Sentences with phrase «who take responsibility for their learning»

Unfortunately, even those students who aim toward higher education — who take responsibility for their learning by working hard and completing their assignments — too often find themselves woefully unprepared for college.

Not exact matches

Indirect responsibility for the My Lai killing of 347 civilians was not borne by anyone — from the high - ranking officials who learned of the massacre and took no punitive action to Captain Ernest Medina, Lieutenant William Calley's commanding officer.

As a result, they are very uncomfortable using an inquiry approach, in which they are a guide for students who take responsibility for their own learning.»

«People in long - term marriages who are monogamous and happy with it are people who have learned how to take responsibility for their own feelings rather than blaming their partner and who seek to share their love rather than trying to get love.»

Once she learns that she won't receive the money if Lance takes over coaching duties, she finally, grudgingly takes responsibility for the future of a girl who idolizes her.

Many of the best moments in the film involve placing Ben in relief to the younger male employees who become his de facto charges, as they learn the wonders of a briefcase, the power of tucking in a shirt or the importance of taking responsibility for their sloppy cluelessness.

However, no one has shared these findings with the people who are being asked to take responsibility for their learning, many of whom equate learning with schooling.

Kids who know that their parents are involved and interested tend to take more responsibility for their own learning and behavior.

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

Most importantly, it takes seriously what it means to understand the relationship between how we learn and how we act as individual and social agents; that is, it is concerned with teaching students how not only to think but to come to grips with a sense of individual and social responsibility, and what it means to be responsible for one's actions as part of a broader attempt to be an engaged citizen who can expand and deepen the possibilities of democratic public life.

For those who do become virtual learners, taking full responsibility for completing courses will encourage self - reliance and independence, and could develop an interest in lifelong learning, according to the paper entitled A Study Into The Effects Of eLearning On Higher Education (Singh, O'Donoghue, Worton, 200For those who do become virtual learners, taking full responsibility for completing courses will encourage self - reliance and independence, and could develop an interest in lifelong learning, according to the paper entitled A Study Into The Effects Of eLearning On Higher Education (Singh, O'Donoghue, Worton, 200for completing courses will encourage self - reliance and independence, and could develop an interest in lifelong learning, according to the paper entitled A Study Into The Effects Of eLearning On Higher Education (Singh, O'Donoghue, Worton, 2005).

«Students must be willing to take responsibility for their own learning,» says Matt Wicks, director of virtual learning at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, who oversees the Illinois Virtual High School.

Due to the self - paced, individualized approach inherent in eLearning, this type of learning is a match made in heaven for go - getters, employees who take personal responsibility for their career paths.

Every model we studied included incentives for teachers who took on greater responsibility for student learning and many had specific eligibility requirements and an application process, providing the transparency that seems to be lacking in Oakland.

Educators who are not willing to take responsibility — and hold themselves accountable — for the learning that takes place within the four walls of their classrooms will not be able to take full advantage of this book or the CREATE model.

Participants included James Comer, an internationally known child development expert and professor of child psychiatry at Yale University who pioneered the «Comer School Development Program,» which applies child and adolescent development principles to build relationships that allow students to take responsibility for their own learning.

Students who are able to take responsibility for their own learning through cooperative learning gain positive attitudes towards school,

These roles may include, for example: team leader, who takes responsibility for team and student growth; reach teacher, who takes responsibility for larger - than - average student loads with the help of paraprofessionals; master educator, who develops and leads professional development and learning; peer evaluator, an accomplished educator who coaches other teachers, assesses teachers» effectiveness, and helps his or her colleagues improve their skills; and demonstration teacher, who models excellent teaching for teachers in training.11 According to the Aspen Institute and Leading Educators — a nonprofit organization that partners with schools and districts to promote teacher leadership — teacher leaders can model best practices, observe and coach other teachers, lead teacher teams, and participate in the selection and induction of new teachers.12

The other draws on the deep experience of a compassionate teacher who finds fault not with teachers, unions, or students, but with a society that refuses to take responsibility for the conditions in which its children live and learn — and who has demonstrated through her own efforts how one dedicated teacher has improved the education of poor young people.

Some of the best advice I have read is from Allison Green, who wrote in a US News & World Report blog post about the importance of looking at the termination objectively, taking responsibility for your role in the firing, and then identifying what you learned from the situation.