Passion for Social Studies
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
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. Students will dive into our rich history while building empathy and understanding among themselves.
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.
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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.
Teaching Anthropology
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
I think that writing multimodally might be anthropology’s key contribution to contemporary critical pedagogies that challenge dominant narratives and empower marginalized communities.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 15, 2018
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.
Dangerously Irrelevant
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? And we must do better or we will continue to doom millions of graduates to prolonged economic hardship because they don’t have the preparation and the skills to do something different. Related Posts. We need to foster a diversity of talents. Iowa’s anemic Internet access.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
With 1:1 computer access for grades 3–8, students engage in coding, inquiry-based learning, and critical thinking beginning with Kindergarten. Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School is a dynamic neighborhood school that uses technology predominately to redefine learning.
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