Not exact matches
«This is not the time for schools and
classroom practices to be
viewed through the rear -
view mirror, and a useful start for the panel could be to determine whether The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians still represents the full compass
of our aspirations for educational excellence in schools.»
It's about providing a bird's - eye
view of your
classroom from a digital perspective, as well as an opportunity for other teachers to use your resources and to follow your daily
practice for inspiration.
This way, staff are confidently identifying and meeting the needs
of all learners, and evidence
of this can be seen from observations
of classroom practice, progress and attainment data, the scrutiny
of work produced, discussion with teachers, the
views of parents / carers as well as the
views of the pupil, too.
Using interviews and
classroom observations, the authors portrayed the beliefs and
practices of the two participants in relation to their
views of technology and its uses in the
classroom.
Speaking time, for instance, is especially brief: ELL students spend, on average, fewer than 90 seconds per day in
classroom talk.1 Acknowledging that some
of their ELLs were not receiving necessary language
practice during school hours, Lennox officials
viewed after - school time as an opportunity to help some
of their struggling students.
In their learning communities, Seattle's school leaders rotated through each others» schools five times per year, visiting
classrooms and
viewing problems
of practice with the 5D lens.
These researchers have argued that using Web 2.0 technologies in science
classrooms supports the «intersection
of the goals
of reform - based science goals and the meaning - making
practices enabled by newer technologies» and allows for easy
viewing and creation
of content that allows others to interact with the content created» (Luehmann & Frink, 2012, p. 835).
Therefore, I must
view my
classroom as a place that will help them gain a deep understanding
of the content and, equally important, a place where they
practice navigating the give - and - take
of interactions with others.
The fact that many teachers come into the profession with little in the way
of subject - matter competency and training in
classroom instructional methods — a fault that lies largely with the failures
of the nation's university schools
of education (who are aided and abetted by the NEA and AFT)-- also means that not every teacher has the expertise needed to offer a thoughtful
view on policies and
practices.
Teachers can create amazing video recordings
of classroom best
practices and store them on a website, or YouTube channel using a Ricoh Theta camera that records a 360 - degree
view of a room.
Amidst pressure for schools to adopt off - the - shelf reform programs as a way
of improving student achievement (Herman, 1999), it is interesting to note that, by and large, the schools in the studies summarized by Taylor, Pressley, and Pearson (2002) did not necessarily
view packaged reforms as the key ingredient for improving student achievement (Charles A. Dana Center, 1999; Designs for Change, 1998; Taylor et al., 2000).1 The common denominators seem to be commitment and hard work focused on research - based
practices at both the
classroom level and the school level.
The team also used a micro-teaching protocol to share instructional
practices by
viewing a short video clip
of one teacher's
classroom.
«I can
view all
of my pathways, assess their community
of practice, work - based learning opportunities,
classroom projects and see when an academy needs help and support,» says Mary Kadri, an administrator at West Contra Costa Unified School District.
Our analysis
of the data from participants across the four districts reveals that teachers experienced changes in their personal literacy
practices and
views of themselves as learners, and felt an increased ability to evince change in a variety
of educational contexts, including their
classroom, buildings, and districts.
These two related factors resulted in teachers who experienced MELAF in the context
of directed, concentrated attention to the direct application
of standards to their
practice, and whose
views of themselves as change - agents focused almost exclusively on the
classroom.
Our analysis
of the data from participants across the four districts reveals that teachers experienced changes in their personal literacy
practices and
views of themselves as learners, and felt an increased ability to evince change in a variety
of educational contexts, including their
classrooms, buildings, and districts.
Our findings indicate that RCE (a) enriches
classroom learning by providing a
view of progressive literacy teaching learned in coursework; (b) provides opportunities — unconstrained by hours
of the school day nor by geographic location — to observe, reflect on, and analyze teaching
practice; and (c) expands students» internship experience by providing multiple approaches to literacy instruction.