Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 10, 2025

I recently worked with a newly hired AI educational developer at my institution to create an online assignment in a second year online undergraduate course in biological anthropology with over 300 students. The learning objective was to develop students critical thinking skills in relation to AI generated material.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Critical Thinking Teaching Education 130

Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 13, 2024

The educational model was started in medical schools where clinical scenarios required students to think practically and collaboratively to develop important critical thinking skills. The VMP content spans the subfields of biological anthropology (evolutionary, primatology), and archaeology.

Archaeology 264

Archaeology Anthropology Museum Pedagogy 264

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching. Introduction: Multimodal anthropology and the politics of invention.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy 130

Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured. Three challenges in teaching anthropology. References Bastide, H.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Archaeology Museum 130

Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To his point, I find the current slew of handwashing videos on YouTube and other sites to be excellent resources for anthropology class projects, and utilize several in an activity that nurtures introductory students’ skills in critical thinking and observation.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Cultures Psychology 130

Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Intended Readership The book is intended for scholars and students in anthropology, environmental studies, and animal studies, particularly those with interests in human-environment relations, multispecies ethnography, and human-animal relations.

Anthropology 40

Anthropology Humanities Cultures Geography 40

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A wide range of departments including engineering, anthropology, classics, history, English, sociology and philosophy participate in its teaching. Celebrated innovators such as Einstein, Ada Lovelace and Steve Jobs credit the intersection of disciplines for their inventive thinking. And it is not an “engineering course for humanists.”.

Humanities 89

Humanities Social Science Sociology Anthropology 89