Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If selected, fellows will give a public lecture on their work, participate in a workshop on their project, participate in a seminar with graduate students relating to their work, and record an episode for the Future of the Past Podcast. Fellowships will be distributed equally across the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e.,

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2024

Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History: Call for Fellows kskordal Mon, 03/04/2024 - 13:37 Image The Future of the Past Lab and the Center for Premodern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are excited to announce a three-year series of visiting fellowships titled “Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History.”

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This tendency is first expressed through its course design — three of the four core courses on “anthropology” while the last one on history being arguably a sisterly discipline. For instance, we tried to unpack the history of tombstones based on their minute traces. Could you tell me more about its history? Like a textbook?”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

When Cante donned her purple ribbon skirt, a traditional garment worn by some Native women, to commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day in October, another student approached her. It wasn’t until she picked up a traditional lacrosse stick in seventh grade through the Twin Cities Native Lacrosse league that Nina finally found her sport.

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Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kingdon Fellowships sponsor scholars working in the humanities in the historical, literary, artistic, and/or philosophical studies of Christian and/or Jewish religious traditions and their role in society. Fellows are expected to present their work at an Institute seminar and participate in the weekly seminars.

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Teaching American History

JUNE 18, 2024

And that means the pinnacle of TAH’s professional development for teachers has arrived as well: our Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program at Ashland University in Ashland, OH. Teachers at the end of the program can choose to complete either a traditional master’s thesis, a capstone project, or our qualifying exam.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

College is geared more toward the traditional student,” he said. It prepares men with children for high school equivalency tests and college by providing classes, tutoring, counseling and parenting seminars. But Castillo said that getting a higher education is probably the hardest thing he’s ever done.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

or 4:30 for senior seminars; many students stick around for homework labs and other activities. History teacher Tom Halpenny (Boston College) teaches AP world literature but on a recent fall day the class has only 12 students so Halpenny can go around and speak to them individually. In a later seminar, they discuss current events.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Here is what we learned: Student learning in hybrid and traditional classrooms is comparable. We found that faculty-reported gains in student learning in Teagle-funded hybrid or online courses were comparable to gains in traditional classrooms, in line with research findings to date. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

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Teaching American History

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the next few days, those who have completed all coursework for the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program may begin writing their qualifying exams, so as to graduate with their degrees this December. These courses lay an excellent foundation for a deep understanding of the history and government of America.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

While the Newark Honors College still hews to a relatively traditional approach, the Living-Learning Community is redefining from scratch what it means to be an honors student. Honors College students participate in seminars and service projects and take a freshman colloquium. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. He did his student teaching in a traditional classroom. Moreover, any realistic account of history covers economic and financial factors.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Massachusetts is turning that traditional model on its head by having many schools combine rigorous academics with hands-on career training, now called “career and technical education.” English teacher Justin Bilton and history teacher Jason Stark created and team-teach the class. It’s my best chance to do what I want.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

His was a brash mission shared by a new breed of charter school leaders who said they could succeed where traditional neighborhood schools had failed. But he spoke up in Romantic Literature, and he helped other students with their African American Religious History papers. Statistics are only true until someone bucks them.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Robert Cassanello at the University of Central Florida in Orlando — one of the nation’s largest campuses with 70,000 students — warned in red ink on the syllabus for his graduate seminar on the Civil Rights Movement (as for all courses he teaches) that he “will expose you to content that does not comply with and will violate” anti-DEI laws.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

BREAK MY SOUL", in particular, reflects my work as a public high school history teacher as I have had my own renaissance navigating the toxic landscape that further marginalizes educators struggling to hold on to their humanity while teaching.

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Teaching American History

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Teaching American History has recently published World War I and the 1920s: Core Documents , a collection curated by Professor Jennifer D. Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In December 2023, I attended an online seminar featuring the anthropologist Ghassan Hage , a leading expert on race and migration. These relationships call on older traditions of religious tolerance in the region. We can and must do more.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2025

As a Black Chicana, I vividly remember being the singular student of color in my freshman-year seminar at Michigan State. While it requires creativity, students can still highlight who they are in their applications by foregrounding their lived experiences outside of their grades, test scores and academic histories.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Catherine Epstein: We have the papers of some relatively famous alums, and then we have lots of information just on the history of the college. Amherst enrolls about 1,900 students and offers more than 850 courses, many of them small seminars. Kirk: Nicola Courtright teaches art history at Amherst. Archivist: Great.

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