Anthropology.net

MAY 7, 2025

Flint tools left behind at the site 1 tell a story of mobility, cultural identity, and the quiet ingenuity of Upper Paleolithic peoples who refused to be hemmed in by mountains or ice. They were hand-selected, transported, and exchanged—signifiers of distant homelands and enduring human ties. These weren’t random rocks.

Archaeology 83

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

I now had access to a human-generated search engine where I gleaned the best resources, ideas, supports, and advice. It was at this time that I began to shift away from PD and instead embrace a culture of professional learning. A dynamic mash-up of workshops and coaching definitely falls into the sweet spot.

Professional Development 364

Professional Development Leadership Humanities Cultures 364

Anthropology.net

MARCH 4, 2025

While sites in Iberia, Greece, and the Levant reveal a flourishing network of trade, agriculture, and technology, North Africa—except for Egypt—has often been cast as an empty land, a region untouched by the cultural currents shaping the rest of the ancient world. This is a crucial detail.

Cultures 93

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Chalk this up to human nature, right or wrong. Our culture idolizes movie stars, musicians, and professional athletes. I really wasn't concerned much about this as a teacher, but during my first few years as an administrator it was definitely on my mind. The popularity bug impacted me early in my career.

Leadership 259

Leadership Cultures Humanities Education 259

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 13, 2018

Of course, you have, as this is just a part of human nature. Growth in all aspects of school culture is something that has to be the standard. It begins with getting out of actual and perceived comfort zones to truly start the process of improving school culture. They most definitely are.

Cultures 281

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

Using machine analysis of over 1,500 bilingual dictionaries spanning more than 600 languages, researchers report that vocabulary is not just a passive catalog of the world, but a cultural archive shaped by what humans find urgent, beautiful, or sacred. What happens to culturally dense concepts in endangered or creolized languages?

Humanities 56

Humanities Anthropology Archiving Cultures 56

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

A new study 1 challenges long-held beliefs about the origins of horseback riding, casting doubt on the Kurgan hypothesis, which claims that humans first began domesticating horses as early as the fourth millennium B.C. Horseback riding can indeed leave subtle marks on the human body. in a culture known as the Yamnaya.

Humanities 105

Humanities Archaeology Artifacts Museum 105

TeachThought

JUNE 5, 2024

In the TeachThought Self-Directed Learning Model , learners are required to create their own curriculum through a series of questions that emphasize self-knowledge, citizenship, and communal and human interdependence. These are often ‘recall’ questions that are based in fact—definitions, dates, names, biographical details, etc.

Critical Thinking 328

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. As the economy recovered, so did the humanities. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

Humanities 143

Humanities Economics History Psychology 143

Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2021

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TeachThought

JUNE 18, 2024

How to Set Effective Goals Now that you know the definition of learning goals, let’s see how to set an objective that will be effective. Explore biological systems and their functions in human biology. Understand the cultural, social, and economic factors in history. Be Specific: Unclear plans are difficult to attain.

History 244

History Economics Humanities Cultures 244

Anthropology.net

APRIL 23, 2025

But beneath its cracked sediment and the shifting shoreline of long-vanished lakes, archaeologists are beginning to piece together a story not just of survival—but of deep cultural adaptation. Ostrich Beads and the Material Memory of the Steppe The Gobi Desert was never a cultural void. Muntowski and M. This matters.

Archaeology 66

Archaeology Artifacts Cultures Humanities 66

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Shuck is a professor of human resource and organizational development at the University of Louisville and co-founder of the start-up OrgVitals. And my colleagues and I have written extensively on definitions and measurement and overlapping variables. McClure: How does engagement connect to a concept like workplace culture?

Cultures 113

Cultures Education Humanities Psychology 113

Anthropology.net

APRIL 2, 2025

The presence of this distinctive technology so far from its previously known origins raises new questions about ancient human migrations, cultural exchange, and independent innovation. If Denisovans were responsible, this would provide the first material culture directly linked to them.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Artifacts Humanities Cultures 52

Digital Promise

JUNE 2, 2021

The term “AI” is tossed around a lot and it’s hard to get computer scientists and experts to agree on a simple definition, but most will agree with this: AI lets machines make decisions and predictions. Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence. Report: AI and the Future of Learning: Expert Panel Report.

Education 174

Education K-12 Learning Science Humanities 174

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Activity, context, and culture are central to this learning theory, which emphasizes the practical over the abstract. However, if humans learn by participating in their lives then how can online learning be effective? ” When learning happens in context, it reflects a time, place, and culture. Participation.

Museum 168

Museum Humanities Cultures History 168

Anthropology for Beginners

JANUARY 3, 2021

In classical sense society refers to a group of people who share a common ‘culture’, occupy a particular territorial area and feel themselves to constitute a unified and distinct entity (Frisby and Sayer 1986). A society is made up of a population, organisation, time, place and interest.” This ever changing and complex system is society.

Anthropology 130

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Moler's Musing

APRIL 11, 2025

Then we had them support it with evidence from the reading and make a historical or pop culture comparison. Theyre human first. More importantly, the video gave a broader definition of resistance. After reading a short bio of Eli Whitney, students picked an archetype they felt best represented him. Was he a hero? A magician?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 21, 2017

As I consider what is causing teachers to be disengaged, I’m reminded of Daniel Pink’s Drive in which he explores human motivation. Pink identified three essential elements that drive human motivation: Autonomy. ” That definition screams teaching. This book was a game changer for me as an educator.

Professional Development 168

Professional Development Humanities Teaching Government 168

ED Surge

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. A Focus on Teachers “Teachers matter,” to quote the definitive Rand study.

Education 142

Education Tutoring Cultures Leadership 142

Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Worldview Worldview is the set of cultural and psychological beliefs held by members of a particular culture; the term was borrowed from the German Weltanschauung. In Redfield’s book The Folk Culture of Yucatan (1941), he expressed an embryonic concern with the concept of world view.

Anthropology 100

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Rose: Personalized learning goes beyond tailoring the pace and the content of education to individual learners, though that is certainly part of the definition. That involves understanding the learner's cognitive style, their cultural background and even their emotional state or sentiment. They wouldn't be at the institution!

EdTech 126

EdTech Humanities Educational Technology Critical Thinking 126

Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The roots of the anthropological interest in peasants were elsewhere, in the comparative study of the human condition. The central issue to which the early studies were addressed was the nature of human communities; they were, first of all, village studies, and only incidentally studies of peasants.

Anthropology 100

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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. He is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development. By 2019 that had fallen to just 41 percent.

Economics 125

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Researchers delve into the earliest chapters of European settlement by investigating ancient skull fragments from Crimea, shedding light on the crucial role played by the first modern humans in shaping the continent's history. Genome sequences of 36,000- to 37,000-year-old modern humans at Buran-Kaya III in Crimea. 1 Bennett, E.

Humanities 52

Humanities Cultures History Research 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2020

While there have been many victories since, including workforce investments, the expansion of special-education services and reduced stigmatization of people with disabilities, there is a long road ahead in understanding how culture intersects with the political aspirations of the Disability Rights Movement.

Economics 127

Economics Government Humanities Cultures 127

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Ten years ago, Courtney Dickinson wanted to create an innovative public school. Dickinson believes this work is particularly important because it emphasizes an expanded definition of success. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

Public School 120

Public School Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Leadership 120

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2018

Related: How to save the humanities? We definitely have those students who are baristas one year out, but they’re also writing a novel on the side,” said Kathryn Foster, president of the University of Maine at Farmington, which also focuses on the liberal arts. It appears true that the very definition of “liberal arts” is a problem.

Humanities 97

Humanities Social Science History Economics 97

ED Surge

AUGUST 21, 2024

You can understand someone else's culture, what they celebrate, what they honor and what they believe in, without personally asking. Her words describe the transformative power of reading — a skill that, unlike spoken language, humans are not naturally hardwired to master. Are they culturally relevant for our kids?

Pedagogy 111

Pedagogy Psychology Cultures Teaching 111

Digital Promise

MAY 6, 2019

School is structured, often focused on order; play, by definition, is not. But there are also cultural specifications to what play looks like, when it’s appropriate, and who children play with. While learning through play is universal, what that looks like depends on the culture. Read the original version here.

Pedagogy 110

Pedagogy Cultures Middle School Research 110

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2023

Yeah, definitely. The reason why guided play is so effective is because it reflects these key characteristics of decades and decades of research of how we know how human brains learn best. Traditionally, certain cultures have valued free play or direct instruction more than others, but things seem to be changing.

Psychology 116

Psychology Cultures Humanities Research 116

ED Surge

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.

Civics 128

Civics Education Civic Engagement K-12 128

ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

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. One consideration is that BIPOC solution providers and developers likely possess deep community and cultural expertise but often lack the necessary access to share their solutions.

EdTech 104

EdTech Charter School Cultures Pedagogy 104

Anthropology News

AUGUST 11, 2024

Through an audio essay, inspired by John Akomfrah’s documentary “The Last Angel of History,” attention is drawn to South Africa’s evolving visual scene and its engagement with cultural nuances within the NFT AI space. Prompt generate a definition for NFT. Something that Koffi Kouakou foregrounds.

Cultures 98

Cultures History Tradition Anthropology 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I also definitely want to be heavily involved in advocacy for young black youth, or, for youth in general, and just promoting student leadership. Subconsciously, we turn to our teachers to make us better human beings and we look forward to experiences that they will give us. I want to use my master’s degree to change that.

Oral History 103

Oral History Advocacy Cultures Leadership 103

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These programs painstakingly endeavor to elevate what Chinese academic environments have long downplayed : liberal education, humanities disciplines, and skills like critical thinking. The course was thus designed to be “anti-definition.” That struck me as an interesting moment, when my “anti-definition” approach lost traction.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology History Humanities Tradition 98

Anthropology News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Does deception form an integral part of human behavior across societies? Who are the architects of alternate realities, and who do they seek to convince? Do deceptions work on us or shape us in unexpected ways? Are there structures and systems in place that aid or deter these practices?

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Anthropology Humanities Archaeology Cultures 97