The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

None of that math may be necessary for the vast majority of undergraduates who don’t intend to major in science or another STEM field. I felt that it really gave me breadth as a human being.” This story also appeared in Mind/Shift But those same students don’t have many of the math skills that professors think they actually do need.

High School 143

High School K-12 Social Science Humanities 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

Subjects like this provide “a more responsible and informed approach that is about creating justice and about righting the wrongs of the past,” she says. Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.”.

Anthropology 144

Anthropology Social Science Sociology Humanities 144

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.

Civic Engagement 136

Civic Engagement Civics Library Social Science 136

ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Writing doesn’t have that much meaning without a human audience. Finding a Balance Writing centers need to find a balance between introducing AI into the writing process and keeping the human support that every writer needs, argues Anna Mills, an English instructor at the College of Marin.

Tutoring 135

Tutoring Humanities Social Science Teaching 135

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

In fact, admissions officers say students who wish to gain admission to competitive universities often feel compelled to take the course, even if they intend to major in social science or humanities. Those interested in social sciences, communications and psychology pursue data science or statistics.

High School 109

High School K-12 Social Science Political Science 109

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A recent explosion of research from the neurobiological, behavioral, and social sciences has illuminated new knowledge about how children learn. The natural human drive to learn cannot flourish when children are hungry, tired, sick, or living in unsafe, chaotic, unstable conditions.

Social Science 108

Social Science Humanities Research Cultures 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Plato wrote that his teacher Socrates fretted that writing things down would cause humans to become ignorant because they wouldn’t have to memorize anything. Not long after the search engine company was founded in 1998, psychologists began to wonder how the ability to have so much information instantly available was changing our brains.

Psychology 98

Psychology Humanities Research Social Science 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Yet only 21 percent of teachers felt “very informed” on the topic and only 44 percent said they had the right resources to teach it most of the time or always. The sessions received funding through a $25 million National Science Foundation grant to Columbia University. “If Social science does not support that.

Teaching 96

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2018

Related: How to save the humanities? Fewer than one in 20 of all degrees now are in humanities disciplines traditionally associated with the liberal arts, according to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Leave this field empty if you're human: Small private liberal arts colleges also continue to close, most recently St.

Humanities 91

Humanities Social Science History Economics 91

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Through the Institutional Partner program, De Gruyter is a trusted partner to support the goals, values, and brand of centers, societies, and organizations like the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College and Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University. “We For more information, visit: www.apsanet.org.

Political Science 56

Political Science Civic Engagement Civics Professional Development 56

Society for Classical Studies

JUNE 13, 2024

The prize is dedicated to the publication of first books by early career scholars working in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences. For eligibility, timeline, and submission information, please visit the IRCPL website: The Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion

Social Science 52

Social Science Cultures Humanities 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

percent of doctorates in the physical sciences. percent of doctorates in both the humanities and social sciences, but just 5.4 percent in the physical sciences. Related: Consumers get more information about a purchase they once made on trust: college. Although 13.3

Social Science 111

Social Science Leadership Education Policy Research 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment!

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The training collaboration between the department and APSA coincided with the establishment of the Social Sciences Lab at the college and thus, both workshops aimed at supporting the mission of the lab to disseminate cutting-edge skills among the faculty.

Political Science 52

Political Science Social Science Research Humanities 52

Political Science Now

JUNE 10, 2024

Conversations are a primary way for human beings to interact, exchange ideas, and understand each other. student in Political Science at Tulane University. She holds a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) and a Master’s in Political Science from Eastern Illinois University. Boyd, Paul M.

Political Science 63

Political Science Social Science Humanities Research 63

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

The isolated few who conduct terrorist attacks like those on my great-grandfather’s church think of the Coptic people, my people, as sub-human. Leave this field empty if you're human: Because of such extreme language and my deep worries that it is fundamentally undermining our longstanding abilities in the U.S. Weekly Update.

Social Science 73

Social Science Humanities Teaching Research 73

Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

9, 2007, highlighting how individual lenders and borrowers match with each other in a community But after years of exploration, the P2P platforms started to “innovate” their models by acting like unregulated banks, while claiming that they were doing “information” matching. Archived webpage (ppdai.com) on Aug.

Archiving 98

Archiving Anthropology Social Science Economics 98

Society for Classical Studies

APRIL 4, 2024

See below for full program information and application instructions. With its focus on the Hellenic world, the collection contains materials from antiquity to the present across the social sciences and humanities relating to Greece, its neighboring countries, and the surrounding region.

Research 40

Research Archiving Primary Sources Artifacts 40

Jonathan Firth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Learners on most psychology courses engage in the process of designing, carrying out and writing up an independent research project on human participants – for example, simple memory experiments or surveys of sleep habits. Overall, it is a very broad subject that ranges from cognitive neuroscience to health and developmental psychology.

Psychology 52

Psychology Geography Social Science Research Skills 52

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

These reasons reveal that behind every statistic is a human story, highlighting the harsh realities of a system sustained by structural inequalities. In simple terms, we can define AI as the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.

Humanities 98

Humanities Anthropology Tradition Social Science 98

Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Drawing from biological and social sciences, as well as clinical sciences, medical anthropologists have contributed significantly to the understanding and improvement of human health and health services worldwide. A specialised branch of anthropology, i.e, A specialised branch of anthropology, i.e,

Cultures 100

Cultures Anthropology Humanities Sociology 100

Anthropology for Beginners

MAY 22, 2023

The primary aim is to study human experience, facts and artifacts from a dual socio-cultural as well as psychological point of view. Approaches: The approaches range from positivism to various hermeneutic humanism. After 1960s the field becomes known as psychological anthropology. Anti culture personality position.

Cultures 130

Cultures Anthropology Psychology Artifacts 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2019

Some nights they spent hours backtracking to figure out where Metz had gone wrong on her Intro to Computer Information Systems homework. She’d signed up for general psychology and a social sciences elective called Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Metz switched to the textbook called “Drugs, Society and Human Behavior.”

Education 112

Education Psychology High School Sociology 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

million in refunds from the previous spring, according to financial information it provided, though it recouped some of those losses by cutting costs. Emmanuel’s top undergraduate majors are now in science and health, edging out the humanities and social sciences.

Library 111

Library Economics High School Research 111

Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I am a former Oskar Morgenstern Fellow through the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a former Dan Searle Fellow through the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. More specifically, I examine how resources such as information, institutionalization, and professionalism impact policy adoption and feedback.

Political Science 60

Political Science Pedagogy Government Social Science 60

Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

We engaged in a collaborative project based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) designed to explore how AI tools might support undergraduate learning in anthropology. Students wondered: Why do some apps ask for so much more information than others? As it turns out, a lot!)

Anthropology 105

Anthropology Archaeology Pedagogy Archiving 105

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2021

The STEM disciplines and social sciences significantly influence the trajectory of American society and the global community in ways that other sectors and fields of exploration cannot match. As we reimagine policing, we must create better data systems and technology to inform our new policies. Is it worth it?

Research 134

Research Social Science Tradition Humanities 134

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Ice Age Adolescents and Human Growth Patterns In a new study published in the Journal of Human Evolution 1 , researchers have revealed new insights into the puberty stages of Ice Age adolescents from 25,000 years ago. Our research humanizes these teens in ways that go beyond just studying their tools or artifacts.”

Archaeology 105

Archaeology Artifacts Humanities Social Science 105

Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Human rights experts and activists have named the situation in Palestine “ scholasticide ” or “ educide ,” terms that refer to the systematic destruction of a people’s educational system. Protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression is crucial—especially given the widespread silencing of Palestinian human rights advocacy.

Anthropology 141

Anthropology Human Rights Humanities Cultures 141

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 31, 2025

The participants will also be informed about publication possibilities in due course. students aspiring to apply to a PhD program. We are also happy to accept submissions regarding pedagogical methods in teaching Latin, Greek and other classical subjects.

Archaeology 97

Archaeology Social Science Humanities History 97

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Keene , Professor of History and Dean of the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Chapman University. The Wilson Administration also used legal and social pressure.

Archiving 85

Archiving American History Library History 85

Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

International development has always been replete with expertise––a legacy of its colonial and Cold War origins––but now it is commonplace for donor institutions to demand “evidence-backed” policy and programming informed by SBS research. In this article, I begin with a brief overview of SBS in DRG work.

Anthropology 80

Anthropology Human Rights Psychology Humanities 80

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

And so that’s a reason why the social science might not be as robust as it might be. In fact, the problems we’re seeing, the patterns of behavior that we’re watching on campus now in really vivid form, are very fixed patterns of human behavior. Maybe that’s a problem.

Civics 88

Civics Cultures Political Science Advocacy 88

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

He emphasized that the main idea is to give borrowers better information about whether they’ll be able to pay back their loans. Related: In era of high costs, humanities come under attack. About 40 percent of humanities undergrads go on to get advanced degrees, the report said, further boosting their incomes.

Humanities 75

Humanities Economics Anthropology History 75