TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global awareness and critical thinking. At TCI, we believe that geography class should be an immersive experience where students see the world through a geographer’s eyes. The much-loved Geography Alive! With Geography Alive!

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Geography Global Connections Global Perspectives Civics 59

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Despite hailing from vastly different geographies and circumstances, the dozens of educators we talked with shared that they often struggled in their own school communities with feeling both hyper-visible and invisible as Asian Americans. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. on March 21, 2021.

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K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 143

Digital Promise

JULY 7, 2015

I began working closely with our chief information officer to bring teachers, principals, technology specialists, and district staff into crucial conversations around technology’s role in our district. We had eight months to design our plan for the future. This group became known as the Technology Action Planning (TAP) Group.

Geography 129

Geography Public School Economics Library 129

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Learners can more effectively assimilate and interrogate new concepts by connecting new information to prior knowledge, extending ideas beyond initial comprehension, and pinpointing areas of challenge or uncertainty. The “connect, extend, challenge” routine fosters deep reflection and comprehension.

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Geography Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 133

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2017

1:1 computing initiatives (and concurrent Internet bandwidth upgrades) that give students powerful digital learning devices and access to the world’s information, individuals, and organizations. Online communities of interest that supplement and augment more-traditional learning communities that are limited by geography and time.

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Geography Project-Based Learning Economics Tradition 94

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. We could play Fantasy Geography. And so on… .

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The students had 5 minutes per slide to process the information and build their slides, using the provided keywords as a guide. I also had Claude add author names and context since the textbook didn’t bother to provide that crucial information. It was simple but effective, reinforcing both geography and historical knowledge.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 126

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The Frayer Model worked especially well for students to internalize the information and make it more manageable. They discovered how geography—land and sea routes—was integral to understanding exploration. This process helped them structure their knowledge and highlight the key points in a logical manner.

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Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 128

Digital Promise

APRIL 11, 2017

Through these and other observations, Marshall developed a framework for what he called “ economic agglomeration.” Our work on Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) grew out of the economic ideas on agglomeration and clustering. Connections between formal and informal networks. How networks are affected by geography.

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Research Education Geography Economics 86

Anthropology for Beginners

JUNE 1, 2021

Studies of migration and translocality emphasize the role of diaspora communities within the new geography of globalization. Secondary and mid-size cities are becoming more important as urban processes are seen as spaces of flows of information, labor, and capital.

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Anthropology Global Connections Geography Cultures 130

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. Founded in 2004, Launch is a network of eight low-fee private schools serving grades eight through twelve across four of South Africa’s nine provinces.

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Pedagogy Anthropology Private School Geography 99

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. Instead, we created a framework that outlines these dimensions and indicators that states could use to inform their social studies standards.

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Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 113

Living Geography

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This evidence will inform later stages of the consultation. The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. In particular: We know that many in education feel the geography curriculum at GCSE is overloaded.

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Geography Economics Government Education 52

ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

We're about 60 percent economically disadvantaged here in the district. Something that hinders us here in Caldwell County is the geography. It’s nice to understand, for example, why it's a good idea that you chunk the information that you give your students. So, we do try to look at equity. Don't overwhelm your students.

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EdTech Geography Learning Science Economics 100

Living Geography

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This evidence will inform later stages of the consultation. The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. In particular: We know that many in education feel the geography curriculum at GCSE is overloaded.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Government Teaching 52

Living Geography

APRIL 4, 2025

Islands have a unique geography; their landscapes and coastlines vary massively some are home to volcanoes; others are barely above sea level. The geography of islands is an interesting one. The Young Geographer competition has been running for over 20 years and every year thousands of children across the world take part.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Cultures Humanities 52

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Any use should include a reference to the ONS as the source of the information in the resources. This toolkit explores important economic indicators and trends in the UK economy. Students can use the World trade explorer and access a range of raw data about different economic indicators.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Government 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Jon: But the decline in college opportunity for rural high school graduates is only widening social, economic and political divides between rural America and the rest of the country. They have an economic impact. More information about the topics covered in this episode: Learn more about the STARS Network. Jon: Right, Kirk.

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Education High School Government Economics 135

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Lindsay also faced a huge cultural obstacle — geography. Given the educational and economic divide between rural and nonrural America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of. She closed, at 1 a.m., forcing a choice: Go to school exhausted or skip classes and learn the material on her own.

Education 143

Education High School Library Geography 143

Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

Learn how Inclusive Innovation is informing district equity approaches and changing teaching and learning practices. “Challenge Collaboratives” are a model of research-practice partnerships that engage educators and researchers across contexts and geographies to create outputs and outcomes that benefit schools nationwide.

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K-12 Geography Humanities Economics 86

Dr. Preece

MARCH 6, 2023

2021) and resources available (Rackley, 2019), we are increasingly seeing climate education in Geography classrooms as a synoptic and decision-making activity at the local scale (Hicks, 2019; Barton & Noyes, 2022). EN-ROADS is an evidence-informed, browser-based simulator for climate change solutions.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Classroom Management Teaching 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

If some kids can go home and learn, discover and backfill information, while other kids’ learning stops at school, that’s a huge problem.”. Vince Scheivert, chief information officer for Albermarle County Schools, gives computer advice to Cassidy Watkins (left) and Madeline Rice, both Burley Middle School students.

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Library Middle School High School Government 106

Living Geography

JUNE 15, 2024

I'm interested in the ethics of using AI when teaching geographical topics, and the implications for students' understanding of the world if they are exposed to images, text and other information which have been AI generated. Quite a few people have shared how they use prompts to elicit certain outcomes from LLMs in a geography context.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Teaching Education 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This strategy encourages students to make connections between word meaning and sentence structure in informational texts. Ask them to consider the connections between the words and hypothesize what topic will be featured in the informational text. Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy Oct. Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy Oct.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Civics Geography 52

ACRE

JUNE 19, 2023

The tour highlights the architecture and design of the home, information about some of the collected pieces (like a grand piano in the entry room and a large collection of hand-made quilts), and history of the Pfeiffer family and other Piggott residents who were living through the Great Depression era in Arkansas.

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Museum K-12 Geography History 52

Dr. Preece

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

It’s about how you think, explain and discuss Geography with another interested person. It’s not about what you know and can remember – it’s about how you articulate ideas when you have new information, sources, or are challenged. You care about Geography and the things you’ve read, seen or experienced.

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Geography Economics Humanities Teaching 40

Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 12, 2022

Rather, here’s the question as a restatement of the problem how does one create a “reading list” in the syllabus in a seamless way that elegantly communicates the pertinent information (i.e. Check Pandoc’s user guide for more information here. Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Economic Anxiety or Ethnocentrism?

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K-12 Library Social Science Individual Identity 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. This economic divide was mirrored in the school system. And the reports the district files to the federal court and DOJ don’t include information on achievement. And the Department of Justice bought into that.”. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

In a world where knowledge is expanding at an unprecedented rate, should we still be focusing on rote memorization and regurgitation of information? For example, a project on climate change could encompass science, geography, economics, and politics, providing students with a holistic understanding of the issue and its implications.

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Education Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Geography 58

Dr. Preece

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Don’t leave implicit information; show that you know it, explain it, and understand it. Saying the “geography” of what happens will get you to the top of L2, and be a decent essay. Let’s lay good foundations first. First, show mastery. What can you say about it?

Geography 40

Geography Economics Humanities 40

Ashleigh's Education Journey

MAY 11, 2015

Review is essential for students to store and retrieve information from their short term and long term memory. Download a free geography BINGO game here. For students to learn and remember the content, they must first pay attention as you present the information. Step 3 Review with games. Review shouldn’t be boring.

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Social Studies Teaching Geography Tradition 52

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The visual geography of paper has memory-linking effects that help students connect what they have read with where they saw it on a page or how far into a book it was. Economics of Education Review , 68 , 89–103. Our brains give more weight to words on a printed page. Personality and Individual Differences , 115 , 154–158.

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Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology 52

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Amanda Peters, a 2023 MAHG graduate, teaches AP Government and AP Human Geography at Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas. You have students from economically advantaged and disadvantaged families. Peters agreed. Civic engagement involves more than just showing up to vote. It’s a microcosm of the larger society.

Civics 52

Civics Civic Engagement American History Government 52

Dr. Preece

MARCH 21, 2023

Solutions from around the world are described and explored, but these are significantly variable across sectors, countries, and levels of economic development. They fit obviously in to climate change or physical geography topics, but also in to development, inequality, and global governance themes too. What can I do next?

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Government Geography Leadership Humanities 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Cloud State University in Minnesota is cutting 42 degree programs , for example, including criminal justice, gerontology, history, electrical and environmental engineering, economics and physics. The University of Nebraska at Kearney is cutting nine degree programs , including geography and recreation management.

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Geography Political Science Sociology History 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Like many cities across America, Lowell is struggling to find its economic footing as millions of blue-collar jobs in manufacturing, construction and transportation disappear , subject to offshoring and automation. Moureen’s economic ascent, however, may also depend on geography. Where you live matters more than ever.”.

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High School Geography Middle School Critical Thinking 105

Ben Newmark

OCTOBER 7, 2024

I was made to confront the fact education is not structurally set up in the best interests of those who find learning most difficult – those most likely to be identified with Special Educational Needs and those most likely to end up either informally or formally excluded from it.

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Tradition Geography History Humanities 108