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The Emic Perspective of Generative AI

Teaching Anthropology

2022, among many). There have been course-grained sociological studies on students perceptions of AI (e.g. While AI has simply not been in the hands of students long enough to have longitudinal data on its impacts, there is a growing slew of research that touts it as a learning tool for non-traditional students (such as Dai et al.,

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Sociology Film Club

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A couple of years ago – November 2022 to be precise – we launched the Psychology Film Club as a way of offering our complete Psychology library of films to schools and colleges at a reasonable and affordable subscription rate (£25 a year or roughly 50p a week for access to what is currently 50+ […]

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Bringing Anthropological Concepts to Life in a Virtual Peer Exchange

Teaching Anthropology

Augustine campus in Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean, and Bridgewater State University (BSU) in Massachusetts, USA participated in a virtual peer-to-peer asynchronous exchange in 2022. About the Authors Shelene Gomes (she/her), PhD teaches Social Anthropology and the Sociology of Culture at the University of the West Indies, St.

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Math can be a path to success after prison

The Hechinger Report

A 2022 study found that women in prison education programs reported higher self-esteem, a greater sense of belonging and more hope for the future than women who had never been incarcerated and had not completed post-secondary education. Since 2020, he has published four academic papers: three in math and one in sociology.

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Play is crucial for middle schoolers, too

The Hechinger Report

Fairfax County schools implemented a recess period for all of its middle schools, starting in the 2022-23 school year. Rebecca London, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has studied what happens when educators add break or recess time for middle school students.

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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. Chamber of Commerce, in 2022 nearly 3 million fewer Americans were participating in the labor force compared to February of 2020.

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OPINION: Resuming universal standardized testing in America’s public schools would be ‘foolhardy’

The Hechinger Report

The federal National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as the Nation’s Report Card, has already been rescheduled from its planned start date this month to January 2022, at which point thousands of students across the country in grades 4 and 8 will be assessed in reading and mathematics.