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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

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.

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What I Learned From an Experiment to Apply Generative AI to My Data Course

ED Surge

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.

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Multimodal ethnographies for teaching anthropological sensibilities

Teaching Anthropology

I think that writing multimodally might be anthropology’s key contribution to contemporary critical pedagogies that challenge dominant narratives and empower marginalized communities.

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OPINION: In higher ed, lower enrollment isn’t the only sign of trouble

The Hechinger Report

institutions were deficient in the key attributes of critical thinking as measured by the latest Collegiate Assessment Plus test. These trends are confirmed by a 2012 survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , which showed that the U.S. There are rays of light in these dark clouds, however.

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The importance of common, shared understandings

Dangerously Irrelevant

Too often in our schools we use big, important ideas or terms – critical thinking! social justice! In other words, common, shared understandings are prerequisites for common, shared commitments. I love doing this kind of facilitation work with educators. technology integration! student inquiry! academic rigor!

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. I could incorporate Stanford University’s amazing library of historical critical thinking assessments at Beyond the Bubble. I could garner ideas from the City University of New York’s American Social History Project.

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The Pedagogy Of The Oppressed Freire

TeachThought

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.

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