In recent years, Penn has become a leader at fostering supportive environments for students, creating and maintaining thriving cultural and peer support groups.
Comer's program was informed by his holistic perspective on the educational process; it stressed the importance of establishing an engaged, supportive community for students and teachers as well as the need to attend to students' social and psychological well-being along with their academic progress.
To study the impact of a novel comprehensive eLearning approach in delivering diabetes related education program that includes knowledge and sets of practices to the school personnel in Kuwait to enable them to provide a supportive environment for students with diabetes.
Additionally, it is also the responsibility of friends, family, and society to foster a positive, supportive environment for students that emphasizes happiness and health--diminishing stress and pressure to take unnecessary steps through the college admissions process.
Developments during the last two decades have made many college classrooms less supportive environments for student learning.
The Ector County Independent School District's adoption of a Bible course authored by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools ("Texas District Adopts Disputed Text on Bible Study," news article, Dec. 22) is a loss for religious freedom and a cloud over a supportive school environment for students of all faiths or of no faith.
Ramsden (1979) indicated that the teachers' understanding of students and tutors' teaching effectiveness are important to students' learning; and the study emphasized the supportive learning atmosphere for students.
To further understand how access to educational tools and resources in the classroom influences the possibilities for creating engaging and supportive learning environments for students, case studies in five schools were conducted.
The standards, which have become the benchmarks for program evaluations, include safe and supportive environments, opportunities for students to speak up about what's important and curriculum that is personally meaningful.
Clinical education wards are an attempt to create supportive learning environments for students.
