The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

She worked 40 hours a week on top of school and ended up changing her major, which was originally business management economics. “I Disabatino, now a UCSC junior double-majoring in psychology and anthropology and also the first in her low-income family to go to college, said: “I kind of felt like a deer in the headlights.”.

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Anthropology Psychology Tradition High School 142

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

But we also need to think about, ‘what are the outcomes beyond completion, in terms of economic mobility, first job, employment outcomes?’. We also need to think about, what are the outcomes beyond completion, in terms of economic mobility, first job, employment outcomes?” It’s an ‘and’ solution,” she said.

Anthropology 94

Anthropology Economics Psychology Humanities 94

Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

The two concepts are often combined in anthropological writings and they have a close and complex historical relationship. As the antiquity of man became established in the mid-nineteenth century and anthropological inquiry began to focus on evolutionary questions, the need for better data became clear.

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Anthropology Cultures Tradition Psychology 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2024

Psychology students studying behavior change helped the campus dining hall adopt a practice of offering half, full and double portions to cut down on food waste. This class has two overarching goals,” said Sheridan, who studied anthropology and sustainable development as an undergraduate before pursuing a doctorate in business.

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Anthropology Economics Psychology Library 133

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

She was sitting in front of a desktop Dell in a converted brownstone in New York City, clicking through lessons in an online psychology class about stress, when she heard the word “resilience” for the first time. She completely lacked interest in and motivation for her anthropology coursework, which she had previously loved.

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Anthropology Psychology Economics Tradition 90

Sapiens

JANUARY 9, 2024

The idea of “Man the Hunter” runs deep within anthropology, convincing people that hunting made us human, only men did the hunting, and therefore evolutionary forces must only have acted upon men. Such depictions are found not only in media, but in museums and introductory anthropology textbooks too.

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Archaeology Anthropology Humanities Museum 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

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Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 126