Sapiens

MARCH 5, 2024

An archaeologist explains how remains recently recovered from a cave in present-day Germany suggest that Neanderthals and modern humans populated Europe together for at least 10,000 years. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽

Humanities 142

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NCHE

MARCH 25, 2024

Very few scholarly books, including those that prove to be the most important and influential, ever reach the public; journal articles remain invisible. Some of those articles are written for mass-market publications, while others focus on specific topics and outlets ranging from nursing to Black culture to material artifacts.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 16, 2015

The best leaders are able to bring their people into the future because they engage in the oldest form of research: They observe the human condition." In his article he states that compelling visions can truly change the world. The authors explain that in order to effectively lead change, a shared vision has to be created. "

Leadership 402

Leadership Humanities Research Education 402

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

There is no substitute for real human interaction as this is the ultimate relationship builder. As I was researching for some solid pedagogical links, I came across this wonderful article that Todd Finley wrote for Edutopia titled Rethinking Whole Class Discussion. I am always inspired when I eavesdrop on these conversations.

Pedagogy 415

Pedagogy Tradition Research Humanities 415

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2025

By now, you may have seen the recent spate of articles bemoaning the plight of the novel, that outdated 18th-century technology that adults have long forsaken and that some schools are beginning to shrug off. If we want students to invest in the great, global conversation of the humanities, its going to take a bit of salespersonship.

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K-12 Pedagogy High School Cultures 136

Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A Washington Post article on the recent Iowa Democratic caucus fiasco states: Every aspect of election administration should be designed around all the ways that we, as humans, fail, and all the ways technology fails us. The technology, tools, machines, and systems must match human abilities and limitations. emphasis added].

Humanities 107

Humanities Leadership 107

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Inclusion in the general education classroom is a human right Abby Taylor recently earned her doctorate in special education at Vanderbilt University, where Douglas Fuchs, the author of the controversial paper, is a professor. This article is the first time Ive seen this complexity well represented. Taylor emailed me. My top concern?

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Research Education Psychology Human Rights 123

Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

That’s when British colonizers switched their trade focus from gold to human beings, and the trade of enslaved people intensified in West Africa and across the Atlantic. As Logan wrote in a 2016 American Anthropologist article , “chronic food insecurity is a condition that was made rather than a condition that has always been.”

Oral History 140

Oral History Archaeology Heritage History 140

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. An article appeared in the Global Post , which highlighted this portion of our trip. Once again they recorded their daily journey on the trip blo g.

Heritage 331

Heritage Artifacts High School History 331

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2010

The other day I was reading an article in the New York Times entitled " In Reassessing Schools, a Lot of Bad News to Break ". One is to complain, and it’s human nature to do that. The other is to say we need to do something dramatically more intensive and powerful to prepare our kids.

Professional Development 278

Professional Development Educational Technology Humanities Teaching 278

Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

I was trying to understand how humans and wildlifeparticularly javelinaslive together in messy, contested landscapes, shaped as much by perception and politics as by biology. Instead, Jon turned his deep grounding in genetics into a sharp critique of how science makes claims about human difference. By the time I left for a Ph.D.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Humanities Cultures History 98

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

An article by Jonathan Gottschall in Fast Company sums it up well: " Humans live in a storm of stories. I cannot overstate the importance of telling good stories to develop a new narrative in the education space. Science has shown how storytelling impacts the brain and aids in getting importance message across to diverse audiences.

Tradition 343

Tradition Humanities Teaching Research 343

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hirsch, a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, argues that democracy benefits when the citizenry shares a body of knowledge and history, which he calls cultural literacy. These ideas have revived interest in E.D. Hirschs Core Knowledge curriculum, which gained popularity in the late 1980s.

Teaching 136

Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 136

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. The symposium will be led by the Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Review , George Andreopoulos (CUNY John Jay and Graduate Center), and the Pedagogical Section Editor for Human Rights Review , Steven D.

Human Rights 42

Human Rights Pedagogy Humanities Political Science 42

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Thanks to discoveries in the fields of organizational psychology and neuroscience, we can gain a better understanding of what human traits or behaviors are best suited for leadership, and why they are of benefit to the organizations and teams these individuals lead. Integrity There might not be a more critical focus than this one.

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Leadership Psychology Cultures Humanities 323

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2017

In his article he states the following: " The fast-paced, dynamic world of rapid change that used to be confined to distressed organizations is now everyone’s world. Mark Bilton goes on in his article to describe the five pillars of authentic leadership: collaboration, vision, empathy, groundedness, and ethics.

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Leadership Humanities Cultures Research 259

Sapiens

APRIL 9, 2025

This article was originally published at Knowable Magazine and has been republished under Creative Commons. Artificial intelligence, too, can struggle to use interjections well, she notes, making them the best way to distinguish between a computer and a real human. They should be taught. The post Huh?

History 117

History Humanities Research Teaching 117

Sapiens

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. The error perhaps was in believing that this was a single event in a linear, evolutionary understanding of humanity through time. The findings offer essential clues about gender roles and social structures in ancient Europe.

Archaeology 108

Archaeology Archiving Anthropology Leadership 108

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. This article is a part of The Conversation’s series on unique courses. For other articles in this series, read here and here. Today’s college students may benefit from an exciting array of subjects to study.

Humanities 92

Humanities Social Science Sociology Anthropology 92

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nilsson is an English teacher by training, but he has embraced the “digital humanities,” teaching students how to code to answer questions about books, speeches, news coverage, rap lyrics and more. The post Students analyze rap lyrics with code in digital humanities class appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Subscribe today!

Humanities 111

Humanities K-12 Tradition Private School 111

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 13, 2018

Of course, you have, as this is just a part of human nature. Image credit In a recent article Joani Junkala shares some great thoughts on the importance of stepping outside our comfort zones. In our personal lives, complacency can result if we are happy or content with where we are.

Cultures 281

Cultures Tradition Humanities Education 281

Anthropology.net

JULY 6, 2024

Were humans or climate change responsible for these losses? The Role of Human Hunting Researchers from the Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO) at Aarhus University have concluded that human hunting played a decisive role in these extinctions.

Humanities 84

Humanities Archaeology History Cultures 84

TeachThought

APRIL 5, 2024

Flip humanizes remote learning because students can see and hear each other. And from this article, you’ve had the chance to learn about eight of them. As their teacher, you use the tool to pose prompts or questions, and in response, the students record video clips to share their reflections, thoughts, or presentations.

Interactive Learning 324

Interactive Learning Tradition Humanities Teaching 324

Strange Maps

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The UN’s 2022 Human Development Index: green is “very high” (>0.8), yellow is “high” (0.7-0.799), Reddit contributor zzz_ch has drawn a revised version of the map, using data from the UN’s 2023 Human Development Index (HDI) as a yardstick. Whatever the right answer, things have changed since 1980.

Economics 88

Economics Humanities 88

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2019

In the last few months, I have read several articles about increasing pushback against the use of technology in schools. In part, I can understand the fears articulated in each of these articles because I see some serious problems with the way technology is being used in schools. #1 1 Technology is often used to isolate learners.

Humanities 166

Humanities Education 166

The Effortful Educator

MARCH 17, 2025

I have my thoughts on thisbut Ill save that for another article. : ) And, of course, students have discovered AIs capabilities. If teachers are not considering how humans learn when designing what, where, and why humans learnthe classroom and the lesson could be incredibly inefficient and ineffective.

Humanities 93

Humanities Lesson Plan Professional Development Research 93

Strange Maps

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The precursor and inspiration for Rail Baltica was a curious event that occurred on August 23, 1989, when up to 2 million people linked hands across Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia — then still part of the Soviet Union — to form the longest human chain in history. More on that here. Credit : Laimonis Stīpnieks, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Economics 106

Economics Humanities History 106

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2011

In an article for SEEN Magazine Dr. Daggett provides some nice working definitions for these two terms: Rigor - Academic rigor refers to learning in which students demonstrate a thorough in-depth mastery of challenging tasks to develop cognitive skills through reflective thought, analysis, problem solving, evaluation or creativity.

Professional Development 224

Professional Development Leadership High School History 224

Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This piece, written by Jack Wippell, covers the new article by Tabitha Bonilla, “The Influence of Partisanship on Assessments of Promise Fulfillment and Accountability.” In her recent APSR article, Tabitha Bonilla examines how partisan biases influence voter perceptions of accountability and promise-keeping.

Political Science 55

Political Science Sociology Humanities Cultures 55

Political Science Now

AUGUST 26, 2024

The prize committee thought that the article was innovative, as it challenges our conceptions of valuable components of grading. The article focuses on how to assess learning gains through student effort and engagement as opposed to summative demonstration of knowledge only.

Political Science 53

Political Science Education Pedagogy Leadership 53

Moler's Musing

APRIL 11, 2025

Annotate & Tell From there, we jumped into an Annotate & Tell using two primary sourcesnewspaper articles from 1818 and 1825 celebrating the cotton gin. Theyre human first. It sparked some great thinking. Was he a hero? A magician? Not property, not background characters in someone elses story.

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Primary Sources History Humanities Government 98

Edthena

MARCH 6, 2025

Thats the question explored in the recent Education Week article, “Can AI Effectively Coach Teachers?” “The AI experience is just one tool in coaches arsenalsits meant to reinforce reflection and goal-setting done with human coaches,” she said. In the news Can artificial intelligence effectively coach teachers?

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Humanities Tradition Teaching 52

Political Science Now

MARCH 28, 2024

The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us By Geoff Dancy , University of Toronto and Christopher J. Fariss , University of Michigan Where is the human rights discourse most resonant? Read the full article. The answer to both questions, our research suggests, is “yes.”

Human Rights 63

Human Rights Humanities Political Science Economics 63

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

And if it works, the project raises a host of existential questions about what role human researchers — the workforce that powers much of higher education — would play in the future. And even when humans do the research, all of the work happens on a computer. For one thing, it is highly structured.

Library 128

Library Humanities Research Teaching 128

Geography Education

MAY 1, 2024

’ This article highlights great, everyday examples that shows how cultural patterns and processes change and why they matter. In an analogous example to those given in the article, Mexicans are very proud of their cuisine, but must remember that nothing is created in cultural or geographic isolation.

Heritage 130

Heritage Cultures Economics Tradition 130

Anthropology.net

MAY 2, 2025

The approach allows archaeologists to pinpoint events within the span of a single human life—offering a more intimate view of history. “On a generation scale, you can tell a human story,” said Erik Marsh, a radiocarbon expert based in Argentina. In AAAS Articles DO Group. But this precision comes at a cost.

Archaeology 53

Archaeology Artifacts Humanities History 53

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2024

The new large language model was created by harvesting 300 billion words from books, articles and online writing, which include racist falsehoods and reflect writers’ implicit biases. AI and humans scored essays differently by race and ethnicity “Diff” is the difference between the average score given by humans and GPT-4o in this experiment.

Research 135

Research Humanities High School Education 135