This breakout session was an opportunity for faculty and participants to share lessons learned from
teaching fairness to judicial officers and court staff.
Not exact matches
One might think that our white, upper - middle - class, nothing - but - the - best youngsters would respond positively
to such concepts as «
fairness» and «egalitarianism» — but apparently the best lesson we parents
taught them was how
to say No.
They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom
to move their money
to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of
fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane
teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs
to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.
If I may presume, however,
to speculate about the ground of his
teaching, I would suggest that the key
to the matter is the application of the Golden Rule of
fairness to the question of supporting such laws.
In all
fairness, if Creationism is
to be
taught in schools, then Evolution should be preached from pulpits.
Character Education: ICLS 105/5 27 - 12 (2005) requires teachers
to teach students «respect, responsibility,
fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order
to raise pupils» honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage»
to lessen crimes and raise the standard of good character.
Character Education: The Policy on Quality Character Education (2004) recommends that schools adopt secular character education programs
to teach fairness, trustworthiness, citizenship, and self - restraint in order
to help students learn and foster the well being of democratic society.
One way
to teach fairness is
to explain a rule
to your child, pointing out that it applies
to him as well as
to others.
They supplement NAYS Coach Training with Character Counts programs
to help coaches
teach their players how
to play with values like respect and
fairness, and the coaches even learn how
to be better role models along the way.
For the age range these games are aimed at,
fairness and rules can be hard
to teach.
Encouraging the social - emotional development of students while
teaching traditional academic subjects builds a positive school climate focused on
fairness and caring about others — and helps
to foster healthy, confident adults.
Too often we are getting poor tests which are misused
to test things not
taught and
to punish the children attending inferior schools, violating basic concepts of
fairness and civil rights.»
It's easy
to see equity in education as a matter of
fairness, access, and inclusion, but that's only the case if what's being fairly accessed is a system of
teaching and learning that's fluid, responsive, dynamic, neutral, alive, and able
to meet the needs of an increasingly global population.
Those working with test design must stop patronizing our students in the name of an erroneous conception of
fairness and construct rigorous exams that will send clear signals
to educators about what they should
teach.
The comments come from current Teachers,
Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging
to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities
to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants
to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped
to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students
to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps
to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost
to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as
to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy
to develop class rules of
fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...
Oft - cited shortcomings range from doubts about
fairness to broader concerns centered on
teaching goals.
The goal of this youth organization for girls is
to teach values such as honesty,
fairness, courage, compassion, character, sisterhood, confidence, and citizenship through activities that include camping and community service.
Skills such as effective classroom management are central
to teaching and require «common sense,» consistency, an often undervalued teacher behavior, a sense of
fairness, and courage.
Our team's orientation was
to bring about greater equity and
fairness in the system with a more meaningful approach
to providing support
to improve
teaching.
One measure
to which I would give priority is for children throughout Africa, from the first grade of primary school through the last year of secondary school,
to be
taught the values of justice,
fairness, and accountability as part of the normal curriculum, so they might grow into the leaders and citizens that Africa needs.
They entail
teaching that emphasizes the thinking embedded in content, that assesses thinking
to improve thinking, that stresses the importance of adhering
to intellectual standards in reasoning through issues and problems (standards like clarity, accuracy, logicalness, relevance, breadth, depth, significance, and
fairness).
They accept the paens
to «
fairness» and «for the children» and the «consensus» because that is all they were
taught, and almost everyone they know believes the same thing.
You gave been
taught that humans are an enemy
to nature, and in
fairness humans can be bad stewards of nature at times.
But as I spent the last few weeks
teaching administrative law procedural
fairness, I realized that the other thing bothering me about the law society decisions is the process used
to reach them.
When considering how
to teach procedural
fairness, Washington state judicial educators searched for a way that extended beyond the traditional conference plenary session so commonly used in our state.
Just name two or three noble qualities that your interviewer can imagine that he or she has (maybe they really do), such as good communication skills, a sense of humor, loyalty,
fairness, knowledge, leadership skills, a willingness
to teach you something.
In
fairness, she may be trying
to manage a class all day that's too large, or may be working with your son when he's a little wound up (like right after recess or lunch — it depends on what and when she is
teaching the class — and so may not be getting a well - rounded picture of him), or may have several children in the class who need additional attention... and may just be overwhelmed.
Don't lose sight of the Code's
teaching that «the term REALTOR ® has come
to connote competency,
fairness, and high integrity resulting from adherence
to a lofty ideal of moral conduct in business relations.»