Sentences with phrase «supports pedagogical use»

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Some schools and districts have adopted project - based learning as a key pedagogical strategy, using the work of the Buck Institute for Education to support them.

The schools assigned to receive the digital writing program (the program group) will receive intensive professional development and coaching in using GAFE tools, including Doctopus, Classroom, and Goobric, as well as pedagogical training in technology to support the personalization of assignments and regular use of digital tools in classroom instruction.

Teacher - endorsed, research - based professional development that supports teachers in using digital resources and provides proven pedagogical techniques to enhance student learning.

Focus: Developing a deeper understanding of what problem is and how to better support our students in becoming more proficient in the application of the Mathematical Practices as applied to word problems via the use of research - based pedagogical structures.

As a strategy employed by teacher leaders, professional development may be used for various purposes such as supporting implementation of curriculum, introducing new pedagogical strategies, and deepening mathematics and science content knowledge.

In a follow - up study, Sherin and van Es (2009) identified three primary research agendas for the use of video in supporting teacher learning: increasing pedagogical repertoire, developing content knowledge for teaching, and «learning to notice» important features of classroom interactions.

Educators» TPACK, or technology integration knowledge, is operationalized when they identify an effective combination of curriculum content, a particular pedagogical approach, and a use of a technology tool or resource to support the learning experience.

Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).

A key part of the curriculum - linked professional development approach includes a hybrid form of professional development that uses a limited number of face - to - face sessions and Web - based curriculum support materials delivered over the Internet to promote teachers» geospatial science pedagogical content knowledge in addition to science content knowledge.

Professional learning modules, which support teachers in their understanding of the pedagogical and mathematical implications of using the formative assessment lessons and summative tests.

Using reflection to consider specific issues critically — such as the rapid rate of technological change, the design of technology for educational purposes or the use of specific forms of technology to support the situated nature of learning (Mishra & Koehler, 2006)-- provides preservice teachers with the opportunity to develop their technological pedagogical content knowledge while engaging in meaningful reflective practice.

The majority of teachers noted that both their science pedagogical content knowledge and geospatial pedagogical content knowledge increased as a direct result of their use of the curriculum and educative support materials (Table 3).

We also discuss the pedagogical possibilities of Twitter and point to hashtags like #comments4kids (where teachers can post student blogs and ask for feedback from their online networks) or teacher - created resources that support the use of technology in the classroom (like this tweet about how to comment on blogs, shared by one of our graduate students).

In these ways, educative curriculum materials can promote teachers» pedagogical design capacity, or their ability to use instructional resources and the supports embedded in curriculum materials to adapt curriculum to achieve productive instructional ends (Brown, 2009).

Using the principles we offer above, we suggest that English language arts methods classes can infuse technology in a way that does not interfere with the content pedagogy but supports it in a way that actively involves students and prepares them with the technical and pedagogical skills for creating the new learning - centered classroom.

Meaningful engagement with technology during preparation supports preservice teachers in their efforts to develop the technological pedagogical content knowledge (or technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge [TPACK]; Mishra & Koehler, 2006) needed to understand «complex relationships between technology, content, and pedagogy and [use] this understanding to develop appropriate, context - specific strategies and representations» (p. 1029) in their future teaching.

Teachers» abilities to use technology effectively to support student literacy development is reliant on several factors: their knowledge of technology; their knowledge of pedagogical approaches; and their attitudes toward technology integration (Ertmer & Ottenbreit - Leftwich, 2010).

Although the video database was designed to help teachers master the challenges of inquiry - based social studies teaching of any sort, we have also used specific cases within the database explicitly to provide models of teachers effectively using technology to support specific pedagogical and content goals.

Should we, as educational technology leaders, concentrate our efforts upon developing, testing, and disseminating a wide range of educational technology uses that support a broad spectrum of pedagogical approaches?

The TPCK model posits that context - neutral approaches to preparing teachers to utilize technology for pedagogical purposes will generally fail because they tend to overemphasize pure technology skills as opposed to methods of integrating technology into teaching and using technology to support pedagogical goals (Mishra & Koehler, 2006).

More teachers in 2015 reported that when they received immediate PD support in their classrooms, they were able to learn more about pedagogical uses of the technology.

Pope and Golub (2000) have suggested several guiding principles specific to English teacher preparation for instructional technology integration, including (a) introducing different technologies that support both instructional and pedagogical goals; (b) reinforcing that teachers should know how to effectively model the use of technologies to their students; (c) addressing how to evaluate technologies for instructional purposes; and (d) encouraging reflection and evaluation on instruction with and without technologies.

In order to create the right kind of pedagogical content, as well as to use the right support, you do have to know who your audience is.

Consultation - driven, school - tailored and research - based professional development that supports educators in using digital resources, and proven pedagogical strategies to enhance student learning.

Identity and the Arts: Using Drama and Masks as a Pedagogical Tool to Support Identity Development in Adolescence

It uses an action plan approach to support the transition to the new system and explores leading change, pedagogical leadership, documentation, risk analysis and supports development of the Quality Improvement Plan (QIP).