Sentences with phrase «teach in classrooms where»

I taught in a classroom where scanning QR codes became a normal routine.

Imagine teaching in a classroom where a child swears loudly — or kicks a desk — or hits another child — or runs out of the room — whenever he or she is angry.

But the true value of Relay's model may go beyond potentially improving the teaching in the classrooms where Relay's graduates work.

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When U.S. News & World Report ran a story in 1996 about the decline of civility, it opened with what it must have considered the man - bites - dog vignette — an account of a classroom where young people were taught to be polite.

They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

The main lesson here is that we must not only teach and learn about a «new heaven and a new earth,» but must create in our classrooms and activities the kind of small - scale cosmos where these are more nearly realized and approached.

I'm ok with teaching creationism in a religious studies class or even a history class but not a science classroom where scientific method is used.

In his classroom, where he taught sociology and anthropology, he was, his students said, «like a Sunday school teacher.»

Meals are picked up from a cart in the hallway, in the cafeteria, or directly delivered to the classroom where students eat breakfast while the teacher takes attendance, collects homework, or teaches a short lesson plan, so no instructional time is lost.

It illustrates that people are hungry for an alternative to the status quo where content is increasingly brought through computers rather than teachers, academic learning is being pushed down to younger and younger children, and the focus in the classroom is «teaching to the test.»

In this book, John Holt gives his observations of learning and not - learning that was happening in classrooms, where he was an observer (generally where there was another teacher doing the teachingIn this book, John Holt gives his observations of learning and not - learning that was happening in classrooms, where he was an observer (generally where there was another teacher doing the teachingin classrooms, where he was an observer (generally where there was another teacher doing the teaching).

This can not be done in a classroom where twenty - five children congregate with one teacher... The learning disabled child should not have to share his teacher with more than six to eight other children, at least not during those portions of the day when the key subjects — reading and arithmetic — are being taught.»

Because I am a faculty member at a small liberal arts college — specifically, Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts — I was surprised to get an invitation to give a presentation at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, an elite, prestigious research institution where no formal classroom teaching occurs.

In addition, because of her deep concern for the environment, Lucero created an outdoor classroom where children are taught how to observe the environment using monitoring techniques.

Enrollees, all of whom held graduate degrees and many of whom were either working scientists or recent doctoral recipients in STEM fields, did an intensive 1 - year program of summer classes, where they were drilled in pedagogical theory, then two semesters of supervised teaching in a classroom and night classes where they caught up on math or science areas in which they weren't totally proficient.

Because it is true in education that what gets tested gets taught, ATC21S is preparing for the international hand - wringing from low - ranked countries by offering videos of classrooms where the researchers say teachers and students are getting it right.

She has participated in numerous professional development opportunities to improve her astronomy teaching, including the National Optical Astronomy Observatory's (NOAO) Teacher Leaders in Research Based Science Education Program where Ms. Sepulveda learned to bring authentic astronomy research into the classroom.

I earned a PhD in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago and am an adjunct professor at DePaul University and Dominican University where I teach graduate courses in adolescent development and teaching in diverse classrooms.

Even if you teach in a self - contained classroom and can easily take roll no matter where your students are seated, I encourage you to have seating charts so that when you're not there, your students will be familiar with the seating expectation and your substitute will know who's who.

Back in Australia, Lynch went back to teaching in classrooms in Melbourne's Ferntree Gully and then in Tasmania, where he was subsequently asked to run a residence set up by the Catholic Church for students attending the University of Tasmania.

... But elements of the flipped classroom, where you're just identifying things in your teaching and learning practices in the classroom... perhaps maths is a great example even in primary school, where a lot of students just require a particular maths example to be explained over and over and over, using different examples.

George Theoharis, a former teacher and principal, is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Leadership at Syracuse University, where he studies classroom inclusion practices and other special education issues.

«That is why we are proposing a new Institute of Advanced Teaching, to match classroom practice more closely with pupils needs, to ensure that teachers keep learning and refining their craft, and that new career paths are identified for teachers who wish to remain in the classroom, which after all is where they make the most difference.»

Undoubtedly, life skills such as having compassion for others, leadership, communication, responsibility and teamwork can be taught in the classroom, however, it is arguably outside the four walls where these skills are really put into context and developed on a deeper level.

However, where used for teaching, for example sports lessons, outdoor ambient noise levels have a significant impact on communication in an environment which is already acoustically less favourable than most classrooms.

It is important to remember that part of this teaching approach is to allow the process to operate in the reverse order to the traditional way we do this in school maths classrooms; practice some maths then apply that maths through a word problem — where the maths skills have already been identified and formulated for the student.

Breaking news happens daily in my classroom, where I've taught my students how to be in the know.

I went to a small private school where parents were in and out of classrooms daily — leading math clubs, sewing costumes for plays, and teaching lessons making Chinese scrolls.

«I might take my laptop into a classroom to type observation reports as I see a lesson taught, or I might set up a desk in a busy hallway where I can complete paperwork and still be visible to students and staff.

She now feels prepared to enter the classroom and is currently seeking a teaching position in the Boston area where she will be able to incorporate lessons of social justice into the science curriculum and work with students in developing skills to advocate for positive change in their communities.

Fewer and fewer courses are now taught by the traditional lecture model where a professor holds forth in front of a classroom, speaking to a group of generally silent students taking notes.

These are all independent learning lessons as I do not teach in a classroom but rather in big open learning environments where students are expected to work on their own.

As the program integrates experts and projects into classroom teaching, online experts may not disrupt teachers per se; their guidance, however, could target topic areas where teachers lack in depth expertise in certain subject areas.

I can't tell you how many times I've had students who find out that the district they taught in was not following the law, or that they had felt like things weren't going well in the classroom, but they didn't know where to turn to find helpful information.

Traditional forms of training often involve a sales training presentation in a classroom environment where the sales team are trained through repetition and simple visual observation teaching.

To trace the birth of a video game derived from one of America's best - known yet often misunderstood political documents, you have to begin in a classroom at the University of Chicago, where Allen was teaching the declaration almost a decade ago.

All five of the instruments yielded scores that were related to student achievement gains, in the classroom of students where the teacher was observed as well as in other classrooms of students taught by the same teacher.

The lessons can be taught in the classroom or, preferably, in a hall, studio or similar type of space where children can move freely.

No matter where you are on the tech - savvy spectrum, if you were asked about a favorite app or website that impacts teaching and learning in your classroom, you'd be able to contribute to the discussion.

After earning a Masters Degree in both General and Special Education at Hunter College, where he taught a graduate level course on integrating technology into the special education classroom, Adam became an English teacher at a High School on Long Island for several years.

It can be used in INSET or whole school departmental training to ignite discussion where the stakeholders in learning can gain ownership of enterprising teaching and learning in classrooms.

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.

We teach now in classrooms where obscure facts can be readily accessed by a few taps on an iPhone.

What on earth is being taught in a third grade classroom where the smartest girl in the class is crying with frustration and the student who can not read is excelling and delightedly helping others?

Elmore's efforts to change this began during his work in a New York City school district, where professional development for principals included spending time every day inside classrooms to re-familiarize themselves with the teaching environment.

«Classrooms are also the place where teachers most often make the decision whether to remain in classroom teaching, and lack of training and support in the classroom can have a critical impact on this decision.

«In some schools coaches are facilitating «lab sites» where several teachers gather in a classroom once a week for six to eight weeks and take turns teachinIn some schools coaches are facilitating «lab sites» where several teachers gather in a classroom once a week for six to eight weeks and take turns teachinin a classroom once a week for six to eight weeks and take turns teaching.

At my institution, we assume that more experience in the classroom than is required by state regulation provides teacher candidates with valuable practice and important information regarding their choices of where to teach.

His three years in the classroom at Dickinson High gives White a firm grasp of these fundamental teaching challenges, including trying to teach the same content to a room of children where the proficiency spread may be two to three grade levels.

Another way of working with such mixed ability groups in a context - based teaching classroom is to get students to work in small mixed ability groups, where the more capable students help and assist the less capable students.