The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
I taught my students to respect the power of civic engagement and social activism. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. Recent politics has made it hard to extend that work. I have trained in, taught and led educator preparation programs.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The research did find benefits of the activities as well, with a significant boost in feelings of solidarity with classmates and civic engagement. But some groups are now questioning whether the benefits are worth the psychological downsides to students.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 9, 2017
“If your goal is self-actualization for the child, and you want them to discover what they’re good at, then personalizing learning sounds like it would be really wonderful,” said Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia who studies how cognitive psychology applies to schooling.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 2020
What we wanted to be able to do is teach educators the psychology of stress, the biology of stress and evidenced-based strategies to manage stress, for themselves and for their kids,” he said. It’s definitely not the fact that young Black people are not civically engaged, or that they’re not politically inclined.”.
Political Science Now
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Read her interview discussing her experience with civic education and civic engagement at the high school level here. Read her interview discussing her experience with civic education and civic engagement at the high school level here. Mahlet Ayele is a rising senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
Political Science Now
JUNE 3, 2024
Dr. Michael Tesler ’s teaching and research focus on public opinion, racial politics, elections, political psychology, American government, and quantitative research methods. Julia Azari ’s research and teaching interests include the American presidency, American political parties, political communication, and American political development.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 12, 2024
We found that the latter reported higher levels of civic engagement and a sense of belonging. We see this today in efforts to ban curriculum on the history of school desegregation or even to outlaw any analysis of racism that inspires feelings of “discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress.”
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