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A ‘summer camp’ for teachers fills a gap in environmental education

The Hechinger Report

Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.

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Middle school science teachers often have shaky scientific knowledge

The Hechinger Report

Related: Helping science teachers tackle misinformation and controversial topics. One of the top subjects for those emergency credentials is middle school science: The state issued 83 emergency credentials in the topic in 2020. Some states have experienced epic teacher shortages for years.

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How social studies can help young kids make sense of the world

The Hechinger Report

Ultimately, we can’t prepare children for living in a rich, diverse democracy if we don’t expose them to the controversial topics inherent in our democracy.”. The C3 framework — the three Cs refer to college, career and civic life — includes curriculums in civics, economics, geography and history.

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Nurturing Global Citizenship Through ‘British Values’ (Book Release: Developing Quality PSHE in Secondary Schools and Colleges)

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While an individual or group may think that they are an island, the geography teacher in me can see that their island, like everyone else’s, is in the middle of concentric circles of scale. Their personal bubble is surrounded by the local scale, then the regional and national scales and finally being encompassed by the global scale. .*