The good, living teacher probes the way students think and offers counterexamples that open pathways.
They help students think critically, process information from several sources, work cooperatively, tackle problems and make informed choices.
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Circumstances change and change rapidly, and the career students think they are preparing for today will simply disappear in ten years.
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Glasgow University's event will be the first large-scale poll of what Scottish university students think about Scotland's future, based on that question.
"There are many opportunities to spend money and some students think of money as something to spend rather than as something to save, " Boyum says.
Perhaps because they secured admittance to Stuyvesant based on a test, Stuyvesant students think that passing tests, by whatever means necessary, is their ticket to lifelong glory.
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How can you reduce weapons in schools if you do not know what students think about guns in school and you have no clear idea of just how prevalent the problem is?
The school also offers programs showing that, according to research, "students think that other students drink much more than they do, " and therefore "you don't need to go out there and try to keep up, " Rogers said.
Princeton students seemed to think that the Dartmouth team was at fault, and Dartmouth students seemed to think that Princeton team was at fault.
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Research-driven business schools can help students to think this way because research helps us understand underlying fundamentals.
Ms Harris said the study "encourages students to think scientifically outside the school classroom and it also broadens their understanding of climate change".
"Persuading students to think well of themselves despite having performed poorly" may lead them to become complacent and do worse, the study says.
Hartle said this change could be seen as desirable, prompting graduate and professional school students to think more carefully about the costs of their education.
Many dons and politicians, as well as students, think that the government's policy on loans and fees is thwarting its own ambition to widen access to Britain's universities.
Ask the students to think about it for a moment.
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New York City and state officials have long warned that test scores likely would drop as the state switched to a test based on new standards that force students to think more critically.
In a test of creativity, researchers asked 145 students to think of as many unusual uses as possible for such common items as a brick or toothpick, then divided them randomly into four groups.
Their teacher, Alice Lee, hopes the experience will encourage the students to think twice about the food they waste - many of them throw away their school lunches and eat instant noodles from the tuck shop instead, she says.
Academically Adrift addresses whether college students learn to think critically and solve problems, while In the Basement laments how ill-prepared students flounder in literature classes.
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Students learn to think analytically and critically, not just to reference current or past business practice.
Still, the best students do sometimes think about costs when they choose where to go.
"We've done a little something extra we think students will enjoy, " continued Limp.
The banality of what is taught is quite astounding, and I think students leave with no real appreciation.
Interestingly, those students primed to think of God could endure much more discomfort and swilled twice as much sour juice.
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Some think students should be taught a common set of concepts and tested frequently to make sure they've absorbed them.
For one, many young adults and students need to think about paying for the biggest expenses of their lifetime, such as a new car, home or post-secondary education.
As a business school within a research university, we have a mandate to not just teach what's in the textbook, but to teach students how to think about observations.
Students tended to think maths leads to teaching or accountancy, when it could mean a career in Formula 1 racing, code-breaking or journalism, a spokeswoman for the consortium said.
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