Sentences with phrase «what challenges students face»

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One of the challenges that graduate students face is that their deadlines are so far in the future (6 - 12 months) that they are not sure what they need to do during a particular week in order to be on track with their thesis.

But we are also documenting what it meant to the students who took part in it, what did they get out of it, what did they learn, what challenges did they face?

Even though these challenges may not directly relate to what the student is facing, the student can benefit from connecting with the mentor on a personal level.

It discounts real improvements in the city's school system, ignores the tremendous challenges facing some of the city's secondary schools, and distracts from the hard work required to graduate students truly qualified for what comes next.

In the International Education Policy (IEP) Program, you will explore some of the most challenging issues facing teachers and learners worldwide — how to educate students in refugee camps; how to improve girls education in Afghanistan; how to deliver effective HIV / AIDS education in Malawi; how to help young people develop the skills they need in the 21st century — and be constantly challenged and asked, «What would you do?»

During the discussion in Weissbourd's Developing Effective School and Community Interventions for At - Risk Children course, Menino shared his opinion that the biggest challenge facing education is changing the focus from teachers or schools needing money to what's going on at home with students and...

EW: What can teachers do to help develop mastery - oriented students — students who will face a challenge rather than be overwhelmed by it?

Students update each other on what actions they have taken, what challenges they are facing, and next steps.

What can teachers do to help develop students who will face challenges rather than be overwhelmed by them?

When interviewing, ask students why they want to complete a Type 3, what their topic is, and what challenges they might face.

During the discussion in Weissbourd's Developing Effective School and Community Interventions for At - Risk Children course, Menino shared his opinion that the biggest challenge facing education is changing the focus from teachers or schools needing money to what's going on at home with students and their families.

What we found in our initial prototypes — launching an innovation lab space, creating a design thinking professional development experience, and running student - facing design challenges for middle - and high - school classes — was that the design thinking process functioned as a kind of oasis for educators, reconnecting them to their creativity and aspirations for helping students develop as deep thinkers and doers, not just as test takers.

We found what I'd considered to be called «non-parallel delivery», because like you said you're doing two different kinds of teaching at the same time; you're interacting with kids face - to - face and that has its own challenges and pedagogical challenges, and then you're also dealing with a two dimensional set of students that are remote and, of course, you're two - dimensional to those students as well.

This activity can be a useful way to engage students in discussion about what it means to face challenges and develop as an individual.

UNR made this pivot by leveraging Blackboard (its existing, online student portal) to engage rural social workers, find out what specific challenges they faced, and connect them to one another, as well as to departmental faculty.

The 1986 Carnegie Report made a case for the idea that the economic challenges the nation would face in the years ahead could not be met unless students were held to much higher academic standards and the nation did what would be necessary to fully professionalize its teaching force, much as medicine had done a century earlier.

The students of Macleod College have been facing a serious challenge when it comes to monitoring their school's nesting boxes — unless there is a possum tail hanging out, they can't tell what's living inside.

And that is exactly what Colbert and her colleagues did in the 1970s when they recognized that rural schools in the country were faltering due to a lack of understanding around the unique challenges that their students faced.

In this webinar, NTC and district partners will outline: • The challenges districts face sifting through what works and investing in programs that increase student learning and achievement • The evidence - based programs and research that have proven to increase student learning • How such programs have been successfully implemented in districts and schools across the country.

EW: What are the biggest challenges your students face?

When prof. Bergmann participated in two online seminars for Brazilian educators hosted by Aquifolium, hundreds of teachers were deeply challenged to change the way they work in order to give the best practical answer to his question: «what is the best use you can give for the face ‐ to ‐ face time with your students?».

What are the challenges that students and educators face?

Some of the findings echo much of what I observed through interviews with 13 schools in New Hampshire last year: competency - based education looks different in different contexts; schools implementing competency - based education face real technology challenges; and different students in such systems likely have different needs.

Looking at the challenges effective teachers and leaders face every day, what would it really take to help them ensure every student in NC has the opportunities guaranteed to them in our state constitution of equal opportunity for a sound basic education?

What is your reaction to the position that it is dangerous for school leaders to try to «fix» the challenges their students face?

Instead, what interests me is the fact that these cuts — coupled with other challenges that teachers faced in 2011 — targeted students in poverty and students with special needs, that they targeted arts and physical - education programs, and that they severely disrupted school processes as one seismic change after another was proposed.

She began as a teacher at the ground level of one of the country's most economically and demographically challenging inner city populations, the North Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she faced what so many teachers face: high class numbers, and needing to support learning, emotional and physical needs of a multilingual population of students in poverty while achieving state and district test score goals.

This lesson uses «What Makes the Kids of Congo Run» by Daniel Socha to introduce students to the situation in Eastern Congo, the challenges youth face, and ways to effect change.

A group of LA Unified students joined local and national educators last week to describe academic challenges they face and to suggest ideas for what could help them.

«With these Facing History courses, you're provided documents, you use primary sources, and you're asked challenging, tough questions that, and this is what I love, puts both teachers and students on the same footing.

As I visit with districts across the nation, I always ask what is the biggest challenge that they face with their ELL student population.

The Teacher Advisory Group will be an opportunity for teachers from across the district to come together to discuss what is working, what challenges they are facing, and what can be done to improve conditions for teachers and students.

What are the greatest challenges teachers face as they begin to teach mathematical communication skills and encourage greater student engagement in the expression of their mathematical thinking?

What is your message for students who are faced with looking like failures to their peer group if they choose to take a different path and challenge success?

Studying hard as a young woman is what prepared Michelle Obama to face the world's challenges, the United States» first lady told students Monday at a public school that Chile's government hopes will become a model for educational excellence in the...

As a part of Ed Trust's ongoing work around teachers of color, the assets they bring to the classroom and the challenges they face, we sat down with longtime educator and former Washington State Teacher of The Year and Milken Award - winner Nate Bowling to hear his ideas about the challenges surrounding recruiting talented Black teachers, the experiences that drive too many talented Black teachers out of the field, and what it will take to ensure that America's teaching workforce reflects its student body.

I also asked students what they felt made them academically successful, what challenges they faced, and what their goals were for higher education.

What special challenges do students face who are the first in their family to attend college?

«Having experienced first - hand the challenges Flint's public school students face, Isaiah Oliver will bring an essential perspective to the School Finance Research Collaborative as we seek the best and most reliable information on what it truly costs to educate all students,» said Heather Morolla Kale, General Manager of the Ferris Wheel Innovation Center in Flint, and a Collaborative Advisory Committee member.

No matter what our students grow up to be, they will all face challenges and problems that will require them to find information and then make decisions.

Recently, a guest speaker in a class I teach asked my students, «What is the greatest challenge you face in your work?»

In our work with teachers and administrators we have learned that one of the challenges educators face when designing a potential learning trajectory is making the shift from describing instruction (what the teacher will do) to describing exactly what students will learn.

We need students who will see what others do not when faced with a challenge.

No matter what our students grow up to be, they will all face challenges and problems that will require them to find information and then make decisions.

Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know about a Career in the Law, provides a realistic overview of the challenges facing women in the law as well as detailed guidance and solutions to empower students while supporting law career counselors as they fulfill their responsibilities.