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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics.

Teaching 141
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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I was always interested in history. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. But I did enjoy teaching.

History 128
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"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

In addition to academic requirements like high-level mathematics and science courses (required for many tertiary tracks but not always available or required at township schools ), Launch accomplishes its mission through unique pedagogies intended to expand students’ aspirations and propel them toward “fulfilling futures.”

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

ED Surge

Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. Throughout her career, Swan has been interested in inquiry-based pedagogy, drawing from her experiences as a teacher. She then earned her Ph.D.

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GTE Conference 2024 #3: Sunday

Living Geography

The Sunday of GTE Conference started promptly with a final lengthy session on Curriculum and Pedagogies. Nicola Warren-Lee led a session on the GA's Curriculum Framework for School Geography , and Sophie Wilson presented on a virtual fieldwork project completed with Maria Angeles-Rodriguez Domenech. Her work was excellent.

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Challenging times

Living Geography

My Twitter notifications have been growing over the last few days because I was copied into a tweet from Jo Coles regarding challenges facing geography. What would you say have been the biggest challenges to geography’s place in education, or to geog’s curriculum, in the last 20 years? Many thanks. back in 1987. A few thoughts: 1.