Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. APSA Teaching & Learning Symposium: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy Date: Thursday, June 19 – Saturday, June 21, 2025 Location: APSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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Human Rights Pedagogy Humanities Political Science 47

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Though the past year has put a spotlight on the limits and possibilities of using technology for teaching and learning, we began exploring the utility of using virtual reality as a medium for Holocaust education before the pandemic reshaped the educational landscape. Sensitivity is required. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. We don’t ask our students, some of the most talented young people in the world, whether they’d like to study the humanities. Nevertheless, higher education hasn’t had a true redesign of its approach to majors and courses in 50 years.

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Humanities Advocacy Human Rights Social Science 104

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

But they seem to miss the most important education of all: how to relate their specialization to others in an increasingly interconnected world. The National Academy of Engineering has categorically stated that today’s engineers need to be more than individuals who simply “like math and science.” So, where and how did we lose our way?

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Educators and students critical of Israel’s war on Gaza face censorship, harassment, and dismissal. Israel’s legislature is currently considering a bill requiring the Council for Higher Education to fire professors who show “support for terrorism,” a coded phrase often interpreted to include criticisms of the state.

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Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 141

Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While these trends have been underway in the subfields of global health and economic development for some time, increasingly similar demands are being made for the incorporation of SBS into the fields of democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG). In this article, I begin with a brief overview of SBS in DRG work.

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