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Bringing Anthropological Concepts to Life in a Virtual Peer Exchange

Teaching Anthropology

In this instance, the online platform Flip enabled cross-institutional, cross-border student interactions to discuss cultural similarities and differences— core subject matter of anthropology. Seventy undergraduate Anthropology students at The University of the West Indies (UWI) St.

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The Emic Perspective of Generative AI

Teaching Anthropology

For anyone who has been teaching anthropology over the last two years, the latter will be of no surprise to you. (As As we all teach in our Introduction to Anthropology classes, the emic perspective is essential for understanding a cultural practice. We are the discipline of anthropology. Chloe Beckett, M.A.,

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What Does Blended Learning Look Like in an AP Class?

Catlin Tucker

You can find a great list of web tools on Catlin’s blog. She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology. She began writing a blog called “A Blended Learning Journey” to share her experiences implementing blended learning.

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

Teaching Anthropology

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. Teaching Anthropology 1 (2), pp.

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Learning How to Wash Your Hands in Anthropology Class 

Teaching Anthropology

In a 1934 lecture on techniques of the body, for example, Marcel Mauss argued that studies of movement should attend concomitantly to biological, sociological and psychological facets. Anthropologists and others have long been drawn to the pragmatics and theoretics of hygiene.

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Next Steps: My Career Moving Forward

Anthropology 365

I had taken a couple of courses in anthropology and was excited by the fact that doing anthropology allowed me to engage in all of my interests: biology, conservation, ecology, and how humans fit in the world. I promised her that I would go back to school and complete my bachelor’s degree.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

Sciences of learning recognizes that many sciences inform our understanding of how people learn, such as neuroscience, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and more. These terms represent distinct research traditions and inform our understanding in different and complementary ways.