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Multimodal ethnographies for teaching anthropological sensibilities

Teaching Anthropology

I think that writing multimodally might be anthropology’s key contribution to contemporary critical pedagogies that challenge dominant narratives and empower marginalized communities. Basic Books. Smith (eds.), Handbook of Visual Communication (pp. Levi-Strauss, C. The Savage Mind. University of Chicago Press. Levi-Strauss, C.

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National Teach Truth Day of Action Press Call Highlights

Zinn Education Project

The Day of Action is cosponsored by more than 65 prominent racial and social justice organizations. There were over 4,000 instances of book bans in the first half of this school year, according to PEN America’s April 2024 report, Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis. Here are highlights from the remarks.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

million book images from the Internet Archive. . We’d have a variety of Social Studies simulations and games available to us. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. I could garner ideas from the City University of New York’s American Social History Project.

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The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed Freire

TeachThought

Through this lens, educators are inspired to forge collaborative and critical learning spaces, recognizing the agency and lived experiences of learners. From the outset, her efforts must coincide with those of the students to engage in critical thinking and the quest for mutual humanization.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. Yet the internet and reference books teem with professionally endorsed lists of so-called gifted traits. In panel after panel, experts and educators wrung their hands and proffered solutions.

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Practicing What We Preach: Using Inquiry to Design a Social Studies Methods Class

C3 Teachers

Within this perspective, a sustained commitment to social justice or abolitionist teaching may dictate a “certain kind” of education that pushes back against oppression and the status quo (Hill Collings, p. 6; Love, 2019). than to disclose their perspective on abortion.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024 Event Highlights

Zinn Education Project

Arkansas Helena-West Helena Interactive Teach Truth pop-up display table, discussion about banned books, and action planning to “Teach the Truth” throughout the year and county. The Teach Truth pop-up with banned books will remain on display in the library/museum. Here are descriptions and photos from some of the events.