Cult of Pedagogy
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
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A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Unless you are living under a rock, AI is all the rage right now, and rightfully so. It can revolutionize various practices by addressing gaps in efficiency, accuracy, and decision-making. By analyzing vast amounts of data, AI algorithms can uncover patterns and trends that human analysts may miss, leading to more informed and effective strategies. For instance, in healthcare, AI-powered tools can analyze patient data to predict disease outbreaks, optimize treatment plans, and streamline adminis
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World History Teachers Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
One of my favorite sites for teaching medieval cities like Mali, Calicut, and Quanzhou is called Sites of Encounter in the Medieval World. It comes from The University of California at Davis and includes lessons with primary sources, maps, charts, and graphs. The lesson on Calicut, for example, explores the importance of the spice trade in food and medicine and even includes medieval recipes.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Subitizing means to instantly see how many without counting. Fostering this skill is becoming more common in schools. Credit: Getty Images Little kids are looking at a lot of dots these days. The theory behind this increasingly popular practice is that an effective way to teach counting might be by … not counting. That’s the contradiction at the heart of what education researchers call “subitizing,” from the Latin “subito” or suddenly, and it means to instantly see how many, much like the
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Since the pandemic, the number of students who are missing class has risen. More than a quarter of students were “chronically absent,” meaning they had missed 10 percent of classes or more, during the 2021-2022 school year. That was a steep increase from the 15 percent of students missing that much class before the pandemic. In fact, absenteeism has become such a nationally notable problem that it was picked up by the White House in May.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
The post How We’re Harnessing the Power of Project-Based Learning in the Republic of Georgia appeared first on Digital Promise.
World History Teachers Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Here are some fascinating Islamic art and architecture threads from the Arabic Art House Bayt Al Fann. They include threads about Islamic calligraphy, Islamic gardens, unique mosques in Africa, the dome interiors of mosques worldwide, and the use of geometric patterns in Islamic art. These threads, which I have saved as pdfs, could work well in a unit on Islam in World History.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Women's History Network
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
My memoir, Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician, is both a chronicle of my life in the 1950s in a first-generation Jewish family, coming of age in the 1960s, and my embrace of feminism as I encountered outrageous contradictions and outright sexism in college, medical school, and residency.
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
New archaeological research reveals insights into the first-known seafarers to brave ocean crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands more than 50,000 years ago. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ In the deep human past , highly skilled seafarers made daring crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands.
World History Teachers Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Should we throw out everything we’ve learned about the Silk Roads? The writer William Dalrymple thinks that we should in this fascinating essay for the Guardian titled "T he Silk Road still casts a spell, but was the ancient trading route just a Western invention? " He notes that the term “silk road” was a Western invention popularized by a Prussian geographer in 1877 and did not appear in English until 1938.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Hello! I’m traveling back from the Bright Start International Conference where I spent the last few days learning about early childhood policies, systems and best practices worldwide. This week’s newsletter comes to you from Caroline Preston, Hechinger’s managing editor, who writes our climate and education newsletter. You can sign up for the newsletter here.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
Neanderthals, often regarded as robust and resourceful survivors of the Ice Age, have left yet another clue to their remarkable ingenuity. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence 1 of a 65,000-year-old hearth in Gibraltar that may have served as a "glue factory," used to produce tar for hafting weapons and tools. This discovery not only predates the arrival of modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) in the region by 20,000 years but also highlights the Neanderthals' sophisticated engineering and teamwork.
Anthropology News
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
In January of 2021, I was employed as a postdoctoral researcher in a division of public health at a medical school. This provided early access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Although there was great discussion of the ethics of receiving vaccines in the early part of the vaccine roll-out, I opted to get the vaccine once it was available for all hospital employees, after prioritizing front-line healthcare workers, the elderly, and other vulnerable groups.
Living Geography
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
This is a very useful report from the Friends of the Lake District It's a really clear piece of research by Dr. Davina Stanford on the costs and benefits of tourism in the Lake District with some case studies from other locations on how they raise money for sustainable tourism and to pay for some of the additional requirements. One option is a Tourist tax expansion.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In the days leading up to the 2024 presidential election, the news was filled with partisan language and misinformation about the basic ways our country functions and how elections work. Many adults, as well as the vast majority of my high school-age peers, don’t seem to understand how government works and as a result don’t trust it. That’s why I’m convinced that we as a nation have to prioritize civics education in schools to encourage civic engagement, empathy and critical thinking to sustain
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
A groundbreaking discovery 1 from Prado Vargas Cave in northern Spain is reshaping perceptions of Neanderthals, highlighting their advanced cognitive and cultural practices. A collection of 15 marine fossils, deliberately transported to the cave over 39,800 to 54,600 years ago, reveals that Neanderthals may have been the first fossil collectors in human evolutionary history.
Education Week - Social Studies
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Presenting students with a fuller, authentic account of U.S. history is no easy task. It is, however, a necessary one.
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
An anthropologist who studies human-computer interactions explores how and why losing ones smartphone feels so unsettling. David, an American cyborg , has lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the past month. (All names have been changed to protect peoples identities. ) As a cyborga human-machine hybridhe can work from anywhere as long as his body remains reliably connected to the internet.
Life and Landscapes
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
“The Civil War in Kentucky” is a 10-part series recently published in my Journey Log entitled “Surrounding Fort Knox, including Southern Indiana.” It deals primarily with the Central Kentucky Theater. I present it here as a series of individual blogs for my readers. Links to the previously published chapters will be provided at the end of each blog.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The origins of the Armenian people, long entwined with the narratives of ancient historians, have undergone a significant re-evaluation thanks to groundbreaking genetic research. A whole-genome study 1 challenges Herodotus’ theory that Armenians are descendants of Phrygian settlers from the Balkans, providing new evidence that reshapes our understanding of the region’s deep genetic history.
Anthropology News
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
The Inescapable Category of “User” Increasingly—and in unevenly distributed ways—user data informs the borders we’re permitted to cross , the care we’re eligible to receive , and our access to housing , insurance , and employment. Corporations and governments alike now routinely create, purchase, and exchange user data—and not just in the Global North.
Living Geography
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
A cross-posting from my new(ish) RGS-IBG blog on the Curriculum and Assessment review's Call for Evidence. Following the release of the Geographical Association's response to the Call for Evidence yesterday, today saw the release of the Royal Geographical Society's response, which I had a small part in producing alongside Catherine South and the rest of the Education team - particularly Claire and Simon, Joe Smith, the RGS Education Committee (myself, David, Emma and Emily) and members and Fello
ShortCutsTV
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
“Gap in GCSE results between private and state schools widens at highest level”New figures highlighting the results gap between different school types have sparked fresh concerns about education inequalities.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
In an extraordinary glimpse into the distant past, fossilized footprints unearthed 1 in Kenya reveal two ancient hominin species coexisted and shared the same landscape 1.5 million years ago. These footprints, preserved on what was once a muddy lakeshore, offer groundbreaking evidence of Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei traversing the same terrain, potentially within hours of one another.
Anthropology News
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
The post Going Native: Praxis appeared first on Anthropology News.
Living Geography
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
A chapter by Nick Dennis from an Open Access UCL Press book on History teaching. A reminder of the importance of stories. the stories we are tell and the stories we are told. (to quote Oliver Jeffers as I have done several times before.
Women's History Network
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
The Autumn 2024 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. This special issue of Women’s History Today marks thirty years since the first ‘journal’ was published by the Women’s History Network back in 1994 as Women’s History Notebooks.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence 1 of the oldest known alphabetic writing, pushing the origins of this transformative communication system back by nearly 500 years. The discovery was made at Tell Umm-el Marra, an ancient city in western Syria, where clay cylinders bearing early alphabetic inscriptions were unearthed from a tomb dated to around 2400 BCE.
Political Science Now
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Adapting to the AI Era: ChatGPT in the Classroom By Jennifer Spindel , University of New Hampshire , and James Ackerman , The George Washington University The rise of ChatGPT has raised profound questions about its impact on the traditional university experience. This article addresses the discourse surrounding ChatGPT by investigating the actual capabilities of AI writing at the undergraduate level.
Living Geography
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Thanks to Hannah Steel for the link to this useful visualisation tool. Biomeviewer displays a range of information in a visual way. It's really useful for identifying biomes in a general way, and rotating the globe to see where they are located and identifying their characteristics. There are accompanying resources in a folder, student worksheet and apparently an iOS app too.
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A poet-historian reflects on women’s labor carrying memories and the past. ✽ memory is a washerwoman who knows that when the blood is poisoned, you have to slaughter the whole cow. otherwise the thick plasma stains the carpet of earth and turns the seeds to acrid flesh memory says nothing of this she is too aware of where she stands that is, over the clay well—heaving the knotted rope from the centuries-old pit, the slosh licking her toes, she knows to stick to curled fingers on wrapped cloth wr
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Archaeology, the science of unearthing and interpreting humanity’s ancient past, is entering a transformative era. Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Faculty of Arts have unveiled an innovative approach, combining Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies with excavation practices. This groundbreaking work not only enhances documentation and analysis but also redefines how archaeologists interact with their data in real-time.
Society for Classical Studies
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
CFP: Mens Mutata: Altered Minds in Antiquity kskordal Wed, 11/27/2024 - 08:13 Image Call for Papers - Mens Mutata: Altered Minds in Antiquity (March 29, 2025) | Boston University Graduate Student Conference Ancient societies considered altered states of mind as a bridge between the human and the divine, an avenue for healing, or a means of personal transformation.
Living Geography
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
For about 10 years, we used the area of Agbogbloshie on the edge of the Ghanaian capital city of Accra as an area to study. There was a video on Vimeo called e-Wasteland. It is still available to view. It has no narration, but some text captions and the sounds of the activity in this area. It was made by David Fedele in 2012 - which was when we started using it.
Political Science Now
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
A World Outside the Classroom: Understanding Faculty Perspectives on Electoral Engagement in the Classroom By Rachael Houston , Texas Christian University During each election cycle, resources encourage higher education faculty to integrate electoral engagement initiatives into their classrooms, empowering informed voters. However, not all faculty use these resources.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Social behavior has played a transformative role in the evolution of various species, including humans. A recent study 1 highlights a key advantage of social living: longer lifespans for individuals in highly social species. However, sociality comes with its own challenges, creating pressures that have shaped the cognitive and behavioral complexity of animals over millennia.
Society for Classical Studies
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Vergilian Society Tours and Workshops kskordal Mon, 11/25/2024 - 10:44 Image Travel and see ancient sites in the Mediterranean and Europe in 2025! The Vergilian Society is offering exciting tours of ancient sites in Naples, Rome, France and eastern Europe. The Vergilian Society is also offering two stimulating Latin workshops for teachers that include opportunities to visit a variety of ancient sites to reinforce their teachings of the ancient world.
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