TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Discussions and Debates: To encourage critical thinking, engage students in conversations about AI ethics, societal impacts, and future possibilities. Simulation and Role-Playing Simulate AI processes with hands-on activities Human Algorithms: Students can act as parts of an algorithm by sorting themselves by height or birth month.

Teaching 320

Teaching K-12 Critical Thinking History 320

ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The emphasis on a human-centric approach underscores the commitment to cultivating a balanced perspective on AI integration. Educators are encouraged to view AI not merely as a technological advancement but as a tool to enhance and augment the human experience. EdSurge: How have you incorporated the teaching of AI in the classroom?

Humanities 132

Humanities Education K-12 Critical Thinking 132

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. I am proud to say that this unparalleled learning experience, under the direction of Colleen Tambuscio, has taken place for the last twelve years at NMHS.

Heritage 337

Heritage Artifacts High School History 337

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

These are assessed with rubrics used in every class, rubrics that focus on durable, transferable skills like collaboration, effective communication, and critical thinking. It’s framed around this driving question: How are humans impacting the Earth from an environmental biology perspective?

Artifacts 186

Artifacts Tradition Psychology Critical Thinking 186

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

That’s because “English AI Anchor,” as “he” is named, isn’t human. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans. The future will leave room for human teachers. The post The future includes good (human) teachers appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Humanities 111

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 111

TeachThought

JUNE 5, 2024

Asking a question that pierces the veil in any given situation is itself an artifact of the critical thinking teachers so desperately seek in students, if for no other reason than it shows what the student knows, and then implies the desire to know more.

Critical Thinking 332

Critical Thinking Tradition Artifacts Cultures 332

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

While AI is useful, it’s important to remember that these interactions are driven by data and lack empathy, compassion and human understanding. As information increasingly becomes currency, we must stay mindful of our humanity, knowing that our values and connections truly make us whole.

Education 139

Education Lesson Plan EdTech Critical Thinking 139

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In our tech-driven world, the value of human connection can’t be overstated. While mastering technical skills is essential, students must also develop soft skills like communication, collaboration and critical thinking to thrive beyond the classroom.

Project-Based Learning 132

Project-Based Learning Middle School High School Critical Thinking 132

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first.

Teaching 141

Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 141

ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2025

Affinity groups have the power to strengthen the voices of our students and help them think critically about the world, their experiences and their education. By practicing their critical thinking skills and learning to trust themselves, they can develop tools that help them combat the effects of internalized racial stress or bias.

Heritage 113

Heritage Critical Thinking High School Humanities 113

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Teaching is more than delivering contentits about modeling humanity, and my apology that day reshaped my understanding of educations deeper purpose. Education as a Humanizing Practice In Pedagogy of the Oppressed , Paulo Freire argues that education should make students more human.

Pedagogy 62

Pedagogy Humanities Classroom Management Critical Thinking 62

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The point is that the connections between humanities and science have been lost in today’s separation of disciplines. Indeed, a recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences discovered that humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) training majors largely dwell in different silos.

Humanities 96

Humanities Social Science Sociology Anthropology 96

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2019

Others point to the kinds of skills students learn in the arts that are generalizable across subject areas, such as critical thinking, collaboration and communication. When you are an artist, you connect to that part of you that is most human. Related: A summer program uses the arts to combat the achievement gap.

Humanities 110

Humanities Critical Thinking High School Cultures 110

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Digital credentials, which adhere to open interoperability standards, provide a machine and human-readable way to showcase those skills and make it easier for potential employers to verify those claims. Skills-based credentials are valuable because they state specific skills in which a learner achieved or displayed competence.

Civic Engagement 111

Civic Engagement EdTech Civics Leadership 111

ED Surge

APRIL 30, 2025

Being part of this network helps us integrate cutting-edge AI tools and practices into classrooms, fostering critical thinking, creativity and real-world problem-solving skills to prepare our scholars for a technology-driven world. We use AI to close the gaps by keeping humans in the loop when using the tools.

K-12 68

K-12 Critical Thinking Public School Professional Development 68

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The graduate-level econometrics course I teach is required and it’s designed to foster analytical and critical thinking skills in causal research methods. Without any human touch, the memo would not have received a passing grade because it was too high-level and didn’t provide a literature review with proper citations.

Critical Thinking 133

Critical Thinking Social Justice Humanities Teaching 133

Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 19, 2025

Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Problem-Solving This came up again and again: let the machines do the repetitive stuff so we can double down on the work that requires actual human ingenuity. We need to ensure AI is helping humans flourish, not just perform faster. AI becomes a bridge, not a wall. Accountability.

Humanities 52

Humanities Critical Thinking Cultures Teaching 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2024

José Antonio Bowen is a former president of Goucher College and co-author with Watson of “Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning.” In our new book , we make it clear that the specifics of AI literacy will vary somewhat from one subject to the next, but there are some AI capacities that everyone will now need.

Critical Thinking 140

Critical Thinking Humanities Teaching Education 140

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

In our Day 1 workshop, we will use the free 4 Shifts Protocol to redesign lessons, units, and other instructional activities for critical thinking and problem solving, greater student agency, more real-world authentic work, and robust technology infusion.

Critical Thinking 52

Critical Thinking Leadership Teaching Humanities 52

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

But even though Cote agrees that human grading is superior to what a bot can do, the reality is that teachers don’t have time to grade the number of essay assignments he thinks is really necessary to get kids fluent in the knowledge and critical thinking skills they’ll need to be effective citizens in our democracy.

Civics 137

Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 137

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Inquiry-based or active learning experiences can have a stronger impact on students and help them develop critical thinking and other necessary skills.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

PS2 Pal was also instructed to encourage students to think and give it a try themselves before revealing the answer. Unguided use of ChatGPT, the Harvard scientists argue, lets students complete assignments without engaging in critical thinking. This allows for the human interaction to be much richer.”

Tutoring 140

Tutoring Humanities Tradition Critical Thinking 140

ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

It really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. And I think it really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. Connectivity is probably how Qualcomm offers the greatest impact in education.

K-12 142

K-12 Education Human Rights EdTech 142

Psychology Sorted

JUNE 25, 2024

Question (modelled on typical question from Paper 1, Section C): Psychologists studying human development face difficulties in measuring childhood development. Points to note: Focus on critical thinking and conceptual understanding right from the beginning, not study details.

Psychology 98

Psychology Humanities Critical Thinking Research 98

ED Surge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

There's also the challenge of ensuring that technology augments the human element in education rather than replacing it. However, it's important to note that data does not replace human judgment. The focus really remains on meaningful human interactions. These are critically important factors in today’s educational environment.

EdTech 133

EdTech Educational Technology Humanities Critical Thinking 133

Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To his point, I find the current slew of handwashing videos on YouTube and other sites to be excellent resources for anthropology class projects, and utilize several in an activity that nurtures introductory students’ skills in critical thinking and observation. Human hygiene is taken as an example.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Psychology Cultures 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift But those same students don’t have many of the math skills that professors think they actually do need. I felt that it really gave me breadth as a human being.” None of that math may be necessary for the vast majority of undergraduates who don’t intend to major in science or another STEM field.

High School 143

High School K-12 Social Science Humanities 143

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Deploying these tools in that way assumes that quick, iterative feedback drives critical thinking — when what students really need are deep conversations that will pull them in unexpected directions, Aguilar says. He cautioned that he couldn’t fully replace his human teaching assistants with a chatbot.

K-12 133

K-12 EdTech Tutoring Humanities 133

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 9, 2015

Games can help students improve their critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities while offering clear assessment data that could eliminate our dependency on regurgitation and memorization-based evaluations. Mathematical thinking has to do with conceptual understanding. via [link].

Teaching 109

Teaching Education Critical Thinking Humanities 109

ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Defining the Integration of Artificial Intelligence Integrating AI refers to the incorporation of machine-driven intelligence into various applications and processes, enabling tasks that mimic human cognitive functions like learning from data, problem-solving and recognizing patterns. But are teachers provided the support to do so?

Education 143

Education EdTech K-12 Educational Technology 143

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

Teaching kids abstract critical thinking skills is unlikely to help them think critically. Leave this field empty if you're human: The results were “sobering,” according to a March 2020 report, “ Learning by Scientific Design; Early insights from a network informing teacher preparation.”

Learning Science 145

Learning Science Critical Thinking Research Teaching 145

ED Surge

MARCH 19, 2025

Educators bring humanity, relationship building and a nuanced understanding of students needs, enabling them to create powerful learning experiences that foster curiosity. AI is a tool to lighten the load so teachers can focus on the more important things in education like building relationships with their students.

Education 75

Education Lesson Plan Pedagogy Critical Thinking 75

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It seems that our recent (timid) interest in cultivating multiliteracies in anthropological work follows directly from his early 20 th -century view that human communication involves not only linguistic or verbal exchanges, but also non-verbal cues and gestures, such as tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy 130

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It lends itself to natural conversations around critical thinking and curiosity. It lends itself to natural conversations around critical thinking and curiosity. The science activity Human Eye in McGraw Hill AR My job is to facilitate and learn beside them.

EdTech 134

EdTech Junior High Critical Thinking Geography 134

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Thinking routines offer more than just a structured pathway for students to delve into their thinking and explore the content deeply; they also serve as a window into their cognitive processes, offering invaluable formative assessment data.

Critical Thinking 166

Critical Thinking Research Skills Humanities Cultures 166

Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Archaeology Museum 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2018

Automation will boost demand for science-and-tech skills as well as soft skills such as critical thinking, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Those that are have long had a clear focus on human capital development. Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.

Education Policy 111

Education Policy Government Critical Thinking Humanities 111