Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Discovering Emotion in Ancient Mesopotamia From the flutter of "butterflies in the stomach" to the weight of a "heavy heart," emotions are often tied to physical sensations in modern cultures. But how did ancient humans experience and describe these feelings? PDF Link : Academia.edu Sadness and Grief in Akkadian Texts Author : I.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 2, 2021

Other inventions are within our grasp such as flying cars, driverless vehicles, and computers so powerful they have the operating capacity of the human brain. To learn more, get your copy of my new book on Amazon. Things are moving fast in our world. In the words of the wise Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Leading the transition from 20th century to 21st century schools includes attention to the human toll it takes when such large changes are being required. Students deserve leaders willing who are willing to extend themselves beyond their comfort zones in order to create a culture that aligns with a new vision for learning.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This suggests that children may have recognized and elaborated upon the figurative potential of their own creations, blending play and representation in a uniquely human way. Children, Metaphorical Thinking, and Upper Paleolithic Visual Cultures Author : Nowell, A. Journal : Evolutionary Human Sciences , 2020. DOI : 10.1017/ehs.2020.37

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies.

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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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first. Weve all been there.

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2024

Holding several new books, I was transported back to my high school years, a time before smartphones and social media, when I would cautiously approach the gay and lesbian section of my local bookstore. Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books.”

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Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

After five years of research and writing, I am pleased to announce that my first book is under contract with University of Texas Press. Below is an excerpt from my book prospectus. Living with Javelinas explores how humans and nonhumans can coexist in ways that respect the autonomy and agency of all beings involved.

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Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

.” But if you happen to live in a place where conversations about race are allowed or even encouraged in school, or if you’ve decided that it’s worth it to try despite the risk — I’m here to recommend two books that will be incredibly helpful companions in that work.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

The only thing though is that this day was just like any other typical day at my school as digital learning has become an embedded component of our school''s culture. Works of art and architecture, not unlike historical documents, biographies, or works of fiction, are a testament to particular cultures and historical events.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 23, 2024

In the vast tapestry of human history, certain discoveries emerge as seismic shifts, reshaping our understanding of our origins and the paths we've traversed. Mithen's holistic approach, spanning disparate realms of inquiry, forms a tapestry of evidence that paints a vivid portrait of humanity's nascent linguistic capabilities.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

I’ve been reading popular management books and academic literature in pursuit of answers. Shuck is a professor of human resource and organizational development at the University of Louisville and co-founder of the start-up OrgVitals. Right now, culture is probably the most important thing that leaders can be thinking about.

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 11, 2025

The first 100 teacher attendees to register and attend will receive a free copy of one of the books listed above. Register Robert Cohen is professor of History and Social Studies in New York Universitys Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. ASL interpretation provided.

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ASHP CML

APRIL 10, 2025

Last week, the ASHP was one of many organizations and individuals suddenly notified about the termination of grants funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Its state humanities councils bring reading programs, traveling exhibits, and authors to some of the country’s most rural corners.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

We know that these disparities can shrink when patients are cared for by doctors who share their cultural backgrounds and lived experiences. For many students, seeing doctors who look like them featured in posters or books can challenge internalized doubts and dismantle societal messages that suggest they dont belong in medicine.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Maybe you believe gender fluidity has always been a part of human existence and that those statistics only exist because we are just now getting around to naming and measuring it. Through his trainings, his resources, and now his book, he helps educators learn how to proactively create safe learning environments for LGBTQ+ young people.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schools need to tap into the same sense of wonder that led early humans to seek unifying stories to explain their place in the world — and teachers need to do more to incorporate myths, jokes and riddles into curriculum and teaching practices, from the earliest grades up through high school. You can't have a culture without having metaphors.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 15, 2018

Timeless Learning: How Imagination, Observation, and Zero-based Thinking Change Schools , a new book co-authored by myself, retired Albemarle County CTIO Ira Socol, and Albemarle County Lab Schools Principal Chad Ratliff, features these questions at its heart. What might they know? What skills might they have? What abilities?

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Geography Education

MAY 1, 2024

In a new book called La Cucina Italiana Non Esiste (literally “Italian Cuisine Does Not Exist”), food historian Alberto Grandi claims, among other things, that Italians only discovered tomato sauce when they emigrated to the Americas, where tomatoes are native, in the 19th century.” Or where your croissant is from?

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Digital Promise

JUNE 2, 2021

Some AI developers aim to make systems that can do things, like prepare food better and faster than humans, to replace the work of humans; while others want to make an AI system to work with and help humans. Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2024

However, such turns of phrase often betray a tendency to think of “computers” and of “LOGO” as agents that act directly on thinking and learning; they betray a tendency to reduce what are really the most important components of educational situations — people and cultures — to a secondary, facilitating role. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Teaching Anthropology

JUNE 12, 2023

London Anthropology day, 30 th June 2023, British Museum Are you fascinated by different cultures? Curious about human evolution? Take part in interactive workshops such as ‘Conspiracy Theories and Their Truths in Times of Confusion: Anthropological Perspectives’, ‘7 Million Years of Human Evolution in 45 Minutes!

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ED Surge

MARCH 17, 2022

Hollie’s work explores how students' culture impacts how they engage in the school environment. In this sense, culture transcends race and includes age, religion, and class, to name a few. Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books. What Standard? Whose Standard?

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ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2024

In a recent book exploring the influence of generative AI on teacher education, two researchers, Punya Mishra and Marie K. In fact, I think it has enormous potential to augment our human creativity and to support effective teaching and learning. Can these tools make us more human, not less?

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Her research spans human rights and democratization in Latin America and globally. Mneesha Gellman is associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, in Boston.

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Teaching Anthropology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

ELIZABETH KEATING, Professor of Anthropology & Graduate Faculty, Human Dimensions of Organizations, The University of Texas at Austin Teaching through research is recognized as one of the strengths of anthropology. One of the most powerful questions they asked is a question about space: “What was the home you grew up in like?”

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It seems that our recent (timid) interest in cultivating multiliteracies in anthropological work follows directly from his early 20 th -century view that human communication involves not only linguistic or verbal exchanges, but also non-verbal cues and gestures, such as tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language.

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Life and Landscapes

JANUARY 6, 2025

But the first humans once living here probably walked in hunting. The Adena People, the Hopewellian traders, the Mississippian maize-based cultures? John Filson, in the map accompanying his 1784 book entitled, “The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke,” shows “Big Bone Cr.”

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 21, 2017

As I consider what is causing teachers to be disengaged, I’m reminded of Daniel Pink’s Drive in which he explores human motivation. This book was a game changer for me as an educator. Pink identified three essential elements that drive human motivation: Autonomy.

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Professional Development Humanities Teaching Government 168

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

My journey as an immigrant from a small town in Africa’s smallest mainland country, The Gambia, to the biggest city in the United States, with its many diverse cultures, has given me a unique perspective. We compiled the stories into a book, “Poughkeepsie Pride: The Stories of Our Immigrants,” and distributed copies to the local community.

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Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 13, 2024

In appreciation for your feedback , we’ll send you a people’s history book. Ultimately, the film is hopeful, as it focuses on how the victims of Columbus and those who came after have themselves targeted “Columbus in America” to assert their humanity, their history, and their rights. We’d love to hear from you when you use the lesson.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Using Claim-Evidence-Question at the Elementary Level Literature Analysis: After reading a story or book, students make a claim about a central theme or main character’s motivations, provide evidence from the text, and pose questions about the main idea or character.

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Society for Classical Studies

AUGUST 7, 2024

National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 kskordal Wed, 08/07/2024 - 08:35 Image National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 Call for Applications The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

At colleges and universities, there's a culture of professors grabbing materials from the web without always citing them. No matter what, the thoughts need to start with the human user and end with the human user,” she stresses. Stuff before involved humans and was static.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Paul, who says she reads academic journal articles for fun, first encountered this argument when she came across a 1998 paper by philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers, who argued that the human mind extends into the world around it. What about the second category of research you tackle in the book, which is known as situated cognition?

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 6, 2024

In his groundbreaking book, The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature (2024), Slimak delves into the depths of Neanderthal life, challenging preconceived notions and offering a fresh perspective on what it means to be human. Slimak asserts. Slimak asserts. "We

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