Word: curriculums
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...taking place in a foreign country. "For Catalonia, it is better if?" was how the typical response began. Here, road signs and restaurant menus are written in Catalan. It's also the language of public education, in schools where the national history of Catalonia is central to the curriculum, while Spanish is taught for two hours a week as a foreign language. The region, officially called an "autonomous community," has broad leeway in establishing political and social policy. But polls show that some 35% want full independence from Madrid...
...amounts for a course,” he says. “And at least in the arts and the creative side there’s basically a need to get an unpaid internship to get a career.” The college’s policy of valuing curriculum over experience makes the study-through-employment route a path seldom taken. According to Connor, the only feasible way to incorporate an artistic internship into the required course load is through independent study. “Sometimes someone will want to take an unpaid [film] production internship, which of course...
...ranked in math by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, treats teaching similarly. When I visited Singapore's National Institute of Education, the nation's only teacher-training institution, nearly all the people I spoke with described how they were investing in teachers' abilities to teach a curriculum focused on critical thinking and inquiry--skills needed in a high-tech economy. To get the best teachers, the institute recruits students from the top third of each graduating high school class into a fully paid four-year teacher-education program (or, if they enter later...
...year for all teachers. In addition, they have 20 hours a week to work with other teachers and visit one another's classrooms. And teachers continue to advance throughout their career. With aid from the government, teachers in Singapore can pursue three separate career ladders, which help them become curriculum specialists, mentors for other teachers or school principals. These opportunities bring recognition, extra compensation and new challenges that keep teaching exciting and allow teachers to share their expertise...
...grants available.” But committee member Patricia M. Nolan ’80 saw the proposal differently. “[Teachers and principals] are already totally overwhelmed,” she said. “Obviously $5,000 doesn’t buy a whole curriculum.” Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons criticized the lack of spending flexibility in the budget plan presented by Fowler-Finn. The proposed budget would cut almost $3 million, according to Fowler-Finn. “I don’t want to have a zero balance budget...