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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. In the best case scenario, a student would be exposed to media literacy practices and concepts throughout the day, in math classes and science classes, not just in English and social sciences.”.

Teaching

Teaching Civics K-12 Social Science

PROOF POINTS: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

“These humanities fields are down to unprecedented levels,” said Rob Townsend, director of humanities, arts and culture programs at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Pure sciences like physics and chemistry are included in the liberal arts and sciences but not the humanities. It’s worrisome.”.

Humanities

Humanities Economics History Psychology

Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The idea to lower the voting age came about following the Oakland teachers’ strikes in February 2019, according to Lukas Brekke-Miesner, executive director of Oakland Kids First, one of the nonprofits involved in the campaign. Heather Van Benthuysen, director, Chicago Public Schools Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement.

Civics

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Journalist Natalie Wexler, author of the 2019 book The Knowledge Gap, said the study ought to spark a re-evaluation of the usual approach to reading comprehension in schools, which frequently focuses on skills, such as asking students to find the main idea and make inferences. Content is hard.

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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

So in the fall of 2019 and the winter of 2020, I worked with a talented team of videographers and producers to fan out to schools across the country—in Indiana, California, Florida and Massachusetts—to capture short documentary videos of classroom teachers.

Local History

Local History Civics Lesson Plan Social Science

Short Course: Studying Causal Mechanisms Using In-Depth Case Studies (QMMR D)

Political Science Now

AUGUST 14, 2024

Studying Causal Mechanisms Using In-Depth Case Studies (QMMR D) Half Day Short Course 9:00am – 1:00pm The study of causal mechanisms (aka causal processes) is ubiquitous in the social sciences. that grievances are linked to democratization through social mobilization).

Social Science

Social Science Political Science Research

Three Political Science Professors Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Political Science Now

APRIL 17, 2024

Each year, the Guggenheim Foundation awards approximately 175 fellowships to individuals making their mark in the social sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts. He is also an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science where his office is located.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

This was in early 2019. Students have also been asked to use the platform to make presentations for English or social science classes, she adds. But the pair also didn’t want to reduce collaboration online to a dry, empty Google Doc, either. Or a lesson on variables through building a game where you have to keep score.”

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Learn More About: To Be a Radical: How Intersectional Organizing Remade Social Movements

Political Science Now

AUGUST 22, 2024

Jackson has written peer-reviewed articles at Public Culture, Politics, Groups, and Identities , Social Science Quarterly , and the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy.

Political Science

Political Science Social Science Cultures Research

Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Steven V. Miller

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The most recent year for which it has data is 2019. Thus, I want to focus on just a few years: let’s say 2014 to 2019. That will explain the arguments of start = 2014 and end = 2019 you see in the code above. 0.626 NA #> 6 Afghanistan AF AFG 2019 97.7 NA #> 2 Albania AL ALB 2019 100 -7.91

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Library Economics Social Science Government

Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 12, 2022

Social Science Quarterly* #> 93(5): 1202–17. #> Peace Economics, Peace Science and #> Public Policy* 24(1). #> What Americans Think about Gun Control: Evidence from the #> General Social Survey, 1972-2016.” Social Science Quarterly* 100(1): #> 272–88. #> > #> Gibler, Douglas M.,

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The story behind the internet’s most viral (and misunderstood) political meme

Strange Maps

MARCH 3, 2025

A moral circle is a concept in philosophy and the social sciences that represents the groups of people and entities one considers worthy of moral concern. in Nature Communications , 26 September 2019. On the left, a heat map of conservative “moral circles”, focused on the inner ones. Credit : A. Credit : A.

Social Science

Social Science Research History Humanities

Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Students in upper elementary and beyond “do little writing in or out of school for academic purposes” (Graham & Harris, 2019). Writing-to-learn activities incorporated in math, science, and social science improved the quality of learning in those subjects (Graham, Kiuhara & MacKay, 2020).

K-12

K-12 Psychology Social Science Social Studies

OPINION: We can make math less traumatic by ensuring every student is on the right pathway

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Enter “ Branching Out: Designing High School Math Pathways for Equity ,” a 2019 Just Equations report by Phil Daro and Harold Asturias, who highlight the development of what they call “branch” pathways. These pathways are rigorous options for students who want to pursue fields such as public service, media, law or design.

Tradition

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How one small college exemplifies higher education’s problems and potential solutions

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Emmanuel’s undergraduate enrollment fell 14 percent last fall compared to the fall of 2019, to 1,775 students, after the college decided to go virtual because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Emmanuel’s top undergraduate majors are now in science and health, edging out the humanities and social sciences.

Library

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Alan Harwood

Anthropology News

AUGUST 23, 2024

He was department chair for three different terms that spanned the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and for a time was Director of Core Curriculum, and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, for the College of Arts and Sciences.

Anthropology

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Member Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Stein, College of Southern Nevada

Political Science Now

JUNE 5, 2024

Meet Dr. Matthew Stein APSA Member since 2018-Present Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences College of Southern Nevada How did you learn about APSA? The (amazing) chair of the political science department, Robin Kolodny, ensured that doctoral students and candidates had APSA memberships.

Political Science

Political Science Civic Engagement Social Science Civics

First Things First When Teaching Civic Education

MPSA

MARCH 30, 2022

Since that time, I have not had the opportunity teach Introduction to Political Science again. However, this semester I have begun teaching a new Teaching Civic Engagement course for Social Science Education majors seeking to be middle- and high-school teachers. Bob Grover and Rob Catlett. 

Civics

Civics Civic Engagement Teaching Political Science

Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Recent years have seen extensive discussion over how to achieve scientific progress in the social sciences. His most recent books are Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads: Technological Change and the Future of Politics (Princeton University Press, 2019) and Political Order and Inequality (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

Political Science

Political Science Economics Social Science Government

Colleges rebrand humanities majors as job-friendly

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

That has helped boost undergraduate and graduate enrollment in Georgia Techs Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts by 58 percent since 2019, to 1,884 students in 2023 the most recent period for which the figure is available. Before then, we were doing almost nothing to explain the value of the humanities, said Richard Utz, interim dean.

Humanities

Humanities Leadership Social Science Anthropology

Calculating faculty bias against conservative students

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2019

Relationships Between Grades and Ideology ,” in Toronto in May 2019 at the annual meeting of the AERA. The kind of individuality and creativity that college professors are looking for, particularly in the liberal arts and social sciences, might be more unfamiliar for conservative students, the researchers explained.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten

PROOF POINTS: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

Short Course: Studying Causal Mechanisms Using In-Depth Case Studies (QMMR D)

Three Political Science Professors Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

Learn More About: To Be a Radical: How Intersectional Organizing Remade Social Movements

Make Simple Cross-Sectional Data with World Bank Data (from {WDI})

Print References/Reading List/Bibliography in Your Syllabus (With Some Style) in R Markdown and {stevemisc}

The story behind the internet’s most viral (and misunderstood) political meme

Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

OPINION: We can make math less traumatic by ensuring every student is on the right pathway

How one small college exemplifies higher education’s problems and potential solutions

Alan Harwood

Member Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Stein, College of Southern Nevada

First Things First When Teaching Civic Education

Meet the New Editorial Team for the American Political Science Review (APSR)

Colleges rebrand humanities majors as job-friendly

Calculating faculty bias against conservative students

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