Two days will be spent in the classroom acquiring the skills they need to reinvent themselves in such emerging fields as health care and information technology.
Individual students receive instruction in school and accumulate literacy experiences in and out of the classroom, eventually acquiring enduring reading skills, attitudes, and habits.
In that classroom, children acquire much more than a few dance steps and a fun time with friends.
Thankfully, there are some movements underway to bring workers back to the classroom and acquire the skills they need to get back in the game.
Although getting a traditional education should be a first priority, also remember that life is full of learning experiences; you don't have to be in a classroom to acquire knowledge.
They bought land and erected mud and straw sheds and acquired classroom materials.
Like California, where alternative teaching programs are grouped under the California Teacher Corps, all 50 states allow aspiring teachers to bypass the traditional education degree and take a shorter route to the classroom — using the knowledge acquired from college and careers.
A study by Marriot, Marriot, and Selwyn (2004) showed learners expressing their preference for face-to-face due to its facilitation of social interaction and communication skills acquired from classroom environment.
Zeng (2011) states that study abroad "is an important rite of passage during which language learners apply what they have previously acquired from classroom to more authentic social settings" (p. 32).
TeacherGaming, a new startup from the team behind MinecraftEdu, a company that helped teachers use Minecraft in the classroom that was subsequently acquired by Microsoft, has picked up $1.6 million in seed funding.
