A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Pursuing improvement is a never-ending process because the landscape of knowledge, technology, and human understanding is in a perpetual state of evolution. The dynamism of the world, driven by scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and cultural shifts, ensures that there is always room for improvement.

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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.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

When it comes to a thriving school culture, many factors can derail progress. While this has always been a part of human nature, it is interesting to observe how it plays out at an individual level. Regardless of one's stance on the issue, the result can erode culture. Sometimes the best resolution, in this case, is termination.

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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.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Collaborative Research The groundbreaking study was led by IPHES-CERCA in collaboration with the University Rovira i Virgili, the Catalan Cultural Heritage Research Institute, the University of Girona Institute of History Research, the University of Bordeaux, and Catalonia’s International University. 1 Lozano, M., Soler, J.,

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

In Wayanad, a densely forested district in the state of Kerala, in South India, human-animal conflict is on the rise, with frequent reports of tigers preying on cattle, bears causing havoc, and elephants damaging property. But it is not only humans who are harmed in these conflicts.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Oakhurst rock shelter, nestled in the cliffs of South Africa’s southern coast, has long been a focal point for archaeologists due to its wealth of artifacts and human remains. These findings offer a new perspective on human population stability and cultural evolution in southern Africa.

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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.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Some of the glyphs, interpreted as humanoid, or humans wearing headdresses. Of the 303 newly discovered glyphs, 178 were suggested by AI, highlighting the power of this tool to enhance human-led archaeological efforts. This discovery marks an important shift in our understanding of how ancient Andean societies conveyed information.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2022

Being human is more important than being right all the time. Curious leaders inspire while also breaking down traditional barriers when it comes to transforming culture. I shared the following a few years back: Be true to yourself and others. You will never have all the answers or solutions needed to move large change efforts forward.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens , two of the closest relatives in the human evolutionary story, share a unique distinction: they are the only known hominins to have buried their dead. The Levant: A Cultural Crossroads The Levant has long been considered a critical gateway for hominin migration out of Africa.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In addition to providing needed heat, wood-hauling practices are an essential part of cultural identity. These values rest on the belief that humans are apart from natural systems rather than a part of these systems, creating tensions for federal land managers and residents. What’s going on back there to have that blocked off?

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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.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Maya civilization is celebrated for its monumental architecture, intricate calendars, and cultural sophistication. “Locals inform us that the ponds still concentrate fish during the dry season today,” the researchers reported. However, new research highlights their lesser-known mastery of aquaculture.

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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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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Biomechanics Testing: Unveiling Hidden Power Prior to this study, there was no existing research measuring human or weapon efficiency during strikes with hand-held weapons. While weapon design plays a critical role in efficiency, the ultimate factor remains the human behind the tool. Aboriginal Australian weapons and human efficiency.

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ASHP CML

OCTOBER 11, 2022

ASHP/CML will host a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded institute in Summer 2023 for 25 college and university teachers to study the visual culture of the American Civil War and its aftermath. Information about applying and the institute program will be available in November at: [link].

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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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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionized our understanding of human history, migration patterns, and evolutionary biology. However, the rapid advancements in this field have also brought forth ethical dilemmas, particularly concerning the treatment of ancient human remains and the potential impact of genetic findings on living communities.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Humans and Javelinas: Something Something… I need a title … This study is motivated by the broad pressing question: How do we live in a world full of difference? In these regions, their lives become entangled with those of the humans with whom they share these spaces.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In their paper published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 1 , the researchers argue that this type of play fulfills an evolutionary need inherited from our ape and early human ancestors. Modern humans, while less adept climbers than other primates, still retain the physical capacity to engage in these activities. 1 Fannin, L.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Such roles are prevalent in areas such as finance, admin, law, marketing, and human resources. B t jobs, Graeber argues, have bloomed in professions like finance (financial services); law (corporate law); administration (academic and health administration); and marketing, public relations, and human resources.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 24, 2024

The latest discoveries at Queneto provide crucial data for archaeologists seeking to understand the early cultural and technological developments of pre-Incan societies. However, due to the limited number of burials recovered from this era, relatively little is known about the social hierarchies or cultural practices of these early people.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Whether through formal, postsecondary degree attainment or informal, out-of-school time opportunities via summer camps and workshops, the foundational skills students build by studying a creative craft are portable and durable and can set them up for success in whatever field they ultimately pursue.

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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.

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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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