Sentences with phrase «teachers feel a sense»

As I could see at the Forum, when teachers feel a sense of ownership over their classrooms, when students feel a sense of ownership over their learning, that is when productive learning takes place.

If teachers feel a sense of comfort, trust, and support in the professional development program, then they are more likely to adopt an innovation.

In my experience, teachers feel a sense of urgency and want help improving as soon as possible.

Through models like Opportunity Culture, he believes, teachers feel a sense of ownership, control and self - efficacy.

Not exact matches

Whitehead suggests that teachers should facilitate what he calls the student's «concrete vision» by allowing the student to utilize knowledge: «By utilizing an idea I mean relating it to that stream compounded of sense perceptions, feelings, hopes, desires and of mental activities adjusting thought to thought, which forms our life» (AE 3).

Read loses sight of Buber's concept of dialogue, however, when he suggests that Buber's teaching shows how to replace the inter-individual tensions of the classroom by «an organic mode of adaptation to the social organism as a whole» and when he reinterprets the teacher's concentration of an effective world as a selective screen in which what is kept in and what is left out is determined by the organic social pattern through the medium of the teacher's «sense of a total organism's feeling - behaviour.»

In his recent study of process theology, Peter Hamilton has noted that he has found among the young people with whom he has worked as a chaplain and teacher of divinity a willingness to consider very seriously the reality of God but a feeling that talk about «personal immortality» makes no sense.

Deci and Ryan acknowledge that many of the tasks that teachers ask students to complete each day are not inherently fun or satisfying; it is the rare student who feels a deep sense of intrinsic motivation when memorizing her multiplication tables.

Students experience autonomy in the classroom, Deci and Ryan explain, when their teachers «maximize a sense of choice and volitional engagement» while minimizing students» feelings of coercion and control.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

And they feel a sense of relatedness when they perceive that their teachers like and value and respect them.

By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.

As general manager of Boston's Dance Umbrella and First Night, and later as a classroom teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she struggled to make sense of tensions she could feel but not explain in racially mixed settings.

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.

Another key point that came through in the focus groups was that the support of principals and school administrators was absolutely vital for teachers to feel this sense of collective efficacy.

Yoga has given me a feeling of peacefulness, a sense of optimism that I can do things that I once would have thought impossible and a connection to the wonderful teachers and community of O2.

He likely won the Oscar for a mid-film scene at a restaurant after his first successful gallery showing, in which he first showcases Christy's raucous sense of humor, then learns that his speech teacher (Fiona Shaw) doesn't share his romantic feelings.

71 % of teachers felt that a student's attention span had been ruined because of more exciting technologies, which was established in a study conducted by A Common Sense Media.

Rogers: When children learn more about one another, and when they know their teachers recognize and celebrate their differences, they are more likely to feel a sense of community in the classroom.

We were able to create «wins» for this student in the weight room, cultivate his work ethic and dedication to his teammates, and provide an atmosphere where he could be disciplined without feeling like he was being called out by another teacher who didn't understand him — this all lead to the embodiment of a more positive sense of self - worth, resulting in improved behavior and academic performance.

It is important that staff feel valued and a sense of belonging,» Therese Joyce tells Teacher.

The research shows there are three «basic psychological needs» teachers need to satisfy during the holidays to obtain higher levels of psychological health — a sense of competence, autonomy and feeling connected to other people.

Moreover, many of those students begin to feel that after a series of blows, even their teacher senses the uselessness in trying to offer any additional help.

Teachers have told us how they feel an extraordinary sense of pleasure teaching their students useful strategies that can be applied to all aspects of their lives in and outside of school.

One of Humboldt's early mistakes was what Young calls «death by data,» where teachers were given a mountain of numbers and often felt a sense of «now what?»

Again, like everything at both shows, this is open to all delegates, so you can rub shoulders with music teachers and feel a sense of quiet smugness that you're in your comfort zone as David Farmer offers a wake - up call for the day's activities.

This way, not only do students feel a sense of ownership, but the teachers also know in advance that there's some interest in the issue.

At the same time, these teachers are not overly anxious, they feel a sense of control in their work, and they are not overly motivated by the need to avoid performing poorly.

Armed with a Ph.D. in physics and a strong sense of what he feels is right, the Teacher Ed alum has become a fierce advocate for the high - needs students in his New Jersey high school.

Fortunately, there are a variety of steps for teachers to make sure that students feel a sense of belonging in class and that their effort is worthwhile.

Understandably, many teachers experience debilitating feelings of hopelessness and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment because they're often presented with problems beyond their capacity and control.

-LSB-...] and scientists have collected a lot of data over the last decade on how students learn and how teachers can teach more effectively and address the sense of helpless students can feel -LSB-...]

The sense of community at the Summer Institute made me feel truly welcomed and a part of something special,» said Matt Wright, Year 5 Teacher from Harbour Primary & Nursery School.

The exhaustion, despair, anger, and sense of helplessness many teachers feel is usually branded as «burnout.»

One of our readers, a middle school language teacher, has also written us to say that she enlists help from her students in writing goals — their collaboration helps them buy in and feel a sense of ownership for their learning targets.

Although we found that VAM scores didn't affect teachers» sense of self - efficacy at the Wright School, our conversations with teachers at other schools have made clear that low VAM ratings can be demoralizing, especially when teachers already feel vulnerable.

That's when we realized that as much as we must communicate the students» urgent need for more excellent teachers, we must also communicate the huge sense of urgency we feel to change the teachers» profession — because opportunities for teachers mean opportunities for students.

After participating in the program, teachers reported feeling a renewed sense of being part of a profession through which they could make a difference.

Careful preparation will allow both the parents and the future classroom teacher to feel a greater sense of confidence about what lies ahead.

Sometimes, it feels that teachers are working through these steps out of compliance of having to work together and it often just takes time (well, and a lot of work) to get to the real sense of community that will authentically create the best possibilities for the students.

One of the teacher candidates remarked on the sense of community felt by participants in the workshop, «The best part was the unity and community and the love shown — everyone was really devoted to what was going on» (Andrew, Interview).

Four of the teacher candidates commented that they felt the facilitated learning environment promoted a sense of ownership in the learning process for students.

Says another teacher involved in the early literacy work: «We feel a sense of urgency, and these materials are supporting our teachers and students in amazing ways.»

Teachers in small schools feel a greater sense of efficacy — they have a say, and they report higher job satisfaction.

Adams describes research she and her colleagues conducted on midcareer teachers that finds teachers» sense of self - efficacy (i.e., feeling successful as a teacher) has a lot to do with their desire to stay on the job and with their ability to handle «stressors.»

As a result of her experiences as a mathematics teacher, Kimberly feels a deep sense of commitment and responsibility to conduct research that will not only contribute to the research community's knowledge but will also have direct implications for instruction in the secondary classroom.

By developing a sense of community and facilitating an environment where students feel safe to take risks, teachers can promote the development of a broad range of reading skills and interests.

This awareness supported preservice teachers» choice of reflection topic — «I feel like I could have written about anything» — and sense of privacy — «Compared to a weblog or webpage, I knew only you would be reading it» — when composing reflection entries.

A number of teachers added that when it comes to providing black students with academic opportunities, they feel an extra sense of responsibility.

Moreover, to the extent that black teachers and black students feel a special sense of connection, this can become a two - edged sword: It can encourage students to become more engaged in learning, but it also can tempt them to take advantage of their teachers» apparent understanding.