Sentences with phrase «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.

Not exact matches

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.

As the Jefferson - guided Board of Visitors indicated, such a curriculum would likely feature close study of the Declaration, The Federalist, Washington's farewell address, and John Locke's Second Treatise, among others.

That which ultimately makes a theological school theological and provides the criteria of its excellence as a school is not the structure of its curriculum, nor the types of pedagogical methods it employs, nor the dynamics of its common life, nor the structure of its polity, nor even the «sacred» subject matters it studies; rather it is the nature of its overarching end and the degree to which that end governs all that comprises its common life.

Yet New Testament studies became increasingly isolated in the nineteenth century as the study of rhetoric was given a back seat in school curriculums and limited to the study of style and ornamentation (Watson names Nils Lund's Chiasmus in the New Testament as a notable exception).

In such contexts the study of the Bible «as literature» was deemed especially appropriate to a secular curriculum.

This change is reflected in the curricula of many seminaries and divinity schools today: ethics has achieved an independent existence as a department or area of study.

If we integrate the studies so that their relations to each other are presented as true as in fact they are, then the student is more likely to be able individually to diversify from the stream of conformity, as he or she makes the connection between the integrated curriculum and life.

Consideration of examples such as this may help to dispel the prejudice against the study of manners within the formal curriculum, by showing that people in other well - developed and successful cultures have considered the refinement of interpersonal relationships the central objective of education.

For example, in a recent analysis published in an edition of International Studies in Catholic Education dedicated to the question of whether there can be such a thing as a Catholic curriculum, Therese D'Orsa argues from the Australian experience that «attempts to give meaning to the concept of a Catholic curriculum... have ranged across a spectrum familiar to those who lead in Catholic schools» and that such initiatives have had a «limited impact».

One may certainly refrain from insisting, as some Jewish leaders have, upon mandated Holocaust studies in the public school curriculum: for many people, such «mandates» might appear as an effort to establish the passion of the Jews as the larger culture's defining story, thus, ironically, giving plausibility to anti-Semitic claims about Jewish power.

While I recall reading about the post-Schleiermacher tendency to understand practical theology as made up of numerous dimensions — the liturgical, moral, pastoral, spiritual, ecclesial and catechetical — within a clerical paradigm, I experienced it as a number of nonintegrated, specific disciplines of ministerial studies separated from other isolated disciplines dispersed throughout a confused theological curriculum.

Just as important, this standard curriculum eliminates theology from the core of both practical and academic studies.

The curriculum they suggest, along with participation in the community of faith, is designed to shape Christian identity by an intense study of how groups and individuals created themselves as Christians as they responded to felt needs and wrestled with issues of ultimate significance in their age just as we do in ours.

Kelly's summary of the trends in the curriculum of Oberlin Seminary applies to many others as well: «The program of study was changing from the dogmatic to the practical, from the ecclesiocentric to the socio - centric... «34 More recent examinations show the continuation of these emphases in our time though they also show a revival of interest in systematic and exegetical theology and in the Biblical languages.

As an editor, I want the Bible Study component to be the very best it can be for Sunday School classes, and that's why I'm excited to help develop a new curriculum for LifeWay Christian Resources.

This essay was written with the conviction that the curriculums of all institutions of higher learning should include courses in the religio - scientific study of a variety of religions, including some of the major religions of the East as well as the Judeo - Christian religious traditions of the West.

It may be more unified than most college curricula are but nonetheless it impresses the observer as a collection of studies rather than as a course of study.

The battle becomes considerably subtler, though, when religion is advocated not as a way of life but as something to be studied as an integral part of American culture, and is made part of a high school curriculum.

The complaint may be that the curriculum is too «academic» and insufficiently «Professional»; too «theoretical» and insufficiently «practical»; or, conversely, that it is too single - mindedly focused on producing «Professional ministers» in a certain model and too inflexible to allow individual students to pursue their own intellectual interests; and, above all, that the curriculum consists of too many small pieces of information that are not adequately «integrated,» that it provides not so much a course of study as — in H. Richard Niebuhr's wonderfully wry phrase - «a series of studious jumps in various directions.»

According to a study conducted in 2008 by physical education teachers using the curriculum, 75 percent rated it as excellent and 23 percent as good.

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.

Environmental studies are incorporated into many aspects of the curriculum, with specific focus in areas such as geography, science, creative arts, and the Gardening and Glen Brook Farm Programs.

The curriculum at a Waldorf school can be seen as an ascending spiral: the lessons that begin each day, the concentrated blocks of study that focus on one subject for several weeks.

The Bible lessons and activities in this curriculum are great for children who have special needs, such as children with ADD, ADHD, or other learning disabilities because all areas of study are reinforced using active learning and lots of sensory stimulation.

Education: The mayoral candidate wants to reform the curriculum for pre-K through 12th grade to better incorporate vocational studies and apprenticeships, as well as upgrade schools with new technology.

The Education Committee reiterated what has been a long - standing concern of the country's liberal community: revising the curriculum of state school textbooks on Pakistan Studies, which glorify Muslim warriors and portray India as «Hindu» and Hindu as «the other».

The BHA has described the changes, which will also mean the study of evolution in primary schools will stay off the curriculum, as catastrophic.

The effect is to dump existing Liberal Democrat policy which seeks integrated education — in other words all young people to have opportunities to do vocational and academic study as part of a single curriculum..

«There is no subject in the Nigerian school curriculum called Islamic Arabic studies nor anywhere in the world as being speculated.»

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.

In his remark, the Acting Director General of TEI, Dr. Saád Umar Idris said, «as pioneer DG, TEI, some of his laudable achievements include commissioning of TEI Curriculum Design and Facilitators» notes, Implementation of the Electoral Training Study Cycle (ETSC) for the benefit of the Commission's staff across the country, development of TEI Core values, establishment of the TEI Knowledge Sharing Forum, Employee of the Month, securing support from Development Partners and much more».

She also led Project 2061's evaluative studies of science and mathematics textbooks and currently serves as principal investigator on curriculum development efforts funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

«The broad adoption of POLST in California's nursing homes is possible due to a combination of state - level efforts — such as passing legislation and developing a standardized POLST form and curriculum — and the grassroots efforts of local POLST coalitions who educate providers and consumers in cities and counties throughout the state,» said Judy Thomas, study co-author and CEO of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, the organization that runs the POLST program in California.

«In participating schools, ADAP is delivered as part of the standard health education curriculum, which facilitates its sustainability,» says Holly Wilcox, Ph.D., M.A., associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the researcher who oversaw the study on the effectiveness of the ADAP curriculum.

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

They are hoping that the insights gained from this study and the follow - up studies can be used as a basis for developing educational materials such as videos, computer games and curricula for preschools.

Although many states have taken steps to require dating violence prevention as part of standard health curriculum in middle or high schools, not all take the additional step of providing funding to implement and study these programs.

So when FMCA started to identify additional topics of study that are useful parts of a coach's education, but that didn't quite fit our curriculum, we decided to offer them as short courses.

Yoga and Sanskṛit study continue as important aspects of the curriculum.

In rebuttals to previous criticism on «The China Study,» Campbell seems to use his curriculum vitae as reason his word should be trusted above that of his critics.

The curriculum was developed to explore Yoga's vast richness, including: applied anatomy and physiology as related to asana study and teaching methodology, philosophy, lifestyle, ethics, and principles of becoming and living as a Yoga teacher and lifelong student.

He went on to study curriculum training as well as complete the Mindful Schools Year - Long Teacher Training Course.

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.

As a special education teacher she enjoys ensuring that SEP students have access to the curriculum, success in their studies, and a positive school life experience.

For example, in universities, sustainability curriculums are tacked on to programs or courses as an elective, therefore not compulsory, this is most common with business studies or economics.

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.

All kinds of research are being produced that could count as «instructionally relevant,» after all, from studies of systems - level factors like curriculum quality and school operations to those focused on what's happening in learners» heads, to those examining classroom - level techniques.