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Democratic education is often specifically emancipatory, with the students' voices being equal to the teachers'. [1] Democratic education must be distinguished from civic education. Although there are overlaps, civic education is concerned with the study of the theoretical, political, and practical aspects of (democratic) citizenship, as well ...
In other Democratic Schools, most academic learning is not student-initiated, i.e. the school offers various courses on traditional school subjects in which students can, but do not have to, participate. [15] Usually, teachers (and less often students) offer other courses or projects on topics that interest them. This can be basically any topic ...
A further distinction from a teacher-centered classroom to that of a student-centered classroom is when the teacher acts as a facilitator, as opposed to an instructor. In essence, the teacher's goal in the learning process is to guide students into making new interpretations of the learning material, thereby 'experiencing' content, reaffirming ...
Teacher quality assessment commonly includes reviews of qualifications, tests of teacher knowledge, observations of practice, and measurements of student learning gains. [1] [2] Assessments of teacher quality are currently used for policymaking, employment and tenure decisions, teacher evaluations, merit pay awards, and as data to inform the professional growth of teachers.
The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education is a 2014 book by Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy on the role of politics in American classrooms, both in teaching controversial issues and teachers sharing their own views. It is based on a study of 1000 students across 35 schools and 21 teachers between 2005 and 2009.
AFP via Getty Images Harvilicz’s effort to coordinate pet rescues and care for the animals — as ash rains down from an “apocalyptic-looking” sky — has been exhausting but worth it, she said.
By early Wednesday, Jabbar was walking the streets of New Orleans’ French Quarter between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. and planting at least two improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, authorities have said ...
A study by Jerome I. Rotgans and Henk G. Schmidt showed a correlation between three teachers' characteristics and students' situational interest in an active learning classroom. Situational interest is defined as "focused attention and an affective reaction that is triggered in the moment by environmental stimuli, which may or may not last over ...