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

Teaching Anthropology

2019) and at raising learner satisfaction as they enjoy their courses more (Lumpkin et al., Anthropology modules appear in programs in three programs I have taught: Archaeology and Anthropology, Human Sciences, and Music. Learners’ engagement, active participation, and reflection are situated at the core of active learning.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me.

History 104
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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. to transition away from human slavery as its dependent workforce for crop production and infrastructure development.

Education 139
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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

[ Every week a ‘Monday Morning Message (MMM)’ email goes out to all doctoral students from a faculty or staff member in the CU Denver School of Education and Human Development. Please join Dr. Heather Johnson and me for one or both of our two Spring 2019 social media workshops for SEHD faculty and students! ].

Sociology 105
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Economists find free community college can backfire

The Hechinger Report

Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Proof Points. Of course, there are critics who disagree with an analysis that is focused on measuring completion of four-year degrees. “Free community college is first and foremost about getting them to come to college in the first place.”

Sociology 104
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The paradox of working while in college

The Hechinger Report

But it was publicly presented in Toronto in May 2019 at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Paul Attewell, a sociology and education professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the second author. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

Sociology 111
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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

By month’s end, there were 665 (including Reilly), which was more than double the college’s June 2019 applications. “We Missouri’s Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant, created in 2019 to target those 25 and older, has a “clawback” provision so students who don’t fulfill requirements must repay it as a loan with interest.

Economics 144