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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

Moreover, with regard to syndemics Horton tweeted , The anthropology community is ahead of medicine and public health.Once labeled a little-known buzzword that nonetheless describes our troubled times in Smithsonian Magazine , syndemic theory now informs a rich body of health research and interventions. Why teach syndemics?

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20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking

TeachThought

Other possibilities: Left Column/Right Column: Inventors/Inventions; Forms of Government/Strengths and Weaknesses, Geometric Shape/Formula to calculate area; etc. In a short answer, the responder must answer the prompt without the benefit of any additional information or possible answers.

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‘A drastic experiment in progress’: How will coronavirus change our kids?

The Hechinger Report

The research helped inform his influential “ attachment theory ,” which emphasizes the bond between parent and child and the harms that come from separating them. Play facilitates cognitive development, said James Coan, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia who studies the neuroscience of human connection.

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OPINION: The invisible toll of mass incarceration on childhood development

The Hechinger Report

The rules governing the visit felt punitive: no toys, no candy, no touching. Visiting times should be increased, parents should be allowed to hold their children during these interactions, and more financial and psychological supports should be offered to people reentering society after prison. The visits, though, were far from ideal.

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With higher ed in crisis, the lack of financial oversight is glaring

The Hechinger Report

Government agencies and accrediting bodies have safeguards to protect students from such abrupt college closures, but the oversight is often weak or too late. The day news of the closing broke, Anamarc officials sent students away with nothing but promises of more information to come. Credit: Yvonne Mendez. Federal oversight lags.

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As more young people receive psychiatric care, some hospitals have opened their own schools

The Hechinger Report

Marraccini, an associate professor of school psychology at UNC’s School of Education Now, as the rate of young people experiencing mental health distress climbs, with in-patient mental health hospitalizations rising by more than 120 percent between 2016 and 2022 according to one measure, the need for school support programs has grown.

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STUDENT VOICE: ‘So many students are already sleeping in their cars, homeless shelters or even on the street’

The Hechinger Report

If we have applied for finanial aid, colleges already have our data — and so they should be able to inform us whether we are likely to be eligible for these programs. My student government is seeking to spend tens of thousands of dollars to support our students. Students need more than just a reminder that schools care.