Sentences with phrase «teaching challenged traditional»

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In his witty, 18 - minute takedown of the talent - squandering treadmill that is the traditional public education system, Sir Kenneth Robinson challenges us to «radically rethink» the way we teach our children.

Other Facts: Is a conservative, considered the driving force behind crackdowns on liberation theology, religious pluralism, challenges to traditional moral teachings on issues such as homosexuality, and dissent on issues such as women's ordination, according to CNN's John Allen in «Who is Pope Benedict XVI.»

When particular elements in the traditional teaching about the nature of things have been challenged by demonstrable scientific findings, the whole structure of religious dogma has been called into question.

This challenge is finally no different from the traditional Christian challenge of love and holiness taught through the centuries.

I teach some challenging ideas in my discipleship group, and question some fairly traditional church teachings.

The ecumenical conversations between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity distinguished three contemporary Reformed attitudes toward the Roman Catholic Church: of those who remain unconvinced that the Catholic Church has actually dealt with the fundamental issues that divided Rome and the Reformation, those who «have not been challenged or encouraged to reconsider their traditional stance» and remain «largely untouched by the ecumenical exchanges of recent times,» and those who have engaged «in a fresh constructive and critical evaluation both of the contemporary teaching and practice of the Roman Catholic Church and of the classical controverted issues.»

This will mean making clear the authentic interpretation of the teaching of the faith, challenging false interpretations, and may mean re-examination of traditional teaching in the current socio - historical context.

A blend of traditional and progressive teaching styles within a nurturing and supportive environment encourages a love of learning and challenges students to reach their full academic potential.

«These kids are going through this and they're always going to be up against a seemingly insurmountable challenge in the traditional setting and we need to find a better way of teaching them.»

Aptly titled «The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats», this cookbook not only teaches you how to prepare real, healthy traditional foods but also includes a complete education on important topics such as the health benefits of traditional fats and oils (including butter and coconut oil); risks of vegetarianism; problems with modern soy foods; health benefits of sauces and gravies; proper preparation of whole grain products; pros and cons of milk consumption; easy - to - prepare enzyme enriched condiments and beverages; and healthy diets for babies and children.

Students who received PBL scored significantly higher on problem - solving skills and in their ability to apply knowledge to real - world economic challenges than students taught economics using traditional methods.

The use of iPads has seen individual academic progress in literacy, removed the threat of «pen and paper», challenged traditional teaching methods, and resulting in a shared passion and enthusiasm for the ICT across the whole school, which feeds into all learning.

«The biggest challenge that I'm faced with as an educator,» acknowledges Friedrich, «is traditional thinking in teaching.»

While the traditional classroom teacher is bound to confront students with reading difficulties, most teachers have not received much (or any) preparation for the specific teaching challenges these students present.

Teaching and learning in an e-learning environment happens differently than in the traditional classroom and can present new challenges to instructors and learners participating in this online learning environment.

The development of existing media forms has helped teachers to overcome some of these challenges, with the internet providing reference to traditional textbook teaching methods.

Delany College in Western Sydney has turned traditional schooling upside down — almost literally — by developing a contemporary model of learning and teaching that is responsive to the needs of its learners and one that faces head on the challenges of a globally - connected world, writes Julie Fewster.

The result of that survey is the National Education Technology Plan, which highlights the challenge of improving test scores among an increasingly tech - savvy student population while using traditional teaching methodologies, and emphasizes what it calls «e-learning» and virtual schools.

This project set out to create a Drama Toolkit for Language Teaching by creating a series of drama activities designed to enthuse, encourage, excite and challenge pupils in the context of traditional French stories from the Caribbean (primary) and the life and work of Marie Curie (secondary).

After studying teacher training at Boston College, Hristic spent a few years teaching in Massachusetts, first at an alternative high school for «behaviorally and emotionally challenged students, but also students so bright and brilliant they were bored out of their minds in a traditional setting,» he says.

More challenging however has been persuading some of our teaching staff that game based learning has real educational value, the traditional view that silo, subject based learning of the 20th century is the only true learning experience is hard to shake, despite the growing evidence to the contrary.

Traditional teacher education can provide enough theory, knowledge, and strategies to allow novices to make basic sense of the challenging and complex work of teaching, but then we must have apprenticeships that go far beyond the few months of student teaching typically required of pre-service teachers.

Graham's article includes quotes from professors at traditional ed schools who are critical of the idea of training teachers to focus on practical challenges of teaching rather than being able to grow over time by drawing on theories to reflect on how to teach.

Ashton said her experience teaching found the challenges to urban education more about the adults than the children, and she saw charter schools as a viable alternative to traditional public schools.

Moving from traditional teaching and learning to new approaches challenges the way we have structured schools and expected students to do their work.

Exacerbating these challenges, recent factors have chipped away at the traditional satisfactions of teaching — working with kids and teaching content to students.

Advancing digital technologies within the sector are challenging the traditional didactic teaching seen for decades and at the same time offering dynamic and innovative opportunities for student learning.

«There's a major initiative in year 7, which is a big curriculum change, which has challenged the traditional notion of history being taught in history lessons and geography being taught in geography lessons,» said Mr Matthews.

They both have unique educational challenges and are often removed from the classroom because traditional teaching methods don't «fit their needs.»

Technology has challenged the traditional conception of a literate person and makes outdated some content traditionally taught in schools (Coiro, 2003; Cope & Kalantiz, 2009).

Housed in the creative writing department, this course challenges students to communicate using media that wouldn't be taught in a traditional composition class: podcasts, blogs, video essays, and e-books.

a.) a considerable amount of exercise, including the use of treadmills and backpacks, as a way of relaxing dogs to prepare them for counter-conditioning exercises; b.) packs of dogs to rehabilitate unstable, fearful or aggressive dogs; c.) Leashes and chain collars to block jumping, whining, possessiveness, biting, aggressiveness, excessive barking, mounting, fighting, active dominance challenges; d.) Redirection to get dogs doing alternative behaviors in play areas, obstacle courses, a pool, a feeding area, a sleeping area, and an eating / drinking area; e.) calming techniques using hand feeding; f.) a limited amount of obedience training, such as teaching the dogs to heel on a loose lead at the handler's side; g.) a «claw» technique, his own version of the «alpha rollover», and a pursuit technique to deal with dogs that don't show submission to other dogs or people; h.) «flooding» for phobias; i.) «calm / assertive» handler techniques; j.) touch and sound techniques to interrupt, correct and / or redirect behaviors; k.) a variety of traditional manners rules, which are implemented with the «no free lunch» type of approach; l.) a variety of games and other «mental challenges»; m.) human intervention; and n.) electric collars (not mentioned, as I recall, in the book)

a.) a considerable amount of exercise, including the use of treadmills and backpacks, as a way of relaxing dogs to prepare them for counter-conditioning exercises b.) packs of dogs to rehabilitate unstable, fearful or aggressive dogs; c.) Leashes and chain collars to block jumping, whining, possessiveness, biting, aggressiveness, excessive barking, mounting, fighting, active dominance challenges; d.) Redirection to get dogs doing alternative behaviors in play areas, obstacle courses, a pool, a feeding area, a sleeping area, and an eating / drinking area; e.) calming techniques using hand feeding; f.) a limited amount of obedience training, such as teaching the dogs to heel on a loose lead at the handler's side; g.) a «claw» technique, his own version of the «alpha rollover», and a pursuit technique to deal with dogs that don't show submission to other dogs or people; h.) «flooding» for phobias; i.) «calm / assertive» handler techniques; j.) touch and sound techniques to interrupt, correct and / or redirect behaviors; k.) a variety of traditional manners rules, which are implemented with the «no free lunch» type of approach; l.) a variety of games and other «mental challenges»; m.) human intervention; and n.) electric collars (usually not mentioned in their marketing materials or websites)

Also a senior fellow at Pace University, Revkin is leading a new graduate course in fall of 2011 called «Blogging a Better Planet,» in which he's teaching students to «create a collaborative globe - spanning community, challenge traditional media, or spark the kinds of innovations and relationship that could make the world a better place.»

And, unsurprisingly, he challenged the exclusive use of traditional sources, such as state - enacted law and appellate court decisions, in teaching materials, quipping, «what effect, if any, do appellate decisions have on the way ordinary people live their lives»?

Rod Macdonald also taught us to challenge the traditional dichotomy of legal education, what he termed «the perennial chestnut» of ««practical» as opposed to «theoretical» education,» a dichotomy that has plagued so much of the debate concerning the nature and role of legal education.

«One challenge these courts face is they require much more time and energy than traditional courts, which can deal with minor crimes much more rapidly,» says Emmanuelle Bernheim, who teaches mental health law at the Université du Québec à Montréal.