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Active learning as a pedagogical strategy to enhance the learning of anthropology

Teaching Anthropology

Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured. References Bastide, H. Three challenges in teaching anthropology. Bierema, L.

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Research shows lower test scores for fourth graders who use tablets in schools

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: “We see a lot of spending everywhere on tablets, computers, counting the ratio of computers per student,” said Helen Lee Bouygues, who founded the Reboot Foundation in 2018. . ” Reboot aims to increase the teaching of critical thinking in schools and by parents at home.

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A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

The Hechinger Report

Jane Robbins, a lawyer and senior fellow at the American Principles Project who has written critically about mastery-based education, said she finds the checklist nature of the system anti-intellectual. While it may work to improve math skills, it is unlikely to help students advance in the humanities, she said.

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Is Estonia the new Finland?

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, Estonia’s 15-year-olds ranked 11 th in math and reading and sixth in science out of the 65 countries that participated in an international test that compares educational systems from around the world, called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA. “We It has worked.”.

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Harvard Law grad helps low-income kids aim high

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: “‘You guys have really high grades, so we expect you to be able to at least go to a SUNY,’” Mejia recalls staff telling the group. ‘“But A 2012 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that most high-achieving low-income students don’t apply to any competitive colleges.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

People disagree over whether it should be measured in absolute or relative terms; whether there is a limit to the proportion of humanity that is gifted; whether giftedness can be cultivated; whether it must be backed up by achievement; and whether it should include athletic abilities.

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Police education is broken. Can it be fixed?

The Hechinger Report

We should treat it more like a classroom setting where we’re allowed to ask questions and use critical thinking skills.”. Last year, Northeastern University partnered with the Cambridge Police Department to open a police academy for recruits from across Massachusetts, based on a philosophy of valuing people and human life.

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