Sentences with phrase «teachers said our courses»

100 % of our students and teachers said our courses exceeded all their expectations and over delivered on value.

Not exact matches

Of course, the number of owners on Facebook versus, say, teachers, may be inflated due to self - selection bias.

Yes, of course you need to get through your requirements, but after that an idiosyncratic pick with an inspiring or thought - provoking teacher («When I think about the classes that shaped me the most, I think about my Marxist Canadian history class, taught by a socialist ideologue,» says Blattman) beats on on - topic one taught by a snooze - inducing robot.

Meanwhile, to improve education, he said public school students should take online courses through the Khan Academy, the digital education start - up, instead being taught by the mediocre teachers they currently have.

The course, says the teacher, theology professor Peter Bouteneff, «will uncover the composer's personal history, his musical influences, and his compositions.

I have grown convinced that more often than not it is sheer ignorance, sheer lack of study of the actual records, which makes clever as well as foolish men say, «Well, of course, he was a great teacher, but I can not accept the claim that he was divine.»

One thing I can say with certainty is that whilst, of course, the task of the Catholic teacher in a Catholic school is to take seriously his / her part in passing on the Faith, this can not be done successfully solely by telling.

No, what seems most likely in light of other uses of anathema in the Bible (See my Gospel Dictionary Course for explanation of these texts) is that certain Corinthian teachers were saying (while supposedly under the influence of the Holy Spirit) that the reason Jesus died is because He was suffering the consequences for sin, or for living in a sinful, human body.

National Association of Teachers of RE (NATRE) has accused the Government of fueling the decline in the subject, Ed Pawson, Chair, NATRE said: «While it's encouraging to see a continued increase in the number of students taking the full course GCSE in RS, the overall decline in the number of entries is a major concern.»

In some cases, teachers with personal interests, say a historian, linguist, anthropologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, or a returned missionary, persuade the college administrators to let them develop courses on world religions under the titles of the history of religions or comparative religion.

«There was a teacher there, C. A. Bach, who was teaching the only three - year photography course offered in the U.S.,» Dominis says, «and he produced a lot of good photographers.

Teachers themselves say they see a difference when kids are loaded up on sugar, but of course that's just anecdotal.

«I say this with some caution — I didn't know Ann Maguire, of course — but I suspect from what little I have read about or know about her, a dedicated teacher like that wouldn't want to see the education system — I think her headmaster has said that she herself wouldn't want see the school system turn into a high - security environment.

Carl Korn, spokesman for New York State United Teachers, said local chapters are autonomous and decide their own courses of action on all sorts of issues.

What the proponents say: «This new technology means... that every child learns at his or her own pace; the students get the skills they need to succeed within the 21st century economy; they have access to advanced courses; parents and teachers can communicate; and teachers can access the assistance and training that they need,» Cuomo said during his State of the State.

Classroom Science Days has borne out at least one long - term collaboration between teachers and scientists, said Corlew: One participating scientist created a course on science communication at Harvard University in a partnership with the teacher AAAS paired her with.

«There's this myth that one individual can not be an excellent researcher and a devoted teacher,» says Janet Batzli, associate director of the Biocore program, an interdisciplinary biology course sequence at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

That percentage can be dramatically improved, however, with preservice teacher preparation such as coursework in teaching methods, practice teaching, instruction in selecting course materials, and child psychology classes, Ingersoll said.

Many yoga teachers say this one course taught them more than their entire 200 hour teacher training did.

Anne Reed, Yorkshire Water's Education Manager, said: «We're delighted to offer schools in East Yorkshire and Humberside the opportunity to take part in our education programme, It's been developed with school teachers to cover the core elements of the Key Stage Two National Curriculum, including numeracy, literacy, geography, science and, of course, water.»

Amanda King, a recent Effingham High School graduate who plans to major in journalism in college, says that as a result of rewriting drafts of scripts based on her teachers» and classmates» critiques, the course has improved her writing skills more than her rhetoric class has.

I'm afraid that if you think it is to replace a teacher (or the facilitator if you love your business jargon), we are not doing a very good job.The reason I say this, is because I have found throughout my 8 years of teaching English as a second language, the majority of online material or courses that I have used with my students has been sadly lacking in replacing the need for me.

Sherri Pritchard, the school's social - studies «learning facilitator» — there are no teachers and no principal here — said 95 percent of her online students pass Virginia's end - of - course history test, which would put them well ahead of both the Hampton school district's and state's pass rates.

They'll have «a full complement of courses, even though our in - class enrollments won't justify that many teachers,» says Jona.

Nansi Ellis, Association of Teachers and Lecturers assistant general secretary, said: «While these figures highlight a small rise in the proportion of applicants accepted on teacher training courses, they don't show the rise in numbers needed to combat previously unmet teacher training targets.

As a result, Professor Lavonen says the output of their system is trust and autonomy from quality teachers who undertake rigorous courses.

Discussing the funding, John Wood, head teacher at Queensferry Community High, said: «The school's staff, pupils, parents and partners are excited by the new build and the contribution we can make to its design.It will give us opportunities to make sure that the facilities are appropriate for the most up - to - date thinking around learning and the courses that we can offer our young people.

«VHS continues to partner with its member schools through its school - based model of online course delivery, ensuring that no classroom teacher jobs are lost due to membership in VHS,» Pape said.

«The Data Wise protocol allows us to focus in on a line of inquiry,» said Himilcon Inciarte, a fourth - grade teacher at the Umana Academy in Boston, one of 34 educators who participated in the January course.

Moving forward, many school teams say they will use what they learned from the course and continue to meet on a regular basis to look at data through a different lens — how teachers can change teaching practice to improve student outcomes.

«We really needed a full - time group interested in examining our everyday practices,» says teacher Rod Shroufe, who launched the course.

The New York City - based College Board, the nonprofit organization that owns the Advanced Placement brand, said more than two - thirds of the 134,000 ostensible AP - course syllabuses submitted for review by teachers from 14,383 secondary schools around the world were immediately approved.

Assessment is, of course, a vital part of education, but the stakes attached to these tests are way out of balance when such a limited and imperfect measure of achievement counts for more than all the assessments of all the students» teachers,» says Orfield.

(Shed mentioned a similar list from one of the readings in the course he taught this past spring: «One of the authors says, «Teachers must be expert psychologists, cops, rabbis, priests, judges, gurus, and, paradoxically, students of our students.

Of course, it is unfair to say that the schools that need great teachers the most are the ones least likely to get them.

That's why in the paper, especially with regards to the high school course outcomes, we're being careful about using causal terms and instead say things like, «The teacher distribution predicts, or is associated with, these high - school outcomes.»

«My practicum in particular gave me concrete ideas about organization and working within the system for the benefit of my students,» she says, noting that many aspects of the program helped her grow as an educator including advanced teaching methods courses with Associate Professor Tina Grotzer and Boles» course Teachers, Leadership, and Power, where she learned that teaching goes beyond being able to work alongside other tTeachers, Leadership, and Power, where she learned that teaching goes beyond being able to work alongside other teachersteachers.

The Survey Report also states that post 16 course closures have reduced the range of art and design courses offered for young people, 34 per cent of teachers and lecturers saying that in the last five years these courses have closed in their institutions.

Yet 55 % of teachers said they were concerned about the take up of MFL courses at Key Stage 4, despite 83 % of schools surveyed offering such courses at GCSE.

[WIDE] has impacted my building and myself as an educator,» said Mary Gamory, a kindergarten teacher from a Bronx elementary school, who took a course on multiple intelligences.

The most important criteria for the ranking of universities in the world include: (1) education that is to say number of courses offered and number of students per teacher and (2) teacher quality that contains a number of publications, number of citations, and number of prizes (Nobel, Fields, Descartes, and Abel and Lomonosov).

At Mooresville High, a course taught by an Indiana University — certified high - school teacher costs students $ 248, says Debra Page, the guidance counselor.

Whilst teaching on a teacher training course, I am often challenged, or should I say, the theories and models are challenged, by the cohort of teachers I have in the lessons and lectures.

The top reasons TFA corps members said they left teaching were to pursue a position other than K - 12 teacher (34.93 percent), to take courses to improve their career opportunities within education (11.79 percent), to take courses to improve their career opportunities outside of education (10.26 percent), and poor administrative leadership at their school (9.83 percent).

In addition to producing award - winning and policy - relevant scholarship on the influence of culture in education, she is a superb teacher whose courses deftly address highly - charged issues of race, ethnicity, and social status,» Ryan said.

They press on students, parents, and teachers in ways that are plausibly said to discourage experimentation, risk - taking, unconventional thinking, unique courses, and individualized research, as well as pedagogical creativity and curricular innovation.

Nearly three - fourths of the 25,000 10th graders surveyed said that courses are harder in high school than they were the year before, and more than half said that teachers and rules are more strict.

«When a teacher — even though he or she may have a required course — can shift the focus of that course around significant and important ideas or concepts, you'll find that tends to breed more interdisciplinary thinking,» she says.

All this being said, and to come back to your question, a fundamental issue we need to work on is to train and develop teachers both in their pre-service as well as their in - service programs in how to design quality online learning course materials.

Union contracts, school boards, and fellow teachers all have a say when it comes to online education, much less teaching online courses from home.