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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

The effect of learning spaces on various behaviors—territoriality, crowding, situational and personal space—has been the focus of some sociological and environment behavioral research. The consensus of this research is that the space itself has physical, social, and psychological effects. Psychological Science, 25(7), 1362–1370.

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Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program

The Hechinger Report

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. He said he believes Missouri’s program, first offered in 2014, was among the first in the country. For almost as long as there have been wars, there have been people who study veterans.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. Nick Davis: currently a World Studies, AP Psychology and Black Studies teacher at Von Steuben High School in Chicago.

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At Georgia State, black students find comfort and academic success

The Hechinger Report

When I went to meet with him, he helped me with studying, with finding more resources and with stress management,” said Shields, 23, a psychology major. By 2014, for lower-income students (those eligible for a federal Pell grant), it reached 51 percent — nearly the same as for non-Pell students.

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Teaching to the student, not the test

The Hechinger Report

The show has everything — sociology, psychology, interpersonal relations, ethics,” says Barile, who is in her 24th year of teaching. “We In 2014, the high school was chosen as the top urban high school in America by the National Center for Urban School Transformation. We watch the show and dissect it.”. percent in 2009 to 87.9

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Nearly all the seniors at this charter school went to college. Only 6 out of 52 finished on time

The Hechinger Report

psychology class. In 2014, Pierre enlisted in the Air Force, intending to use his salary and the G.I. She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates. while she puzzled over psychology homework in the one hour she had to spare.

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Are traditional admission policies increasing racial inequality?

The Hechinger Report

He got his associate’s degree from Essex County Community College and transferred to Rutgers, which he chose for its connection to Newark and so he could study with urban historian Clement Price (who died in 2014). There’s sociological, economic, political issues in it. Related: The realities of being black at one Texas university.