The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hirsch, a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, argues that democracy benefits when the citizenry shares a body of knowledge and history, which he calls cultural literacy. Now its a cognitive science argument that a core curriculum is also good for our brains and facilitates learning.

Teaching 137

Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 137

Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

Gotto Chair in Child Development and professor of psychology and human development at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Many teachers have been trained to think of belonging as only a product of classroom culture and student social relationships, that ultimately students have to learn to negotiate and navigate.

Heritage 133

Heritage Pedagogy Psychology Cultures 133

ED Surge

JULY 8, 2022

So I explored the notion of caring pedagogy and discovered, to my surprise, that it goes all the way back to the 1930s and ‘40s, to the pioneering work of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, noted in learning-science circles among the founders of social constructivist theory. But perhaps the greatest barrier is departmental culture.

Pedagogy 107

Pedagogy Psychology Teaching Cultures 107

ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

A Yale University psychology professor has gathered highlights of what research says about the most common human thinking errors into a popular class at the university that she recently turned into a book. So what can educators, policymakers and any lifelong learner gain from these new insights?

Civics 90

Civics Psychology Humanities Learning Science 90

Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

Powerful learning practices are attuned to the variability of individual learners and ensure that learning is accessible to all. Learning sciences research shows that these differences matter for learning. Agency and autonomy are key motivational factors in learning and in life.

Pedagogy 107

Pedagogy Psychology Learning Science Research 107

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It offers advice to tech companies that are jumping into the metaverse, with principles from learning science for how to shape the development of their products and services. We want it to be culturally responsive. The report is clear that the tech offers promises for education. And so that's what we tried to do in this paper.

Education 104

Education Psychology Critical Thinking Social Studies 104

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Mississippi Learning. Research shows links between language learning and other enhancements — more flexible thinking, greater empathy, protection against age-related cognitive decline — although findings are hardly robust. For many, the case for language learning is simply about being able to interact with people from other cultures.

Heritage 93

Heritage Global Studies Advocacy Psychology 93