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Meeting the Core Human Needs of a Teacher

Cult of Pedagogy

” Amazon | Bookshop.org The strategies in Arise are all built on a framework of six core human needs: belonging, autonomy, competence, self-esteem, trust , and purpose. When you’re thinking about wanting to help someone develop, you need to keep their full humanity at the center.” ” 1.

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Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears

Sapiens

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. These tensions point to a fundamental disconnect in understandings of how humans and landscapes are connected. What’s going on back there to have that blocked off?

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Call for Proposals: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy | Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

Political Science Now

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. The symposium will be led by the Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Review , George Andreopoulos (CUNY John Jay and Graduate Center), and the Pedagogical Section Editor for Human Rights Review , Steven D.

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Is Autocorrect Making Us Smarter or Eroding Our Humanity?

ED Surge

The big danger, he argues in his book, is that autocorrect and other AI algorithms are altering our lives so much that humans will act more like, say, Twitter bots, rather than Twitter bots acting more like humans. Smith lays out his views in a new book, “ The Internet is Not What You Think It is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning.”

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Why Cybersecurity Matters: Protecting Your Digital Footprint

TeachThought

Social Engineering: The Human Factor While technology evolves, human psychology remains a constant target. Start with the basics: use a VPN on public WiFi, keep your software updated, and think twice before clicking links or downloading attachments. Modern phishing attacks are sophisticated enough to fool even tech-savvy users.

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How a Portrait Project Showed Teachers Through a Whole New Lens

Cult of Pedagogy

While that is an incredibly humbling offer and my typically introverted nature might resist, I will most likely accept because I think it will elevate the people in the photos and celebrate them not only as skilled educators, but as the works of art they are as individual human beings. And I would like them to have that. Now, it’s your turn.

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Defending Climate Literacy: A Response to NOAA’s Guide Removal

Geogramblings

The impact of human activities, like burning fossil fuels, on global warming. The rapid warming and its threats to human and natural systems. The potential for humans to adapt and build resilience against climate impacts. I encourage you to download the guide, share it, and use it in your teaching and communication efforts.