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Sitting for long periods affect on teens’ mental health, resumés for robots and more in the news roundup

Psych Learning Curve

In education, there are many buzzwords about effective pedagogy including real-world connection, critical thinking, and employing student voice. This safety is reinforced by the implied or stated requirement for educators to be “apolitical” and avoid controversial topics with students, families, and colleagues.

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

C3 Teachers

To support this claim, preservice teachers might bring up the inherently political components of language preservation projects, food sovereignty, linguistic justice, abolitionist teaching, and/or culturally relevant pedagogy (Nickman, 2009; NK 360, 2018; Lyiscott, 2014; Baker Bell, 2020; Love, 2019; Ladson Billings, 1995; 2014).

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OPINION: Our schools must figure out a way to teach this presidential election

The Hechinger Report

Discussion of controversial topics is now a core subject in their efforts, along with teaching media literacy and giving students the opportunity to engage in hands-on civic engagement projects. iCivics’ free videos and guides on teaching controversial topics will help you build a safe and respectful learning environment.