Controversial Topics Education Humanities 
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. “We
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.
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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
I am no longer afraid to jump into uncomfortable conversations on controversial topics. Higher Education. Leave this field empty if you're human: The way I experience the world now can be overwhelming, but I am forever grateful that I no longer live in a space where I am afraid to have opinions or to express them.
Becoming a History Teacher
AUGUST 15, 2024
And critically, utilizing their expert knowledge to help their pupils to recognise the line between debating controversial topics and engaging in racist or bullying or even illegal behaviours. This means being familiar with their school’s policies around racism and bullying.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 11, 2018
Teachers and administrators get acquainted at a Border Crossers workshop for educators about discussing race and racism in the classroom. One of the longtime goals of public education is to produce young people capable of participating in the democratic process. Often, educators say, that training is lacking. BROOKLYN, N.Y. —
C3 Teachers
JUNE 6, 2024
See my first post on The Building Blocks of Inquiry here If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. If you can, embrace them!
C3 Teachers
JUNE 6, 2024
If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. This post will not spend time arguing why controversy needs to be taught in the classroom.
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