Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2020

This led into him asking questions about plants, animals, geology, and geography. For instance, our daughter is teaching herself basic psychology and our son wrote a film study of Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LIV. We then made planets out of clay. We collected rocks and leaves and are now going to try and identify them.

Elementary School 166

Elementary School Geography High School Psychology 166

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Psychological disorders often show up during the teenage years. A recent study of the psychological consequences of Covid-19 on teenagers in China suggests that both depression and anxiety could be soaring, particularly among girls, high-school seniors and low-income students. Geography mattered too.

Psychology 93

Psychology High School Geography Research 93

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2022

They will focus on communities disproportionately impacted by climate change, including areas with high populations of Indigenous, Black, and/or Latino individuals; rural and urban communities with high populations of low-income families; and communities in geographies particularly vulnerable to climate change.

Geography 101

Geography Psychology Education 101

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Stunning revelations from insiders and whistleblowers reveal everything from billion-dollar marketing machines to the design ploys and psychological tricks intended to manipulate consumer behaviour on a global scale.

Psychology 52

Psychology Teaching 52

Geography Education

APRIL 17, 2024

I’ve often wondered why my mom and I are so different in this regard; our psychology, our interests, the information we value, the skills we believe are useful and within our grasps are quite distinct.

Psychology 130

Psychology Research 130

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This week, the AQA exam board has published booklets for teachers of their Science, Geography, Maths, Religious Studies, Citizenship. The Geography one is 2Mb download, and is 14pp long. The booklets are available on this link. It shows how key ideas are connected to climate change and this can be referenced throughout the teaching.

Geography 52

Geography Psychology Teaching Education 52

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Project Title: Canadian Indian Residential Schools Data Collection Project Moira Lynch, University of Wisconsin – River Falls Dr. Moira Lynch (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor in the department of politics, geography and international studies at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Professor Lindbloom completed her M.A.

Sociology 52

Sociology Museum Political Science Social Justice 52

Strange Maps

JULY 13, 2023

It sounds like something cooked up after hours in the back alley between the geography and psychology departments. Also, see a working paper on regional differences in personality published in 2019 by the geography department at the University of Marburg in Germany. Science says yes, and these maps show how. Rentfrow et al.,

Psychology 52

Psychology Geography Cultures Humanities 52

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The visual geography of paper has memory-linking effects that help students connect what they have read with where they saw it on a page or how far into a book it was. Current Directions in Psychological Science , 27 (5). Frontiers in Psychology , 10. Our brains give more weight to words on a printed page. Fernandes, M.

Artifacts 52

Artifacts K-12 Primary Sources Psychology 52

Geography Teacher Sharing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

An article published in the Annual Review of Psychology reported that students are most successful when their schools emphasize growth and mastery. The form will contain a checklist of the learning objectives for the topic as well as how best they learned and what they felt could be better.

Psychology 52

Psychology 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

Social Studies 140

Social Studies Teaching Civics Advocacy 140

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2020

While costs vary widely by geography, age of child and form of care, one estimate pegs the cost of full-time day care at $10,000 per year. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Economics 117

Economics Geography Psychology Government 117

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While an individual or group may think that they are an island, the geography teacher in me can see that their island, like everyone else’s, is in the middle of concentric circles of scale. Their personal bubble is surrounded by the local scale, then the regional and national scales and finally being encompassed by the global scale.

Human Rights 40

Human Rights Geography Humanities Controversial Topics 40

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its open to all disciplines, geographies, periods, methodologies, authors, and audiences across the humanities. The mission statement emphasizes inclusiveness, declaring the journal a space for scholars, students, activists, journalists, policy-makers, professionals, practitioners, and non-specialists to connect and share knowledge.

Humanities 145

Humanities Archiving Oral History Pedagogy 145