ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

He still has that concern, but as he stepped back to think about it, he also saw a way to “leverage” the tool for a goal he had long fought for — to help bring social studies education, and especially the teaching of civics, to broader prominence in the nation’s schools. He has long argued that U.S.

Civics 130

Civics Controversial Topics Education Social Studies 130

TeachThought

JUNE 5, 2024

If the ultimate goal of education is to teach students to think, then focusing on how we can help students ask better questions themselves might make sense, no? Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers The ability to ask the right question at the right time is a powerful indicator of authentic understanding.

Critical Thinking 308

Critical Thinking Artifacts Tradition Cultures 308

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

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2024

The complexities, opportunities and decisions that lie between banning AI and teaching AI are significant. Teaching AI literacy begins by teaching the capacities above, as well as others specific to your own subject. What we call cheating, business could see as efficiency and progress.

Critical Thinking 116

Critical Thinking Humanities Teaching Education 116

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I

Teaching 80

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 80

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

Critical Thinking 113

Critical Thinking Social Justice Humanities Teaching 113

ACRE

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s #EconEdMonth, the time of year where we highlight resources and strategies for teaching Economics across disciplines and content areas. This year, I asked a few Arkansas teachers to share what they love about teaching economics. I have fallen in love with teaching Economics! Here is what they had to share.

Economics 52

Economics Teaching Elementary School Critical Thinking 52

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 Archaeology Sociology Museum 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

When we abruptly transitioned online in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, I thought the classes I teach at my flagship research university would resume in person in a matter of weeks — and for sure by the fall semester. My living room and personal MacBook Pro were no longer adequate. What did you buy, and how’d it work out?

Teaching 138

Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Economics 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2024

We teach concepts in algebra and calculus that will establish a solid base of knowledge should a student decide to pursue higher levels of mathematics in college or graduate school. There is no better way to teach students to think than to encourage them to wrestle with the sort of complex ideas that we find in time-tested literature.

High School 108

High School Tradition Critical Thinking History 108

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In educational settings, AR can be used in numerous ways to enhance teaching and engage students. Throughout her educational journey, she has spanned various roles, including teaching elementary math, instructing web communications for career and technical education students and serving as an edtech consultant and speaker.

EdTech 126

EdTech Junior High Geography Critical Thinking 126

Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

It's the year 2023, and teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. By actively engaging with the material in this way, students are able to develop critical thinking skills and a deeper understanding of the subject matter. I have a thorough World History PBL packet that can be used in any unit.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Historic Sites Teaching Primary Sources 52

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 141

Education EdTech K-12 Humanities 141

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April. Artificial Tools, Human Judgments When EdSurge first spoke to Kohn, the lab coordinator, he was using ChatGPT as a teacher’s assistant in biology courses.

K-12 112

K-12 EdTech Tutoring Humanities 112

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 9, 2015

Jordan Shapiro said: The majority of [learning] games fail because they attempt to teach skills rather than thinking. They miss the whole reason we should be excited about game-based learning in the first place: because it offers the potential to change the common way we approach teaching and learning. via [link].

Teaching 109

Teaching Education Critical Thinking Humanities 109

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. AI can’t replace teachers; it lacks the human connection.

Pedagogy 130

Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 130

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 75

Humanities Social Science Sociology Anthropology 75

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-12 139

K-12 Education Human Rights EdTech 139

ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

School and district leaders have shared challenges that they are facing regarding the use of AI for teaching and learning. AI has the ability to expand what learning looks like within a particular discipline, introducing novel teaching strategies and applications for concepts. What Is AI Literacy?

K-12 118

K-12 Education Critical Thinking Educational Technology 118

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

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The power of VR to stoke empathy is the focus of research at Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, led by communications professor Jeremy Bailenson. Mark’s blog post about teaching empathy mentions both the refugee VR video and one about the lives of police in Flint, Michigan. “In The post Can Virtual Reality “teach” empathy?

Teaching 96

Teaching Middle School Humanities Professional Development 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Only half of Americans say their schools gave them strong critical-thinking skills, according to a study released this week by the Reboot Foundation, where I serve as executive director. Teaching young people to think critically is essential — but such instruction doesn’t have to be dry or boring.

Teaching 111

Teaching Psychology Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 111

ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As humans, we’ve always had a somewhat complicated history with invention. Despite those first days of insecurity, we decided to teach ourselves to lean in to technology rather than distance ourselves from it. Critical thinking comes into play as students must locate, read and determine the legitimacy of each original source.

Education 138

Education Critical Thinking Teaching History 138

ED Surge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But it’s not because students aren’t good at critical thinking, argues Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. There wasn't suddenly a massive decline in critical thinking,” Caulfield says. It's not able to evaluate things in the way a human is.

Critical Thinking 141

Critical Thinking Tradition Teaching Humanities 141

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Molly Castner, a middle school ELA teacher who, intrigued by the prospect of providing real-time feedback to students and fostering critical thinking, embraced the integration of AI in her classroom. You are still a thinking and feeling human being!

Education 98

Education Middle School Critical Thinking Teaching 98

ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2022

While these stories illustrate that science is anything but neutral, it has made teaching more complicated than ever. Twenty-eight states, including where I teach in Texas, have recently introduced or passed legislation banning teachers from discussing bias, privilege, discrimination, and oppression with students.

K-12 101

K-12 Critical Thinking Humanities Cultures 101

ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But nothing felt quite right, until he considered teaching. Teaching, Brown thought, offered him an opportunity to continue to learn and talk about history and government every day while paying forward the passion that was imbued in him at any early age. But I did enjoy teaching. This month, we are featuring Caleb Brown.

History 119

History Museum Social Studies Geography 119

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. If we want them to learn and care about government, they need to DO government.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 6, 2015

More than a third of them aren’t convinced that the planet is warming, and only half think human activity is causing climate change, despite consensus among scientists that it is. via [link].

Museum 99

Museum Teaching Humanities Critical Thinking 99

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 23, 2024

My day begins with teaching two 65-minute social studies periods, followed by a plan period, co-teaching a reading workshop with an ELA teacher, and ending the day with two more 65-minute social studies classes. At the beginning of the year, the name of the game is teaching the process and procedures of EduProtocols.

Artifacts 82

Artifacts History Social Studies Lesson Plan 82

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

It’s time we got off the sidelines to better explain and market to the public the prodigious value to teaching, innovation and the greater good that we offer. in particle physics — has the School of Humanities and Sciences. dance, film, theater) to the humanities (e.g.,

Sociology 91

Sociology Education Political Science Pedagogy 91

ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2023

In schools, creativity can be harder to imagine in core subject areas like math and easier to associate with humanities and arts. Building in more creativity comes down to student agency—teaching students to find their voice. However, creativity shouldn’t be reserved for just those content areas.

Library 131

Library Tradition Professional Development Cultures 131

ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? Assess Creativity Ok, so how do you grade these creative assignments?

Primary Sources 121

Primary Sources History World History Digital Resources 121

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

Teaching kids abstract critical thinking skills is unlikely to help them think critically. A group of six teaching institutions, which include University of North Carolina – Charlotte and University of Missouri – St. The length of lectures often exceeds children’s attention spans.

Learning Science 141

Learning Science Critical Thinking Research Teaching 141

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

If AI-generated content can easily evade detection while human text is frequently misclassified, how effective are these detectors truly?” In ChatGPT’s first version, it wrote: “Plagiarism presents a grave threat not only to academic integrity but also to the development of critical thinking and originality among students.”

History 97

History Humanities Critical Thinking Research 97

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A number of educators across the country are finding great value in ‘learning science’ books such as Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. In Powerful Teaching , the authors focus on the potential of: Retrieval practice – “pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., lectures)” (p.

Learning Science 143

Learning Science Tradition Critical Thinking Teaching 143

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The use of CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies to modify the DNA of human embryos is a highly controversial and complex issue. — What is the best way to teach reading? There is no one “best” way to teach reading.

Economics 125

Economics Humanities Teaching Professional Development 125