Sentences with phrase «than academic learning»

Education encompasses more than academic learning; 2.

• Strength of Character: Success in life depends on more than academic learning.

Yoga and mindfulness are non-academic activities, which are typically considered of lesser importance than academic learning within the education system.

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Most of the remaining books are so academic that there is a greater danger, in me recommending them, of turning the reader off than inspiring them to learn more.

At a time when their colleagues who spoke for the church were conspicuously incapable of giving the faith a good account in the eyes of the learned, the Vanderbilt academics preferred to dissociate themselves from their religious leaders rather than take up their cause as allies and persuade them that sound scholarship was God's good servant too.

With the academic year in full swing on American university campuses — and bipartisan discontent over higher education's sorry state now stronger and louder than ever — it's worth asking what we can learn from Augustine's example.

He wrote to prelates about the matter, and «I published my theses, inviting learned men and them alone to discuss them with me... By a miracle which astounded me more than anyone, these theses were spread through almost the entire world», even though, being academic theses, the text was dense and summary.

That said, my grandfather had a sixth grade education and acquired a broader understanding of the world than Chad, so I believe you can learn regardless of academic background if you have the right atti.tude and desire.

It illustrates that people are hungry for an alternative to the status quo where content is increasingly brought through computers rather than teachers, academic learning is being pushed down to younger and younger children, and the focus in the classroom is «teaching to the test.»

A study of seventh - graders revealed that those who put more value on learning than on making good grades were able to push through academic challenges more easily than those who had fixed ideas about how smart they were.

And in today's classroom, where teachers must compete with digital distractions for their students» attention while trying to satisfy increasingly demanding academic standards, it is more important than ever that educators be able to combat apathy, instill vital problem - solving skills, and create a climate that maximizes learning.

To accomplish this, your child will need to learn skills in more than the academic areas.

Become open to learning about the law and policies pertaining to your office and ask questions often, and partner with local universities» academic as they know more about your ministerial needs and guides understand the domestic culture than an expatriate of Euro / American background.

In a quote from an American academic, we learn, «Nowhere in the democratic world is there less sympathy for populist and participatory forms of democracy than England.»

The latest round of state standardized academic test scores showed gains both across New York State and locally.But rather than celebrate the largest bump since New York adopted new tests tied to the Common Core Learning Standards, education officials reported the increases with caution.

Learn from sources other than your advisor: Your mentor may have grown up in a different world entirely, when the world's scientific infrastructure was in the growth mode and opportunities on the academic track were more widely available.

Students — more than 1,000 in the 2016 — 2017 academic year — learn about biotechnology through hands - on experiments.

While personal preferences play a role in choosing this uncertain career path, it seems that during Ph.D. programs, young researchers learn to regard academic employment as more desirable than other employment.

When teachers read a case study of a boy with academic challenges, meant to suggest learning disabilities, they were more likely to refer white boys than black and Latino boys for testing.

Young children with disruptive behaviors have fewer opportunities to learn in school than their focused peers, and are at risk for lower levels of academic achievement.

It's a different business model than the usual academic one, but because Hood learned as much about science from the telephone company and a geology camp as he did in school, he knows that progress is not the province of academia alone.

The university empowers undergraduates to chart their own academic path, combining experiential learning opportunities on seven continents with more than 150 undergraduate majors and concentrations, including interdisciplinary majors and major - minor combinations.

As Katie Quinlan stated in an Oxford Open Learning blog, «Without interdisciplinary dialogue, the potential benefits of this field of research are lost to the pages of academic journals rather than applied to the learning environments and methods of teaching that will benefit learners today and in the futureLearning blog, «Without interdisciplinary dialogue, the potential benefits of this field of research are lost to the pages of academic journals rather than applied to the learning environments and methods of teaching that will benefit learners today and in the futurelearning environments and methods of teaching that will benefit learners today and in the future».

The research, from Canvas, the Virtual Learning Environment for academic institutions and companies worldwide, reveals that one in six (17 %) teachers in the UK are spending more than 11 hours a week on marking and assessments.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject area.

One researcher suggested that recent studies saying current middle school programs focus more on developing a nurturing climate than strong academics, and the emphasis on high - stakes tests in eighth grade, may have spurred some principals to drop service - learning programs, according to Kielsmeier.

With coaching and practice, the DHS students have learned how to manage their time and their academic work better than expected.

Over several years, when my children conducted student - led conferences, I learned more about their academic growth than at any parent - teacher conference.

«Helping students to have freedom to feel mistakes are part of the learning process will allow for students to focus more on developing effective strategies connected to the academic task at hand, rather than worrying about getting a perfect score on a test.»

There are also articles about obstacles to greater progress: a study reveals that teacher expectations impact students» likelihood of completing college and are often lower for black students than for their white counterparts, even after accounting for students» academic and demographic backgrounds; and a look at how allowing laptop use in the classroom actually distracts from student learning.

Technology tools that contribute to the academic success of those with physical disabilities or learning differences might help more students than we've traditionally assumed.

Conservatives, for instance, are less likely than liberals to say that funding is a barrier to academic achievement, and liberals are more likely to put less focus on improving student learning.

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

(Ed Week) Robert Schwartz shares perspective on how we approach assessment in the United States, thinking of them as academic rather than reflecting on what they have learned by doing.

Digital learning is more than the latest addition to education reformers» to - do lists, filed along with teacher evaluations, charter schools, tenure reform, academic standards, and all the rest.

On average across all schools, the impact of having a principal 1 standard deviation more effective than the average principal is as much as seven additional months of learning in a single academic year.

As an instructor, I learn more than expected from these academic conversations.

In his research, the academic found that having someone around to play a «grandmother role» — chatting and offering simple words of encouragement rather than instruction — helped boost student learning and level the playing field for those from disadvantaged backgrounds with limited or no access to education.

The key question is whether KIPP's positive effects on learning are attributable to a peer environment that is more conducive to academic achievement than the peer environment found in traditional public schools.

No one has focused better on student work than Ron Berger, Expeditionary Learning's Chief Academic Officer.

• When schools lack expert teachers because of shortages stemming from geographic limitations or attrition, for example; • When expert teachers must serve a wide range of student needs in a single classroom by personalizing learning for each student; • And when expert teachers much teach more than academic content.

Similarly, California's rural - adjacent Grimmway Academy achieves significantly better academic outcomes for the children of farm workers than local alternatives, with a model centered on an edible schoolyard and blended learning.

I feel there's a growing emphasis in U.S. education on making learning fun; studies show there's also a relative tendency to emphasize innate talent (rather than hard work) when it comes to academics.

But if you believe that these rigorous new academic standards for English and math are importantly stronger than what states had before, and are likely to improve teaching and learning in U.S. schools, then pulling out of the Common Core to spite the president starts to look like a pretty silly idea.

For example, online providers in states that still count academic credit in time must report out student learning based on these arcane metrics, rather than fully unleashing the more flexible pacing inherently possible in an online course or module.

«It was very helpful in the learning process to have this hands - on work and see the reality that program evaluation is a lot messier than academic literature describes it,» Bickar says.

And while we know that young children need a healthy dose of playtime in school, a new study reminds us why academics are important at that age: Over the course of a year, preschoolers who spent more time on language, literacy, and math activities than their peers gained, on average, 2.5 months of additional learning.

Gary Bryant, from ITSI, a blended learning solution that combines the traditional academic rigour of digital textbooks with the flexibility of technology, discusses why the textbook has a prejudiced repute and explains why an effective teaching resource should support teachers, rather than replace them.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs recognize that there's more to a child's personal, academic, and adult - life success than pure academics.

The priority of the Steiner ethos is to provide an unhurried and creative learning environment where children can find the joy in learning and experience the richness of childhood rather than early specialisation or academic hot - housing.