Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This includes helping them to become informed, empathetic, active, and responsible citizens. While all teachers feel this pressure, social studies teachers have a bit of added stress. They are responsible for preparing students with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities to know why this is important.

Social Justice 130

Social Justice Social Studies Critical Thinking History 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

Since 2008, those of us who are champions of the humanities have offered a simple yet profound truth: Studying humanities endows students with a capacity for critical thinking, a skill essential to individual accomplishment and crucial to societal well-being. But that simple truth doesn’t seem to be changing anyone’s mind.

Social Justice 133

Social Justice Humanities Archival Research Critical Thinking 133

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 131

Critical Thinking Social Justice Humanities Teaching 131

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Borrowing from the objective of the Global Cities Education Network (GCEN), an initiative of the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, study tours are intended as a mechanism for district leaders, educators, and decision-makers to collaboratively imagine, discuss, design, and deliver internationally informed and tested solutions.

Middle School 108

Middle School Social Justice Professional Development Cultures 108

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

The Day of Action is cosponsored by more than 65 prominent racial and social justice organizations. The goal is to raise awareness about how anti-history education laws and book bans — and their chilling effect — threaten any chance of an informed and engaged democracy. I was teaching for critical thinking.

Teaching 86

Teaching Social Justice Library Heritage 86

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. They could make a local history wiki or, even better, make contributions to our global information commons by directly creating and editing Wikipedia pages. We could use Minecraft to design our own self-sustainable towns.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

TeachThought

JULY 2, 2024

Through this lens, educators are inspired to forge collaborative and critical learning spaces, recognizing the agency and lived experiences of learners. From the outset, her efforts must coincide with those of the students to engage in critical thinking and the quest for mutual humanization.

Pedagogy 275

Pedagogy Humanities Social Justice Cultures 275