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Persistent problems: A powerful paradigm for professional development

A Psychology Teacher Writes

This might play out differently dependent on the level of experience and expertise of each individual teacher: More novice teachers may lack awareness because they literally don’t see things in their classrooms that more expert teachers do (Wolff et al, 2016) and/or because they lack the mental models to analyse and interpret what is happening.

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What’s it like to teach psychology?

Jonathan Firth

My own school psychology textbooks, including books for the Higher and GCSE courses. There are also a wide range of resources for A-Level Psychology. I’ve been teaching Psychology at secondary school level for almost two decades. This article discusses routes into teaching the subject.

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From prison to dean’s list: How Danielle Metz got an education after incarceration

The Hechinger Report

Metz, who inherited the house, has lived there since she was released from prison in 2016. Even after President Barack Obama granted her clemency in 2016 , Metz believed she couldn’t go to college. At FCI Dublin, women were studying English literature, psychology and sociology when Metz first arrived.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Writing improves reading skills (Graham & Herbert, 2010; Shanahan, 2016). Writing-to-learn activities incorporated in math, science, and social science improved the quality of learning in those subjects (Graham, Kiuhara & MacKay, 2020). Graham, S., & Hebert, M. Harvard Educational Review , 81(4), 710-744.

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Trump plan would base student loans on employability

The Hechinger Report

percent in March 2016, for new arts, law and public policy graduates it was 8.5 Case Western Reserve senior Evangelina Din, 21, is majoring in cognitive science and psychology with a pre-med focus. “If you ask the public what’s most important in higher education, they say two things: ‘What does it cost?’