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Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session

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I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model. The post Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session appeared first on The Hechinger Report. This one was real life.” Sign up for the climate and education newsletter.

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Psychology - background reading list

Jonathan Firth

What should you read to prime yourself for further study in Psychology? I’m often asked by new or prospective Psychology students (or their parents) if I can recommend some interest-based reading to extend their understanding or prepare for a degree. Image via Pixabay. Apparently so. A great primer ahead of studying psychopathology.

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PROOF POINTS: Overscheduling kids’ lives causes depression and anxiety, study finds

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Now a trio of economists say they’ve been able to calculate some of these psychological costs. We’re not saying that all these activities are bad, but that the total is bad,” said Carolina Caetano, one of the study’s authors and an assistant professor of economics at the University of Georgia.

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OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success

The Hechinger Report

Research in economics and psychology shows that these tests fail to measure key traits like perseverance, motivation and conscientiousness qualities that strongly predict long-term success. Alison Baulos is the executive director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development.

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OPINION: Why college majors are another form of implicit bias in higher education

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These disparities stem, in part, from the fact that not all colleges, programs and majors are created equal when it comes to driving economic mobility. Thus, increasing access to our nation’s most selective institutions is one important factor in increasing Black students’ economic mobility. The wage gap is significant.

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Meet Digital Promise’s New President and CEO Jean-Claude Brizard

Digital Promise

The education system needs to consider a grander vision of success that includes economic stability and positive life outcomes. I did not, for those years, experience the psychological warfare that I often see played on African American people in this country, and others around the world. However, it is not happening for the masses.

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Burnout symptoms increasing among college students

The Hechinger Report

The long journey of the coronavirus pandemic took students through dimensions of online learning, social isolation, economic anguish, personal loss and mass grief. It resulted in psychological distress for many. “We Researchers plan to survey students again this fall.