Sentences with phrase «traditional schools and classrooms»

We are discovering that we are not wired to sit for long periods of time learning in sedentary positions, as many traditional schools and classrooms require.

But they find traditional schools and classrooms boring and sometimes perceive them as destructive.

Not exact matches

All of what I envision — the shiny classrooms, piles of books, and endless snack supply — lies in stark contrast to what I'm seeing on the ground in Ethiopia, whether at traditional schools or at the Population Council's safe learning spaces for girls suffering in urban slums.

«One school has grab - n - go from the cafeteria to the classroom, we have two or three that do traditional cafeteria breakfast, and we have a room service breakfast at our largest middle school during the homeroom period — a «second - chance» style meal that's delivered with a cart.

When we change from traditional universal free breakfast to universal free classroom breakfast we see a 300 to 500 % increase in participation at that school because we have removed several barriers to participation including the stigma of the free and reduced meal program, students who arrive at school just before the bell or who would rather play and socialize during the traditional before school breakfast period.

«We do several models of breakfast - in - the - classroom, and in some schools we do «hybrids» where [younger students] do breakfast - in - the - classroom, and older grades come through the line and do traditional breakfast,» explained Pettit.

«Project Boost has given schools the opportunity to be creative with teaching and learning outside of the traditional classroom setting by providing educational trips to museums, Broadway shows, college campuses and unique eating experiences at local restaurants.

A study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health analyzed the traditional model of education versus an increasingly popular approach to learning in the health sciences fields — the flipped classroom model — where pre-recorded lectures are viewed outside of the classroom and in - person class time is devoted to interactive exercises, discussions, and group projects.

As administrators and school boards around the country consider the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Science Buddies is helping teachers begin ramping up, now, for some of the ways in which traditional classroom science projects and assignments may change.

For the first four months of the 2016 — 17 school year, my 153 Spanish 3 and Spanish 4 students had a traditional seating classroom.

Both Sunesis and Connect offer a range of educational buildings including whole schools, classroom extensions and halls that combine traditional construction methods applied to a standardised design, resulting in fixed costs and timescales.

And as Waldorf methods have become more accessible and better understood, more teachers have joined charter schools specifically inspired by Waldorf methods or have adopted some of its approaches for their own classrooms within traditional public schooAnd as Waldorf methods have become more accessible and better understood, more teachers have joined charter schools specifically inspired by Waldorf methods or have adopted some of its approaches for their own classrooms within traditional public schooand better understood, more teachers have joined charter schools specifically inspired by Waldorf methods or have adopted some of its approaches for their own classrooms within traditional public schools.

As Heather Staker and I have written, the models of blended learning most likely to scale into the core academic subjects at all levels of schooling in the near term are sustaining innovations, in which online learning is essentially an augmentation to the traditional classroom, but there is still a fundamental shift in the learning model from the student's perspective.

We wanted to create large, column - free spaces, and the ubiquitous layout of traditional schools — perimeter classrooms bisected by a common hallway — made that goal expensive or impossible.

School curricula tend to be designed for delivery in traditional classroom settings, at a time when new technologies are transforming how courses are delivered and learning takes place.

Author of Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World and co-author of Reinventing Project - Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real - World Projects in the Digital Age, I'm inspired by educators who push the boundaries of the traditional classroom.

It is important to remember that part of this teaching approach is to allow the process to operate in the reverse order to the traditional way we do this in school maths classrooms; practice some maths then apply that maths through a word problem — where the maths skills have already been identified and formulated for the student.

With the multitude of devices and technologies available to schools, the traditional classroom is changing; it's becoming more collaborative, interactive and engaging.

Schools are also using their kitchen and gardens as spaces to help students who nd the traditional classroom setting challenging, including students with special needs or behavioural disorders.

She says, «Traditional views of administrator as manager prevent schools from implementing hybrid teacher - administrator roles» in such a way that their classroom time remains protected and valued.

Educomp targets schools with products it says are not only inexpensive but user - friendly and easily combined with traditional classroom instruction.

They practice what they call the «Rocketship Hybrid School Model,» which combines traditional classroom instruction with individualized instruction through online technology and tutors in a «Learning Lab.»

In contrast, because there is rampant nonconsumption in secondary schools — of advanced courses, foreign languages, credit recovery and so on — the disruptive models of blended learning are likely to replace the traditional classroom over the long term.

Though the school possesses a computer lab with cutting - edge software, at least one computer in every classroom, and a PC lab for basic computer instruction, it is not a traditional magnet school.

In The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and «Tougher Standards,» he argues in favor of schools in which students are intellectually engaged and encouraged to grapple with rigorous problems: schools, in other words, in which correct answers matter, but so does reaching those answers through a complex process that may involve making errors and misunderstanding concepts along tSchools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and «Tougher Standards,» he argues in favor of schools in which students are intellectually engaged and encouraged to grapple with rigorous problems: schools, in other words, in which correct answers matter, but so does reaching those answers through a complex process that may involve making errors and misunderstanding concepts along tschools in which students are intellectually engaged and encouraged to grapple with rigorous problems: schools, in other words, in which correct answers matter, but so does reaching those answers through a complex process that may involve making errors and misunderstanding concepts along tschools, in other words, in which correct answers matter, but so does reaching those answers through a complex process that may involve making errors and misunderstanding concepts along the way.

This «classroom» is similar to a traditional classroom of schools and colleges.

Many of our students are classroom teachers working in traditional public schools, progressive charter schools, and independent schools.

This is very different from the traditional math classroom, especially in middle and high school where students sit quietly taking in information, writing down examples, and working on practice problems independently.

Teaching artists in schools provide education and access to the arts in a less traditional way by working with classroom teachers to integrate arts into the curriculum.

Meanwhile, for those students for whom online education shines, we are starting to partner with schools and school systems to provide avenues to allow appropriate students to take their math classes from us rather than in a traditional classroom.

Since teacher salaries are the primary instructional expenses for schools, it should come as no surprise that charters spend less on classroom instruction than traditional public schools, whose teachers are older and thus further along on the salary schedule.

«Rather than following a more traditional professional - development model — where you take teachers out of their school or out of their classroom and «train'them and then send them back without follow - up or support — this is an entirely different process,» said Michael Patron, the headmaster...

The researchers developed a hands - on curriculum and professional development lessons teaching basic physics using the popular toys, then conducted a randomized controlled trial in about 60 fourth - grade classrooms in a California school district comparing student learning under the project - based and traditional textbook based instruction over three weeks.

Schools and districts that face budget constraints and can not accommodate their total populations in traditional classrooms, either because of facility restraints or the inability to employ enough certified teachers.

As a parent, it's critical that you know about alternative types of classroom - based assessments, in addition to traditional tests and the standardized tests mandated by your school district or state department of education.

Before picking those core pieces, teachers need a vision for redesigning a classroom, and they should be willing to get rid of the traditional school furniture for more innovative pieces.

And as school districts continue to experience financial stress in their attempts to find a desk for every student in a traditional classroom, online learning is an efficient and viable solutiAnd as school districts continue to experience financial stress in their attempts to find a desk for every student in a traditional classroom, online learning is an efficient and viable solutiand viable solution.

As he speculates in «Injecting Charter School Best Practices Into Traditional Public Schools: Evidence from Field Experiments,»» [A] leading theory posits that reading scores are influenced by the language spoken when students are outside of the classroom... [The researchers] argue that if students speak non-standard English at home and in their communities, increasing reading scores might be especially difficult.

In a new article for Education Next, James Spillane of Northwestern University and Matthew Shirrell of George Washington University report that even within the limitations of traditional school building design, thoughtful classroom assignments can promote beneficial teacher interactions.

The school will have the equivalent of 47 traditional classrooms with open and informal learning areas, practical activities areas, seminar and presentation spaces.

The aim wasn't to deliver full courses online, rather to complement the traditional school structure and classroom teaching built on face - to - face relationships.

«Connected» classrooms, which enable students and teachers to share information and collaborate using integrated systems on a school's WiFi network, are helping to transform learning across all subjects to replace more traditional teaching methods.

It's not that these types of classrooms don't exist; it's that they are still all too commonly an anomaly sitting in a School 1.0 structure and mindset where the physical (think traditional), may have changed, but a complimentary radical approach to pedagogy is still to emerge.

In particular, we have seen significant growth with our range for primary schools as they break away from the traditional classroom and invest in quality furniture which allows more flexible learning spaces.»

Lynette N. Tannis began her education career more than two decades ago and has served in myriad capacities in traditional and charter school settings, including classroom teacher, literacy coordinator, school / district administrator, intern superintendent, and education consultant.

Transitioning from a traditional classroom to a personalized learning classroom requires hard work and a strong commitment by teachers and schools leaders.

The rush to privatize education will also turn tens of thousands of students into guinea pigs in a national experiment in virtual learning — a relatively new idea that allows for - profit companies to administer public schools completely online, with no brick - and - mortar classrooms or traditional teachers.

In a shift from traditional classrooms and teaching models, Leonard says South Melbourne Primary School is designed around «learning communities» of around 150 students that facilitate both age - based and stage - based learning groups.

Katie has also been a classroom teacher in both traditional public and public charter schools, and was a 2011 Teach For America corps member in Las Vegas, NV.

The leading brands in charter schooling, for instance, almost uniformly feature traditional classrooms; an extended school day, school year, or both; and a reliance on directive pedagogy attuned to the needs of disadvantaged students.