A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2019

Create a strong vision A vision can undoubtedly change the culture of any organization if it is shared and co-created, but the real work and testament to great leadership is moving from the visioning process by developing a strategic plan to turn vision into reality. Their teaching was informal and organic, flowing out of the tasks at hand.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 14, 2011

Difference maker : Principals need to be able to keep the focus on important initiatives and culture characteristics that have an impact on student learning and achievement. The human factor is extremely important. Great principals establish a positive school culture by treating people the way they would like to be treated.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 25, 2021

In this book, my hope was to make a compelling case that the best way to do this is to create a disruptive thinking culture in the classroom and beyond. Contact them HERE for more information. Regardless of the forces at hand, educators play a pivotal role in preparing students for success now and in the future.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

Humanities professors across the country have ceaselessly lamented the precipitous decline in undergraduate humanities majors in recent years. During the decade following the Great Recession of 2008, the number of humanities bachelor’s degree recipients fell by a whopping 14 percent — from a peak of about 236,000.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the deep human past , highly skilled seafarers made daring crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands. The authors acknowledge the contribution of Abdul Razak Macap, a social anthropologist at the Regional Cultural Heritage Center in Manokwari.) It points to the complex skills humans developed to live in rainforests.

Humanities 101

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. These living conditions foster a unique informal learning environment where children can observe, imitate, and practice critical skills without formal instruction.

Cultures 85

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Edthena

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Improving school culture is high on many school leaders’ lists of building priorities. But cultivating a strong school culture doesn’t happen without intentional thought and planning. Why is this key to improving school culture ? Check out the highlights of what we’ve been reading below, as well as links to the full resources.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2022

It protected health and mental stability and delivered the confidence that you had some control over human failure, at least within your own four walls. Home Econ then became Family and Consumer Science, and now it’s called Human Ecology. Schools have an educational obligation to teach people about meeting human needs and coexisting.

Humanities 103

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

That’s because “English AI Anchor,” as “he” is named, isn’t human. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans. The future will leave room for human teachers. They didn’t give us any information about where we’re supposed to refer to. Related: Go vote.

Humanities 102

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Edthena

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When you think of culturally responsive teaching, you may not immediately think of dopamine and oxytocin. The brain is a learning machine” according to Zaretta Hammond, author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain , who is on a mission to educate educators about the neuroscience behind culturally responsive teaching (CRT). “The

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

The only thing though is that this day was just like any other typical day at my school as digital learning has become an embedded component of our school''s culture. This information will be turned into a research project at the end of the period. Students worked in pairs using Mac Books to record comments on a shared Google Doc.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

All one has to do is take a look at the evolution of the human species to see how important innovation has been leading to society as we now know it. A particular direction is needed to help align innovative change to the vision, mission, and culture of a respective school. As the common saying goes, the proof is in the pudding.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2017

In many cultures the status quo is so entrenched that shifting mindsets and behaviors can be daunting. With so much disruption, new generations and a hyper-connected world where information is a commodity, the leadership paradigm has to shift. Being human is more important that being right all the time.

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TeachThought

JULY 2, 2024

For apart from inquiry, apart from the praxis, individuals cannot be truly human. Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.

Pedagogy 222

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 15, 2018

As UVA Professor Edward Hess notes, the Smart Machine Age rising in our homes, communities, schools, and workforce is fundamentally altering society, culture, and learning. The post Timeless Learning: Progressive Education Based in How Humans Have Always Learned appeared first on Digital Promise.

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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? Learning must prioritize the application, not retention, of information and skills in a real-world setting.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 2, 2021

Some AI developers aim to make systems that can do things, like prepare food better and faster than humans, to replace the work of humans; while others want to make an AI system to work with and help humans. Data are units of information about people or objects that can be used by AI technologies.

Education 172

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The point is that the connections between humanities and science have been lost in today’s separation of disciplines. Indeed, a recent report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences discovered that humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) training majors largely dwell in different silos.

Humanities 75

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Maybe you believe gender fluidity has always been a part of human existence and that those statistics only exist because we are just now getting around to naming and measuring it. “When a student changes their name and pronouns,” he offers, “who should be informed? . Who has a right to that information?

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This particular activity comes on the heels of a discussion of cultural universals in comparative perspective. Human hygiene is taken as an example. Why and how it is done varies across cultures. I found them to be uplifting and informative, especially in this uncertain time. 1951/1954), Bathing Babies in Three Cultures.

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ED Surge

JUNE 17, 2024

In fact, I think it has enormous potential to augment our human creativity and to support effective teaching and learning. Can these tools make us more human, not less? Postman explained the importance of memory in a culture without writing, but how in a culture with writing, memory is considered a waste of time.

EdTech 145

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

These findings offer new insights into the evolutionary pathways of dexterity and cultural development that began long before the genus Homo emerged. sediba hand displayed more human-like traits compared to the mosaic of apelike and humanlike features found in the hands of A. sediba had hand muscles more similar to humans than to apes.

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Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

By contrast, ethnography is the systematic description of a single contemporary culture, often through ethnographic field. On the other hand, ethnography also designated the aspiration to collect systematically, and according to rigorous procedures, facts about human languages, customs, arts, and achievements.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Recent archaeological studies in Sicily reveal crucial information about early human migration into the Mediterranean islands. This research offers fresh perspectives on the expansion routes and adaptive behaviors of early human communities. It allows us to reconsider routes of migration of these earliest modern human ancestors.”

Humanities 64

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Instead, the researchers employ a developmental psychology framework, focusing on how gestures, motor skills, and cognitive development inform the artistic process. This suggests that children may have recognized and elaborated upon the figurative potential of their own creations, blending play and representation in a uniquely human way.

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Society for Classical Studies

AUGUST 7, 2024

National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 kskordal Wed, 08/07/2024 - 08:35 Image National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 Call for Applications The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships. EDT, October 3, 2024.

Humanities 52

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

But Ron Dahl, who directs the Institute for Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley, argues that adolescence is actually a second opportunity to invest in children because of the enormous brain development during this period. .” Culture is shaping it.”. Choose from our newsletters. Weekly Update.

Psychology 140

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2023

Named Tūtū and Me after the Hawaiian word for “grandparent,” the program introduces children to early academic and social skills as well as native Hawaiian language and culture. The preschooler is now more prepared for kindergarten, Ferreira said, and has learned aspects of Native Hawaiian culture that are meaningful to their family.

K-12 139

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

Now all of a sudden, without asking teachers to give up their weekends to grade,” he says, “we can give all that information to the student and teacher within seconds.” It’s really contingent on hours of the day and human buy-in,” he says. Cote is not alone in pinning hopes on AI to help the teaching of civics.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and cultures of the Caribbean. Related: Will this semester forever alter college?

Anthropology 143

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These stories of resilience and triumph allowed me to see my own humanity as a Black person, something I later realized I desperately needed. I needed to learn about my people in order for me to see my own humanity, and for the students I’ve taught over the past 13 years, I know this to be true.

History 107

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2024

It plans to evaluate students on their ability to use AI tools and to recognize AI-generated information. And they could help tailor tests to a student’s specific cultural and educational context. There’s always this risk of bias, but I think we can quantify it, we can analyze it, in a better way than we can analyze bias in humans.”

Humanities 124

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Zinn Education Project

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Ultimately, the film is hopeful, as it focuses on how the victims of Columbus and those who came after have themselves targeted “Columbus in America” to assert their humanity, their history, and their rights. We offer information and resources to Abolish Columbus Day. history to legitimate the marginalization of Indigenous peoples.

History 143

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Teachers can use this step to encourage students to assess the credibility of their evidence and select information that effectively strengthens their claims. These questions might explore nuances, seek further information, or address potential counterarguments.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For centuries, these cloth objects have protected the region’s human and spirit-like beings against illness, death, birth, and seasonal change. A scholar of Sikkimese religions and cultures, Kalzang saw plastic khatak and lungta when visiting his relatives’ newborns. Prayer flags feature images of wind horses in Kathmandu.

Tradition 110

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

My journey as an immigrant from a small town in Africa’s smallest mainland country, The Gambia, to the biggest city in the United States, with its many diverse cultures, has given me a unique perspective. This experience gave me an opportunity to recognize my own cultural myopia. I’m a better teacher because of it. A Muslim lens.

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