Teaching Anthropology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

A few years ago, as I was researching culture change across generations, I brought my research into the classroom by asking students to do some research in their own families. Embodied space (s) anthropological theories of body, space, and culture. Space and culture , 6(1), 9-18. New York: Penguin Random House. Nicolson, P.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Roberts (@DoctorDRoberts) July 17, 2018. — Frank Bonsal III (@FrankBonsal) July 17, 2018. — The ExCITe Center (@excitecenter) July 17, 2018. — Carly Croman (@carly_croman) July 17, 2018. — Sunanna T Chand (@SunannaC) July 17, 2018. This is the path to true change and growth!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A 10th grader, above, answers a question in one of those classes, which offers black history and culture along with social-emotional lessons and academic and college advice. Throughout the city, the black male graduation rate jumped from 46 percent in 2010 to 69 percent in 2018. “It shows that it works.”

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

We hope to share some of these examples at the SXSW and SXSW EDU conferences in March 2018 – but first, we need your help. The post Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas appeared first on Digital Promise. This year, Digital Promise has proposed a record 15 (!) Participants will walk away with new ideas!

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2022

I recently picked up “ Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News ” by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins (2018). Toward the end of the first chapter, the authors describe a scene from Star Wars where C-3PO turns to R2-D2 as they’re under siege by a corridor full of stormtroopers and says, “We’re doomed.”

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The research, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , offers fresh insights into this ancient game and its cultural significance. 2024 A Global History of Ancient Games Board games have been part of human culture for millennia. The Fifty-Eight holes board from Çapmalı W. Crist et al.,

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

TNTP researchers plunged into a giant pool of data housed at Stanford University that tracked hundreds of millions of students’ scores on state tests at more than half the elementary and middle schools in the nation from 2009 to 2018.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) study across approximately 30 countries found that teens who said they most often read paper books scored considerably higher on a 2018 reading test taken by 15-year-olds compared to teens who said they rarely or never read books. As one gap closes, another one opens.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

percent) during the 2018-19 school year to 846 out of 1,637 students (51.7 In 2018, scores were higher still, with 24 percent of students meeting ELA standards and 15 percent meeting math standards. We are always constantly trying to build a stronger school culture," she said. "In percent) in 2021-22. In 2021-22, 6.5

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

We initiate prospective faculty members into a culture of snobbism and hierarchy. Integrate into graduate preparation knowledge about the history, philosophy and culture of U.S. ’s ‘culture of snobbism and hierarchy’ appeared first on The Hechinger Report. higher education.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The response from readers was unlike any he had experienced, prompting him to expand his ideas into a book, B t Jobs: A Theory , first published in 2018. Graeber’s book is conversational in style, drawing on history, literature, sociology, anthropology, and pop culture to support his arguments.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Archaeologists do not in any noteworthy way direct armies, shape economies, write laws, or imprison or free people from bondage (McGuire, 2018). style='mso-element:field-begin'> TOC o "1-4" h z u Archaeology of power and identity: the political use of the discipline. can be derived along the axis of power.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Technology, the pursuit of innovation, and advancements in research have fundamentally changed the learning culture in many schools for the better. In his meta-analysis of over 300 research studies, John Hattie found that direct instruction has above average gains when it comes to student results, specifically an effect size of 0.59.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. They argue that the practice of policing Indigenous students’ graduation attire is symptomatic of an education system woefully ignorant of, and insensitive to, Native culture.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

By recruiting and then mentoring new teachers of color, listening to these teachers’ requests, supporting the development of culturally responsive curricula and promoting educators of color into administrative and district leadership positions, Phoenix Union is getting steadily closer to aligning its teacher and student populations.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In 2018, a researcher recruited more than 300 volunteer “Squirrel Sighters” to conduct the Central Park Squirrel Census. MULTISPECIES DISCRIMINATION Our study refutes the notion that black squirrels are more aggressive than gray ones—at least for the resident rodents of Central Park in 2018.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Her watchwords are “cultural humility, cultural relevance and the cultural landscape.” As a [white] teacher coming in 30 years ago, I was not prepared for working with Native American students and their culture. Making sure the kids know their culture — it’s not easy,” she said. “ or name another tribe.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Excavations starting in 2018 unearthed artifacts and charcoal samples, enabling precise radiocarbon dating. Through outreach efforts, the team works closely with local residents to share findings and preserve cultural heritage. Together with students from Peru and the U.S., 1 Toohey, J.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2023

When children have exposure to school leaders from a variety of cultures, they do better both in K-12 classrooms and in our communities. When children have exposure to school leaders from a variety of cultures, they demonstrate better outcomes both in K-12 classrooms and in our communities. These adults connected with me culturally.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Cultivating a Culture One day during my English class, Khalil, one of my sixth grade students, created a live soundtrack to accompany my lesson on mentor sentences. The combination of our classroom culture and reading growth achievement earned our class the 2018 Southwest Ohio Teach For America Classroom of the Year Award.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Answering a question in front of the class activates the same fight or flight response as if a “tiger was in a classroom” (Posey, 2018). Nate combats this by consciously working to build — and maintain — a culture of respect in his classroom. References CAST (2018). Problem-solving and reasoning are important beyond math!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

Between 2008 and 2018, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities’ six-year graduation rate for American Indian and Alaska Native students more than doubled, from 27 percent to 69 percent. The six-year graduation rate for all students at public universities in 2018 was around 47 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

In December, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture described the predicament as “extremely disconcerting.” Unlike their Finnish counterparts, Japanese teens improved upon their 2018 PISA scores in every subject despite the Covid-19 disruption. teacher and parent living in Finland, I understand the concern.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

Lourdes Torrey was only a few weeks into her first year at the University of Missouri in 2018 when she heard a white student in the dorm room next to hers use the N-word. She said she was told that was “just physics culture,” and no action was taken to discipline the student. “It Credit: Lourdes Torrey. I changed majors.”. “I

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Society for Classical Studies

JULY 17, 2024

It is promoted by the International Association ETYGRAM ( [link] ) devoted to the study of indigenous (or “emic”) ancient Greek etymologies and follows three editions in 2016, 2018, 2021. It is rather a cultural construction, which is both an art of punning and an attempt to uncover deep semantic motivations.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Over the few weeks of the World Cup in 2018, the games were inescapable, as they will be again this November and December. Sports and Culturally Responsive Teaching My school sits just six miles from the border with Mexico, and many of my students cross that border daily to attend school in the United States.

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Pedagogy and Formation

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cairney, 2018, p.30). Collectively, this perspective seeks to create “…classroom life with the potential to ‘speak’ to our students about what is important in the world of the classroom and school, and consequently, what matters in the world” (Cairney, 2018, p.31). Why is Double Listening Important for Terachers?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When he and his colleagues began putting together the College Welcome Guide , which analyzed data from more than 4,000 colleges and universities to give prospective students insight into the culture and political atmosphere on campuses, the idea of making it an interactive tool seemed far-fetched.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In a new study published this summer, pre-K educators in New York City saw clear benefits to students speaking multiple languages but found that more professional development and support was needed to fully embrace those languages and cultures in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2024

Related: Culture wars on campus start to affect students’ choices for college Admitted applicants considering whether or not to enroll are also sent bingo-style checkoff cards with images of hiking, ski and cowboy boots. “Embrace the wilderness, embrace the axe,” it says. We want them to know they won’t be criticized for their beliefs.”

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Political Science Now

APRIL 8, 2024

Regions that were historically peripheral, often marked by distinctive dialects and cultural traits, developed a collective self-perception of marginality and lower status. It highlights the importance of historical cultural divides, especially those rooted in linguistic differences, in shaping current political behaviors and preferences.

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Pedagogy and Formation

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Cairney, 2018, p.30). Collectively, this perspective seeks to create “…classroom life with the potential to ‘speak’ to our students about what is important in the world of the classroom and school, and consequently, what matters in the world” (Cairney, 2018, p.31). What is ‘Double Listening’?

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

His particular focus and subsequent publication about the Gimi concerned their medical beliefs and practices, but not until 2018 did Nansi and Len publish their beautifully illustrated Among the Gimi: Fieldwork as Personal Experience. Len Glick’s contributions to the cultural and intellectual life of that area of Massachusetts will be missed.

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 18, 2024

Anthropology has long been celebrated as a discipline that offers profound insights into human cultures, societies, and behaviors. 2018) The “adjunctification” of labor in academia has also exacerbated these problems. Speakman et al.,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Following full-scale implementation of a proficiency-based system in 2011, postsecondary enrollment increased to 71 percent by 2018, up from an average rate of 59 percent over the 10 years prior to the district’s shift to personalized, competency-based learning. Related: OPINION: Post pandemic, it’s time for a bold overhaul of U.S.

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