TeachThought
MAY 16, 2024
15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them by Terry Heick Reflection is a natural part of learning. We all think about new experiences–the camping on the car ride home, the mistakes made in a game, or the emotions felt while finishing a long-term project that’s taken months to complete. Below I’ve shared 15 strategies for students to reflect on their learning.
ED Surge
MAY 16, 2024
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. Is the same pattern of absenteeism playing out at colleges, too? If so, what’s driving the trend? And what can professors and higher ed leaders do about it? To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2024
Tom Brunskill thought he wanted to be a corporate lawyer. Now, looking back, he thinks it may have had less to do with his actual skills and interests, and more to do with his devoted consumption of television dramas like Suits and Boston Legal. “I used that as my proxy for choosing a career in corporate law, which – shocker – is not a great reason to choose a career,” Brunskill said.
Anthropology.net
MAY 16, 2024
A bone, meticulously carved with 17 parallel incisions, offers a window into the ancient world of the Neanderthals. Discovered in Poland, this artifact challenges our understanding of their cognitive abilities and symbolic culture. Different views of a roughly 4-inches-long (10.6 centimeters) bear bone that has Neanderthal-made cut marks on it. (Image credit: T.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2024
Student loans aren’t the only kind of university debt. Colleges and universities themselves have borrowed billions, mostly to keep building facilities they may or may not actually need as enrollment declines. Today, nearly 10 cents of every dollar in university budgets goes to pay the interest on institutional debt. Colleges and universities now collectively owe around a quarter of a trillion dollars, according to the Moody’s bond-rating agency.
Anthropology.net
MAY 16, 2024
The study 1 of ancient DNA has led to a groundbreaking discovery: the remnants of three common human viruses within the bones of Neanderthals who roamed the Earth over 50,000 years ago. This finding opens a window into the past, shedding light on the viral landscape of our ancient relatives and raising intriguing questions about the potential recreation of these ancient pathogens.
Living Geography
MAY 16, 2024
The front page of Tuesday's i newspaper had a large feature on the crisis facing British nature and the lack of political action. UK species have declined by 19 per cent on average since the 1970s, with one in six species currently at risk of extinction, a landmark report published last year by the Government in collaboration with non-governmental organisations found.
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Political Science Now
MAY 16, 2024
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program Spring Recipients The APSA Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP), formerly the Minority Fellowship Program, was established in 1969 as a fellowship competition to diversify the political science profession. The DFP provides support to students applying to, or in the early stages of, a PhD program in political science.
Anthroholic
MAY 16, 2024
Dominant caste is a unique concept in the Indian social structure, representing the ascendant caste group that exercises significant control and influence within a specific region.
Political Science Now
MAY 16, 2024
Christina Stafford, Elon University Christina Stafford is a rising senior at Elon University, majoring in English and political science and minors in philosophy, with plans to pursue a doctorate in political science. She is a two-time Elon Black Excellence Awardee and a four-time President’s List recipient. Christina is an Elon Lumen Scholar, researching the media’s influence on U.S. perceptions of prison abolition, hoping to add to our understanding of this complex issue.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
MAY 16, 2024
The post What’s The Role Of College Presidents In Fostering Civic Engagement For Democracy? appeared first on Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2024
Jolene Hunt-Fleming did not hesitate nearly 13 years ago when her daughter asked for help with her newborn baby son. She knew her daughter, a single parent, needed full-time child care to finish school and work. Hunt-Fleming, who has worked for years as a mortgage funder and is certified in human services, also stepped in when the next three grandchildren – now ages 2, 6, and 9 – came along.
Political Science Now
MAY 16, 2024
The Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program provides philanthropic support for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society. After a one-year pause in 2022, the 2024 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows marks the start of the program’s focus on developing a body of research around political polarization in the United States.
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