Sentences with phrase «teacher discussions about»

The article identifies three strategies to help meaningfully incorporate student voice: (1) conducting climate surveys analysis with school leaders and students, (2) hosting student and teacher discussions about school related problems, and (3) facilitating the development of student - produced mixed media to communicate personal experiences.

Since my daughter was 13 months she has had some sort of worksheet or activity that she has to do as «homework» and we have parent teacher discussions about her strenghts and weaknesses.

Not exact matches

The Church of England carried on discussions over sexuality at its General Synod (when is it not talking about sexuality) but it was its advice to its schools which hit the front pages that encouraged teachers to let pupils cross dress.

With a few exceptions teachers and students do not engage in a denominationally restricted discussion but participate in a Protestant and a Christian conversation or debate about the ultimate problems of faith and life.

Someone once told me they think of Rachel as the logical and rational teacher Jesus feminist, and I'm the soft squishy mama - heart Jesus Feminist — and so together we complement each other nicely (< insert joke about how we make wonderful complementarians >) in these discussions.

For example, one of the charges against Honest to God, almost as soon as it appeared, was that John Robinson had said nothing in that book about «future life» — although the critic must have forgotten that not many years before the bishop had written, while still a theological teacher, a treatise entitled In the End God which is a considered and very interesting and suggestive discussion of exactly that subject as well as of the related aspects of «the last things».

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

I spoke with several other students that I personally trained at the Honor Council's first ever Integrity Day about defining success in qualitative rather than quantitative ways, organized presentations for parents in the local community, wrote brochures explaining of the program for the teachers, and held discussions about how Challenge Success ties into Jewish values at my Hebrew School.

«Let's include parents as well as teachers and the administrators in the discussions about what is necessary and acceptable in terms of what information is kept and what is not.

I see all of my work as an opportunity for engaging in enlivening discussions with teachers about how to embody and manifest the rare gifts that Waldorf education is able to offer our children.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage is hosting a screening and panel discussion on «The Second Day,» a film created by former P.S. 150 student Brook Peters about the 9/11 terrorist attack and the subsequent resilience of Downtown families, teachers and students.

«I know there's been a discussion about arming teachers,» he said.

«So I think there are opportunities for possible adjustments [with teacher evaluations], and again, we're actively involved in discussions about what adjustments might be made.»

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «While the NUT has had a number of policy differences with the Conservatives, particularly over «free schools», Michael Gove has always been open to discussion with the union about his plans.

Children who participate in collaborative group work to learn about significant social issues become better decision - makers than their peers who learn the same curriculum through teacher - led discussions, a new study finds.

To avoid having classroom discussion dominated by students who feel more confident about the subject, for example, teachers use index cards to call on every student in the class.

By JANE SMITH Earthworms are not everybody's favourite creatures, so a teacher friend of mine was pleasantly surprised recently to find his lesson on earthworm physiology to a group of 15 - year - old boys developing into a lengthy discussion about whether worms feel pain, and whether it is right that they should be killed and dissected in -LSB-...]

Earthworms are not everybody's favourite creatures, so a teacher friend of mine was pleasantly surprised recently to find his lesson on earthworm physiology to a group of 15 - year - old boys developing into a lengthy discussion about whether worms feel pain, and whether it is right that they should be killed and dissected in school.

Teachers working with small groups of children would no doubt find this book useful in providing starting points for discussions about the important ethical issues surrounding evolution and genetic engineering.

This popular series uses big ideas, big discoveries and big names to engage high school students, teachers and the general public in learning and discussion about health research topics.

In the last the discussion of the meeting there were 4 conclusions about improving education in science: to motivate and pay teachers well (primary and secondary levels), to promote science via the media (government back up), to inspire leaders to start the change, and to develop a good mentoring system so the student can study at home and go back to the professor with questions.

Amanda Gurung, BTI's Education Lab Coordinator recently traveled to classrooms in Seneca Falls, Fillmore, Fredonia, and Long Island, NY to support trained teachers and engage students in discussions about the importance of plants in meeting human needs.

Teachers would find this article particularly useful and applicable in a discussion about the resolving power of an instrument.

For teachers, the reported DDoS attack on Pokà © mon GO provides a great pop culture tie - in for cybersecurity discussions with students, and Science Buddies has a classroom activity that makes exploring cybersecurity and learning more about DoS fun.

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A discussion came up in / r / cringepics about the morality and ethics about a highschool teacher dating an ex student.

To come to a shared agreement with their colleagues about this has led to amazing conversations, passionate discussions and teachers daring to disagree with each other and challenge each other.

Use genuine questions: Ask students to take 10 minutes to silently type or write at least one genuine question — a real, honest question about the text, as opposed to a discussion question that sounds like one a teacher would ask — about what they read the night before.

It's fine to talk about more technology in our classrooms, smaller class sizes, new teaching and learning strategies, teacher training, and higher test scores, but few of these discussions get us to the heart of the matter — the roots of our current system.

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It would seem that the ongoing discussions about «teacher effectiveness» and the creation of evaluation systems focused on measuring a teacher's capacity (increasingly based on test scores) often do very little to actually develop that capacity.

Parent - teacher conferences tend to be the first time that discussions happen about the student.

The session included an exciting discussion from EngineeringUK about how employers and teachers can encourage more young people to explore STEM professions.

Practice What You Teach begins with a discussion of research demonstrating the frustrating state of teacher «PD,» which, like the sitcom Seinfeld, is a show about nothing.

In an age where classroom teachers find themselves defending their profession and their results, the discussion of race in the classroom seems like one more opportunity for the finger - pointers who seek deeper understanding about the declining academic performance of all American students.

Teachers can also ask students to visualize how they might use the tool, and have a discussion about that.

EW: What would you say to teachers who say they like your ideas, but don't have time to stop for discussions about black ants or sewage?

This resulted in the teachers engaging in intensive discussions about mathematical discourse while collaboratively and substantively examining each other's practices (Brantlinger et al., 2011).

For example, science and English language arts teachers may have students read multiple texts about a scientific issue that is relevant to their lives or community, then ask them to evaluate the evidence and reasoning of the various texts in a collaborative discussion and write a persuasive essay in which they take a stance on the issue.

Teachers can facilitate learning around and about immigration games with whole - class discussions.

Or if a situation occurs where students are picking on one another, the teacher can guide a small - group discussion with the students involved about a time someone has been made to feel worse about themselves due to being ostracized or ridiculed.

Often, the teacher and his students become involved in philosophical discussions about the topic.

My teachers noticed immediately that I was withdrawing from academic life, and through a series of roundtable discussions and weekly one - on - one conversations, they gave me a safe space to talk about what I was going through, helped me create a plan to get back on track, and reminded me how far I had come and how far I could still go.

Teachers held discussions with their class about the relationship between effort and outcome in mathematics; in particular about the worth of the students» workbooks and the mathematical routines and practices they were encouraging students to adopt.

There are discussion questions about each case, along with tips for teachers on how to overcome potential obstacles to a constructive and engaging discussion with high schoolers.

Hardiman reminds teachers that brain science research indicates how the essence of learning is about biological changes; therefore, focusing on the science of learning must be central to education discussions.

This is the challenge that some teachers might throw down when walking away from a student after a private discussion about behavior and hearing that student whisper something.

Parents, teachers, coaches, leaders or anyone who works with, or has contact with children, needs to start at the very beginning and learn about online behaviours and trends, then seek to have regular discussions about these with children.

The conference explores how teachers can engage high school students in discussions of nature and place by gathering research about the areas students live.

Policies on how to choose and prepare the best teachers are an important part of any discussion about making learning a priority.