Teaching American History

MARCH 11, 2025

Understanding the Reality of Public Education During her more than twenty years teaching government at the general and AP levels, Messick has certainly seen changes. Since the disruption of schooling during COVID, shes also spent time catching students up on critical thinking skills. Some of them encourage her.

Government 96

Government Controversial Topics American History Civics 96

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

When longtime educator Zachary Cote first read about the release of ChatGPT about 15 months ago, he says his first instinct was to be “concerned” about its impact in the classroom, worried that students might simply ask the AI tool to do work for them. It’s really contingent on hours of the day and human buy-in,” he says.

Civics 134

Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 134

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea. Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles.

Controversial Topics 131

Controversial Topics Critical Thinking Cultures Social Studies 131

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Teaching topics like the science of vaccinations elicited little controversy.

Controversial Topics 122

Controversial Topics Middle School Lesson Plan Teaching 122

Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The new PhD (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Many doctoral students will not go on to tenure-track professorships, so why should they devote their grad school years to producing a traditional dissertation mainly of value inside academe? However, these are often reserved for contrived examples that are considered safe for the classroom.

Controversial Topics 52

Controversial Topics Psychology Elementary School Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2024

But how can teens learn to value others’ perspectives when student journalists are barred from reporting on sensitive topics in their own communities? Censorship for the purpose of image upkeep is antithetical to good journalism education and, more broadly, to democracy. Related: Become a lifelong learner.

Controversial Topics 124

Controversial Topics High School Critical Thinking Education 124

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Middle school science teachers matter: Early adolescence is a time of huge cognitive change and a critical time to build students’ understanding of and enthusiasm for science, according to the National Science Teaching Association. Department of Education. Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science.

Middle School 132

Middle School Controversial Topics Geography Political Science 132