Passion for Social Studies

JANUARY 31, 2025

This includes everything from the impact on literature and film to the psychological scars left on soldiers. Students will even work on mastering critical thinking skills while completing these activities. For instance, they will explore essential topics like the draft and anti-war protests.

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Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 13, 2024

The educational model was started in medical schools where clinical scenarios required students to think practically and collaboratively to develop important critical thinking skills. Psychology and Forensic Chemistry), and Institutions. The VM project has expanded across disciplines (e.g.

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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.

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TeachThought

MARCH 26, 2025

Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that arises when an individual encounters a conflict between what they believe and how they behave, or between two competing beliefs.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Take AP Psychology. But rather than encouraging us to engage with psychology’s intellectual premises, the class requires us to memorize roughly 400 terms. Thus, it is no surprise that GPT-4 clocks high scores on the bar exam, SAT and multiple AP exams, including a 5 (the highest possible score) on AP Psychology.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

How Science Improves Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking The connection between science instruction and literacy development is undeniable. When students engage with scientific concepts, they build critical background knowledge that enhances their ability to comprehend complex texts.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As a result, writing assignments often fail to meet the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness required for motivation. Autonomy: The learner rarely has control over the topic they are writing about or the lens they look through as they complete a writing task. . #3

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Similarly, a February 2024 study in Developmental Psychology provided strong causal evidence that science instruction also drives literacy growth. Explore how social studies boosts academic success and how science instruction enhances critical thinking and vocabulary.

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In a 1934 lecture on techniques of the body, for example, Marcel Mauss argued that studies of movement should attend concomitantly to biological, sociological and psychological facets. Anthropologists and others have long been drawn to the pragmatics and theoretics of hygiene. Human hygiene is taken as an example.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends. Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, makes the case that one of the biggest education trends — critical thinking — isn’t taught properly in schools.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2018

Kate Allender, of Tesla STEM High School, has designed a course integrating AP Psychology with a hands-on study of forensics. It’s not until the second-period bell rings, however, that you begin to see how different this is from a traditional psychology course. Photo: Amadou Diallo, for The Hechinger Report. REDMOND, Wash. —

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2022

As a professor of psychology at Cornell University, Sternberg has long studied standardized tests, and concluded they don’t provide much useful information on whether students are learning to think critically and creatively, enabling them to be successful in college, careers and life in general. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2019

This includes activities that emphasize exploration and cooperation as well as developing critical thinking skills. The federal investment highlights the importance of providing children with opportunities to excel. The United States cannot maintain its status as an economic powerhouse if we fail to focus properly on basic skills.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

High school students are also teenagers, though, and while they may be technologically savvy, they are often psychologically unsophisticated and eager to be part of a cause or group — making them easy marks for the purveyors of misinformation.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we dig into education and the metaverse, with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and one of the authors of that new Brookings paper. So what do educators want these metaverse world-builders to know?

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Education Psychology Critical Thinking Social Studies 104

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The majors whose graduates tend to earn the lowest salaries after graduation are majors such as theater, studio art, creative writing, psychology and anthropology. Related: The number of college graduates in the humanities drops for the eighth consecutive year.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 25, 2024

The rapidly changing demands of the workplace and life require individuals who are self-motivated, adaptable, and capable of critical thinking and problem-solving. Students become dependent on teachers for direction and approval, hindering their ability to develop crucial problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

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Critical Thinking Project-Based Learning Psychology Tradition 78

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

That is precisely why business students need to learn psychology, history, sociology, culture and art. The arts help students hone critical thinking and communication skills, which come in handy when dealing with complexity and ambiguity. Learning foreign languages is important as well. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. I could incorporate Stanford University’s amazing library of historical critical thinking assessments at Beyond the Bubble.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Psych Learning Curve

JANUARY 31, 2020

More sleep and asking for help can help students with stress (KOAA) A recent nationwide survey by conducted the American Psychological Association found as many of 35 percent of high school students reported lying awake at night, unable to sleep because of stress. Thinking about thinking helps kids learn.

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Middle School Psychology Critical Thinking Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

ASHTABULA, Ohio — Alexis Turner listened carefully as the administrators at the freshman orientation for Kent State University at Ashtabula ticked through the student groups she could join on campus that fall: English Society, Psychology Club, Student Veterans Association. This story also appeared in Eye on Ohio.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2016

You can gain the same skills — critical thinking, civics, writing — through different content that feels more relevant.”. I wanted to hear a lot of different perspectives and see how they made sense of things,” said Austin, 35, who graduated on Wednesday with a degree in psychology. Course offerings have been enhanced.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2017

Although I was deeply unmotivated, I enrolled in Passaic County College where I excelled in English, psychology and sociology and did well in math and science. College challenged my thinking, but ironically my sharpened critical thinking made me question why I was even in college.

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Sociology Psychology Critical Thinking History 68

ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. After her daughter was born, Ruth Cady enrolled in two classes at a local community college: psychology and biology. Earning a college degree is a personal goal for Todd, whose wife teaches clinical psychology at the university. What is happening?’”

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Library Psychology Primary Sources Humanities 113

Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In education, there are many buzzwords about effective pedagogy including real-world connection, critical thinking, and employing student voice. Is there a way to teach students who don’t naturally think aloud in their heads to do this? Depression and anxiety were most common, as well as panic issues.

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Controversial Topics Psychology Elementary School Pedagogy 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Poor schools are told not to wander too far from the standards, there’s little time for student questions and critical thinking. I think it’s more psychological than physical. I think it’s the fear of those communities’ suffering and the challenge to their conscience. In New York City, it’s very prescriptive.

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Education K-12 Anthropology Advocacy 91

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

percent , according to a 2019 study co-authored by Jean Twenge , a psychology professor at San Diego State University. Between 2013 and 2018, the percentage of undergraduates at U.S. colleges who reported feeling moderate to severe anxiety increased from 17.9

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TeachThought

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Science of Happiness: This book explores scientific insights into happiness and well-being, backed by research in positive psychology. The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: Focuses on critical thinking, scientific skepticism, and debunking pseudoscience.

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Heritage Psychology Museum History 173

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 30, 2025

A daily habit of reflection enhances critical thinking, strengthens emotional intelligence, and aligns actions with long-term goals. This requires cultivating skills such as adaptability, critical thinking, and digital literacy. Mindset: The new psychology of success. Random House. Teachers College Press.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

What we think the purpose of a university is, and this will get to why I'm doing this project now, is to give human beings the ability to better understand themselves and the world. So to develop what we commonly think of as critical thinking or critical capacities.

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Cultures Humanities Tradition Psychology 107

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Teamwork, problem solving, communication, agency, empathy, time management, curiosity, analysis, critical thinking, creativity – these are the skills developed through the entrepreneurial process. He is currently completing his PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Kansas.

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High School Psychology Private School Humanities 87

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2020

It builds a sense of belonging and even creates a psychological buffer against anxiety from experiencing racism. It sharpens problem-solving and critical thinking skills in students of all races, inciting more vibrant discussions and deeper learning. Students who believe their cultures are valued in the classroom engage better.

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Museum Education American History History 139

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the introduction to this chapter, Wilson makes a poignant link to the Equality Act with regards to nurturing belonging, psychological safety and developing confidence.* PSHE topics that focus on topics such as key historical events, religious holidays etc can utilise such claims as a stimulus for discussion and critical thinking.

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