here you will find articles about information on the latest research about the long - term effects of concussion on an athlete's cognitive function, articles on whether the new state concussion safety laws are increasing concussion safety, advice on the academic accomodations concussed student - athletes often need when they return to the classroom, and about the latest in concussion research.

-- Christof Wiechert Social Emotional Intelligence: The Basis for a New Vision of Education in the United States — Linda Lantieri Rudolf Steiner's Research Methods for Teachers — Martyn Rawson Combined Grades in Waldorf Schools: Creating Classrooms Teachers Can Feel Good About — Lori L. Freer Educating Gifted Students in Waldorf Schools — Ellen Fjeld KØttker and Balazs Tarnai How Do Teachers Learn with Teachers?

Students wrote essays about their role models, who were invited to eat breakfast with the student essayists; one student from each classroom was invited to read their essay aloud.

In the testimonials the students expressed how they felt about breakfast in the classroom and it was amazing how detailed some of them were; it confirmed what I knew — that kids want to have breakfast, and that they are appreciative of what we do to bring it to them.

Interesting article:» «Overloaded and Underprepared» joins an increasing number of voices expressing concern about the future of the stereotypical high school student of today â $ «the one with the non-stop schedule who is overstressed, anxious,» Anxiety is comorbid with suicide, and yet PAUSD teachers criminalize anxiety through everyday worst practices in the classroom: excessive homework, test stacking, project stacking, inflexible deadlines, and uncaring response to pleas for relief.

When you present the facts about school breakfast, and its associated benefits — increased test scores, fewer behavioral problems, improved focus in the classroom — you give stakeholders the opportunity to understand the measurable results that come from feeding students a morning meal.

Comments by participants in other cycles of this course: «When I put the principles taught in the TSS course into action in the classroom, I found the students enthralled by both the experiments and the conversations about them.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

Events included Chef Tony Pisconeri visiting classrooms to demonstrate proper knife skills and plating techniques and agriculture students learning about honey with Jeannie Ross of Ross Berry Farm and Apiaries.

Polk County Public Schools have lot of great programming, including breakfast - in - the - classroom (Polk County received Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant back in SY 2012 - 13) and a «What's That Wednesday» program where students learn about new foods; additionally, Polk has implemented CEP at 109 sites which has had a positive impact on participation.

We will ask them what works and what doesn't, learn their best practices for a successful breakfast - in - the - classroom program, and learn more about what students want on their school breakfast menus.

Even for returning students, it doesn't hurt to know where the classroom is, say hello to whatever staff is there getting ready and start getting excited about going back.

There's something about the classroom environment that certain teachers are creating that makes students feel more of a sense of belonging and motivation and the desire to take on challenges.

And as in Arizona, students were calmer when they returned to classrooms, resulting in about 10 minutes of extra teaching time.

And it has become clear, at the same time, that the educators who are best able to engender noncognitive abilities in their students often do so without really «teaching» these capacities the way one might teach math or reading — indeed, they often do so without ever saying a word about them in the classroom.

I would need a survey to tell me about birth experience and breastfeeding for each of my students I'd never know from their classroom behaviors.

She considers the cafeteria her classroom, hoping to educate her students about the importance of a nutritious meal and healthy eating habits.

She conducts taste - testing sessions in classrooms to learn what students think about potential menu options.

Most teachers have a microwave in their classroom and I let students heat up their lunch, if needed (for those readers wondering about hot lunches).

I personally only requested no nuts in the actual classroom (and we made no requests about what students brought in their lunches from home which were eaten in the cafeteria.)

As if that isn't enough, we're also faced with the critical task of communicating with parents about their students and the classroom in general.

Then we complain about what the students get in the classroom, of how hard it is to compete with all the junk food in the classroom.

Events included Chef Tony Pisconeri visiting classrooms to demonstrate proper knife skills and plating techniques and high school agriculture students learning about honey with Jeannie Ross of Ross Berry Farm and Apiaries;

We love the recent post over at the USDA blog by Dr. Robert Lewis of the El Monte School District, in which Dr. Lewis writes about his district's efforts to improve the lives of students using health - promoting messages in the classroom.

One method employed by Dr. Lewis is to invite local farmers to the classroom to help teach students about the food they eat, and to peak their curiosity to try new things.

Fifteen years ago, when I was a classroom teacher I spoke frequently to my primary aged students about eating fruits and vegetables.

School decision makers 1) plug in simple information, 2) explore different ways to expand school meals programs like moving breakfast to the classroom or serving afterschool meals, and 3) come out with hard data about costs, number of students served and federal reimbursement dollars.

He was incredibly supportive of the breakfast program; Principal Mosely talked about the reduced number of late / tardy students, and said he couldn't imagine the day starting without breakfast - in - the - classroom.

«We also have to remember the public education system is about the students and we want to get the best teachers in the classroom that we can,» Cuomo said in earlier in the year.