Sentences with phrase «teachers understand why»

Developed specifically for use with children with persistent or severe behavior problems, this book introduces educators to the systematic Positive Strategies method, which helps teachers understand why behaviors persist, prevent problem behavior, and replace challenging behaviors with better alternatives.

Successful schools help teachers understand why young adolescents act the way they do and provide strategies to enable them to address their needs.

My personal experience has shown that the blend of both works best, IF and WHEN teachers understand why they are doing what they are doing and not simply following some mandate.

How might you verify that teachers understand why you are asking them to use specific strategies?

Grasping these concepts helps teachers understand why authentic learning experiences that are relevant to a learner's own life help facilitate learning.

When teachers understand the WHY behind the HOW of teaching reading, students make greater gains — and are on track for lifelong success.

This «guiding coalition» worked hard and got us to the next level and over time, more and more teachers understood why they were collaborating.

A student's culture may help a teacher understand why he does not often vocalize ideas in class or why he does not challenge others thoughts in a threaded discussion.

This way, the teasing stops, the teacher understands why the girl is frustrated, and the child resolves a problem without aggression.

Not exact matches

Phil is an engaging teacher who takes technical information and presents it clearly, minus the jargon, so listeners understand the «why» behind the «what.»

I suppose this is part of the reason we have different translations, and also why we need teachers who understand Greek, Hebrew, and cultural backgrounds.

They will understand why the teacher thereafter removes any rebels from the class.

As a physics teacher for over twenty years, he has taught about the «how» in life, and now he is beginning to understand and communicate the «why.»

My oldest son brought it in for culture day way back in elementary school (he's headed to college in the fall), and couldn't understand why the kids were hesitant to try it (although the teachers loved it).

«My granddaughter speaks up and says, «Mom, I don't understand why you want to go to school to be a teacher!

Why do so few teachers, therapists and physicians understand Selective Mutism?

I can understand why many teachers and schools do it.

The head of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, told the Times: «I don't understand why the mayor continues to be talking about teacher layoffs,» Mr. Mulgrew said.

Ed Miliband has at least taken advice and given the correct answer to the strike we do not like strikes and we think they should get around the table but we do understand why people are striking, they are striking because they are agreeing with labour the cost of living crises is attacking the low paid and the professional teachers and nurses.

Instead the purpose of the Varieties of Contemplative Experience study was to provide detailed descriptions of experiences and to start to understand the multiple ways they are interpreted, why they might happen and what meditators and teachers do to deal with them.

Her latest book focuses particularly on the tasks of understanding why everyone from journalists and biomedical researchers to aerobics teachers and acupuncturists all talk excitedly about the «immune system».

In Sri Yoga ™ Teacher Trainings (SYTT), you will discover how to set yourself apart by gaining a strong understanding of why you are here in this world and how to translate these experiences into gems that inspire you and your students to become the best they can be.

First module will focus on Asana and the Art of Sequencing, and is an absolute must for any existing teachers willing to truly understand how and why asanas should be arranged for a balanced outcome, and how to teach different sub-styles of hatha yoga.

At the heart of becoming a skillful yoga teacher is a deep understanding of the human body — how it moves, how it grooves and why.

You will never see me wearing tennis shoes to work, though I can understand why some teachers do.

A science teacher and former pediatrican finds an exemplary model in Dr. Seuss, challenges technophiles to understand deeply, and explains why he has made a tradition of culminating each school year with a field trip to watch horseshoe crabs in the throes of romance.

But there are thrilling passages of presentation, of Bressonian presence, that need no backstory, or back - acting — I'm thinking of John Leguizamo as one of the more troubled teachers, Emily Tremaine as an argumentative and possibly horny student who can't understand why Stanley keeps his wife in the room typing up what's being said, and Dennis Haysbert as a lush - haired Ossie Davis in scenes with William Shatner (played with unlikely restraint by Kellan Lutz) taping a TV drama from 1976 based on the Milgram case.

It really is critical for teachers, particularly school leadership, to buy into this and understand why this matters.

Look for ways to emphasize the purpose and benefits so that students and teachers can understand the «why» and «how» of the systems in place.

Any effort to understand why the teacher unions succeeded as they did must begin by recognizing that their emergence was not an isolated development in the American labor movement.

That's why it's important for states to follow North Carolina's lead and collect this sort of rich data in order to understand the teacher workforce in their states.

«When they hear a kid talking and then see that the kid is wrong, the teacher needs to ask a series of questions to understand why they are wrong,» Hill says.

When you see how the kids embrace these lessons, hear them tell how art helps them remember concepts better, and learn about the improvements teachers have noted in student understanding and retention, it makes you wonder why more schools aren't integrating the arts in every class.

But how do we, as adults, parents, and teachers, help our children understand what occurred — and why?

This finding runs counter to much writing teacher lore, and our current study attempts to understand why.

And it's not hard to understand why: how on earth would a teacher instruct such a group of students effectively?

• Believe in the value of what you are teaching and make sure your students understand why it is important; so preparation is paramount • Show your students you care about their wellbeing and progress; that is your job; there is nothing they despise more than a teacher who doesn't care • Admit when you don't know or when you're wrong; they need to see you're a learner too • Collaboration with your colleagues is powerful support and very rewarding.

Which is why I can't understand why the organization continues to be so wrong about one of the most consequential developments in education today: The National Council on Teacher Quality's review of education schools nationwide.

That might help us get to the «why» and a better understanding of teacher retention rates — and what to do about them.

Key knowledge and understanding: helping teachers to understand the professional knowledge base in the chosen area, giving information both about theoretical underpinnings and practical application, linking theory and practice together to help participants develop their understanding of why and how various practices work, and linking the chosen practices to an understanding of how students learn.

Which is why Teitel says he and the other facilitators spend a lot of time at the beginning helping rounds participants understand that everyone involved — not just teachers — is working on their practice.

Now that the focus has shifted, superintendents have so many bigger issues to confront — teacher - evaluation systems, tenure, differential pay — that «you can understand why they don't go after this benefit,» she said.

Many of the teachers in Ma's study had vague ideas of an «invert and multiply» rule but lacked a conceptual understanding of why it worked.

I fully understood why I had done only a few classroom walkthroughs and did not meet my observation goal of visiting each teacher's classroom every day.

Last month, we brought you news of an Australian research study suggesting that resilience could be the key to understanding why teachers choose to quit the profession.

Teacher editor Jo Earp explores the research to discover why people find fractions so challenging, and why having a clear understanding of basic (and complex) concepts is important for students.

The book contains a wide range of tasks, activities and 10 complete lesson / project plans that teachers can use to help students understand visually presented information, how and why the information was collected, research and check the validity of the sources on which the information was based and think about and share how the materials relate to their own lives.

Writing in the Australian Journal of Education (AJE), Jessica Arnup and Terence Bowles say resilience — how we cope with stress and bounce back from adversity — could be the key to understanding why teachers choose to quit, and job satisfaction should also be a focus.

Unit A: Basic Understandings — The Teacher (How to understand why you're teaching in the first place)

«Four or five years ago, I couldn't understand why anyone would want [a computer] cluttering their classroom» says teacher Becky Ross.