Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Nightingale College, South Dakota, US As I grade my Cultural Anthropoloy classs Emic and Etic Perspectives of Halloween essay, two things strike me: 1. Even with this growing fan club for correct AI use, educators seem to universally want to prohibit bad AI use. Loaded-definitions aside, I think we are focusing on the wrong thing here.

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MAY 5, 2022

I would propose that we might begin by steeping ourselves in definitions that allow us to speak with clarity in regards to the types of misleading information. Eating the proverbial elephant one bite at a time seems like a great place to begin, but which bite to take first? Developing a common vocabulary, if you will.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Engaging Black boys effectively in conversations about emotional wellness requires a deep understanding of their unique experiences and cultural backgrounds. Culturally relevant approaches are essential in supporting their emotional development and fostering a sense of belonging.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an increasingly polarizing culture war. One possible answer is investing in more inclusive partnerships.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

If a community hasn’t cultivated a space where individuals feel seen, heard, and valued, it will cultivate dissatisfaction among educators and we will continue to lose teachers. Of the many definitions of trauma, the concept that guides our analyses of trauma in this research is one that acknowledges that anti-Blackness is traumatizing.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Now, as a teacher, Roshan leverages technology to create more equitable and empowering forums for discussion in her classroom—shifting away from a culture that praises the first person to raise their hand to one where every individual has a platform that supports them in making their ideas seen and heard.

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MARCH 1, 2023

At the beginning of this school year, I facilitated a professional development (PD) session with middle school teachers about how to use education technology tools for deeper learning.

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MAY 24, 2023

The murder of George Floyd in 2020 changed American culture, in part by invigorating interest in diversity, equity and inclusion. And yet, politics has only increased the focus of educators on equity, according to a recent report from the education consulting firm NWEA. The report, “ Equity: Definitions and Perspectives of U.S.

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MARCH 8, 2023

For the technically inclined, pivoting to a job in the education technology industry seems like a natural fit. Culture Shock Brown stresses that when teachers start dipping their toes into the edtech job pool, they are going to be in for a few surprises.

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ED Surge

MARCH 12, 2024

Of course there are many factors, but in this same period of time there have been a growing number of messages in popular culture giving highly skeptical views of college. I definitely think when we talk about ‘college as a scam’ and that narrative, we need to disaggregate what we mean by college,” said Jyotishi, of New America. “A

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JULY 24, 2023

Proficient definition—“The essay introduces a clear claim based on the topic or text(s). The point is that teachers have expertise and apply professional judgment that integrates knowledge of writing, instruction, students, relationships and culture in tacit and subtle ways not easily captured—at least right now—by AI tools.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

You can understand someone else's culture, what they celebrate, what they honor and what they believe in, without personally asking. Are they culturally relevant for our kids? A teacher uses Imagine Learning EL Education digital products at Pendergast, AZ. . It makes me empathize with other people.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

Undergraduates already seemed lukewarm toward virtual higher education; only about 20 percent took even one online course in the fall of 2018, the consulting firm Eduventures estimates. If they didn’t like that, they definitely don’t like what they’re getting this semester. Illustration by Shonagh Rae.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

And then, the World Health Organization came out with a definition of mental wellness : “a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community.” It was treated almost like mental illness.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Some 86 percent of students in the district during the 2021-22 school year met the definition of socioeconomically disadvantaged, which means that they are eligible for free or reduced priced meals or have parents or guardians who did not receive a high school diploma. Photo by Magali Gauthier for The Almanac. "We

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MAY 8, 2023

That mindset reflects a broader cultural anxiety, and when teachers don’t like the subject it hinders student achievement. “I But worse, teachers seem to struggle with the conceptual understanding of math themselves, Baumann adds, pointing back to the broader cultural anxiety and inadequate teacher development.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Solving deep-seated equity challenges in education is complex for a myriad of reasons. One key and solvable challenge is for solutions to be informed by the cultural and contextual expertise of the communities in which they’re implemented.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

They can learn how to humanize those around them in ways that strengthen our country’s pluralistic democracy rather than perpetuating the culture wars that continue to sabotage our Constitution. Being equipped as citizens goes beyond our ability to name the three branches of government or the history of political parties.

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MARCH 15, 2022

One thing we talked about in preparing for this panel was to not lose sight of the joy that educators have when they get to do what they came to do at schools and colleges, and why people got into this work. There are people who want to be in education. They want to work here. So what could be better?

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JULY 7, 2022

It’s something that the California-based educator at MiraCosta College, who also goes by the moniker Homegirl Doctora, says often chafes against more rigid, traditional campus culture. How does cultural visibility tie in with student success? There’s a harsh perception that’s always surrounded barrio culture in general.

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MARCH 22, 2022

It definitely does not represent their potential as a learner when the experiences follow a uniform path that limits a student’s individuality. The way forward is to create systems and cultures to celebrate our learners' strengths while supporting their individual needs.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It took nearly two years of using these approaches to realize that other educators were doing the same thing, but they were calling it restorative justice or restorative practices. Within my own culture, circles are often used symbolically and literally for their ability to promote equity, interconnection and holism.

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JULY 17, 2024

I told her about the exciting moments from my visit — learning about the school culture, seeing teachers in action, and meeting my incredible new students. The moment was brief, but it stuck in the pit of my belly throughout the day. When I arrived home, I debriefed the day with my wife.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

It kind of just tied together my experience as a tutor and my experience as a dual enrollment high school and college student — and showed me a side to education that I hadn’t seen before. Looking back, I know I definitely do not want to be like her. Riley Campbell, left, with “Man Up!” I believe in restorative teaching practices.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. Despite teachers’ warnings that goofing off would hurt their participation grade, a lot of kids sneaked onto non-educational websites. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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JULY 21, 2022

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? I want it to be something useful, interesting, and (perhaps most importantly) memorable, but I'm not sure what it should be.

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MARCH 8, 2022

Although my own professional growth as an educator has been shaped by educational research, brain science and cultural theorists, my only real guiding principle has been, “Teach the students in front of you.” In a time of shifting definitions and “alternative facts,” we want math to be math (or maths if you’re British).

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MAY 20, 2022

Evidence abounds that children and teens are more successful when they have warm, caring relationships with educators and peers; instruction in building important life skills; and a sense of belonging in school.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

But there’s no common definition yet for what personalized learning actually is.”. EL’s definition puts two elements at its core: “expeditionary learning” projects and small groups of students called Crews who stick together from grade to grade and meet daily along with a teacher adviser to support and challenge each other.

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MARCH 7, 2022

It ensures that each student can adapt to change, possess the cognitive skills to problem-solve for those other 16 non-working hours, pass the Marshmallow Test , acquire cultural intelligence, and sew on a button instead of tossing the shirt and buying another. Human Ecology education serves generations within a family.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some groups call themselves “learning DAOs,” organized to educate members of their communities. Called Crypto, Culture, & Society , the group organizes courses that bring knowledge from the arts, humanities and social sciences into conversations about the Web3 world being dreamed into reality. That’s definitely a barrier.”

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AUGUST 15, 2022

A dual-language program is definitely a way to attract students.” The region’s geography and culture give the program key advantages when it comes to recruiting local students. So it's definitely been a challenge,” she says. All institutions are thinking of how they can branch into new student demographics,” she says. “A

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APRIL 12, 2022

A university is also the best place to acquire social and cultural capital. I say that to poor young people all the time, having grown up poor myself, if you come from a poor family, you need a university degree because one of the greatest rewards that a university degree will give you is valuable social and cultural capital.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 21, 2023

So for me, seeing what was going on with the culture wars and seeing all these teachers leaving after the pandemic, I felt like if any time is the right time to do this, it's now. I can be there as a caring teacher, and I feel like I can definitely make a difference. I've always had a heart of service. It all comes back to the kids.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

It was definitely eye-opening.” To succeed intellectually and emotionally, she explained, students need “strong culture, engaging learning opportunities that feel relevant and connected to students’ lives, relationships, a sense of agency, and an opportunity to express their own opinions about their learning.”

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Equity In Education: A Definition by Terry Heick In a profession increasingly full of angst and positioning and corrective policy, there are few ideas as easy to get behind as equity. The Cultural Effect As a species, we express ourselves through differences. In culture, there is both identity and anonymity. Equilibrium.

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