Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Farmers planted grains to make traditional dishes such as starchy, mild fufu and thick, warm tuo zaafi , and households stored surplus tubers in their wattle-and-daub homes to nourish them throughout the year. Human history on the continent is full of similar stories of resilience through environmental challenges.

Oral History 140

Oral History Archaeology Heritage History 140

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2023

We must move away from the traditional view of leadership as a top-down hierarchy and embrace a more collaborative and inclusive approach. Engage Information is king in the sharing economy, which is our current reality. Being human is more important than being right all the time. It's about collaboration, trust, and respect.

Leadership 545

Leadership Tradition Humanities 545

Sapiens

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This catalog will hopefully generate updated estimates of the number of active languages and information on how these languages are being used. My point is to communicate that there are many languages and, therefore, an incredible diversity of ways humans think, reason, and feel. The ISO created labels for 183 languages.

History 137

History Cultures Heritage Government 137

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Instead, the researchers employ a developmental psychology framework, focusing on how gestures, motor skills, and cognitive development inform the artistic process. This suggests that children may have recognized and elaborated upon the figurative potential of their own creations, blending play and representation in a uniquely human way.

Archaeology 105

Archaeology Psychology Anthropology Cultures 105

Anthropology.net

MARCH 28, 2025

Traditional ancestry reports often provide a static snapshot, indicating, for example, that an individual is "50% Irish." While informative, this perspective oversimplifies the intricate tapestry of human ancestry, which is more akin to a dynamic film than a still photograph. ​ Credit: Science (2025).

Ancestry 52

Ancestry Humanities Tradition Research 52

TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

By improving accuracy, policymakers can make better-informed decisions to combat climate change. Researchers are working on quantum algorithms that can outperform traditional encryption techniques. SpaceX’s Starship for Mars Colonization SpaceX’s Starship project is advancing space exploration to establish a human presence on Mars.

Research 265

Research Tradition Humanities Education 265

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. These living conditions foster a unique informal learning environment where children can observe, imitate, and practice critical skills without formal instruction.

Cultures 98

Cultures Humanities History Tradition 98

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

I really dig the quote from Abigail Adams as it applies to both formal and informal pathways. For the purposes of this post, let’s put aside more traditional pathways that are either provided to educators or ones that are sought out, such as conferences and workshops. Let me now get back to the time issue that kicked off this post.

Leadership 413

Leadership Archiving Professional Development Tradition 413

ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again. And so I was interested to note that you argue in the book that “traditional grading violates any reasonable standard of equity.” All human learning that's significant is based on feedback loops, except in school. What makes you say that?

Tradition 130

Tradition Teaching Humanities Education 130

Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

While AI has simply not been in the hands of students long enough to have longitudinal data on its impacts, there is a growing slew of research that touts it as a learning tool for non-traditional students (such as Dai et al., Education and Information Technologies , 27 (6), 7893-7925. 2023, and Ouyang et al., 2022, among many).

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Cultures Educational Technology 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Whether through formal, postsecondary degree attainment or informal, out-of-school time opportunities via summer camps and workshops, the foundational skills students build by studying a creative craft are portable and durable and can set them up for success in whatever field they ultimately pursue.

Education 122

Education Economics Tradition Humanities 122

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2018

In this ever-evolving world of digital communication, a world where information arrives at our digital doorstep without being invited, we have to reset traditional thinking. An article by Jonathan Gottschall in Fast Company sums it up well: " Humans live in a storm of stories. We communicate through stories and learn from them.

Tradition 343

Tradition Humanities Teaching Research 343

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

Research should be used to inform as well as influence the actions we take to implement sustainable change at scale. The evidence of such connections came from the medical understanding of how human sensory perception affects cognitive calculations. It is also a great way to move those who are resistant to change to embrace new ideas.

Research 376

Research K-12 Pedagogy Psychology 376

Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

I was trying to understand how humans and wildlifeparticularly javelinaslive together in messy, contested landscapes, shaped as much by perception and politics as by biology. Instead, Jon turned his deep grounding in genetics into a sharp critique of how science makes claims about human difference. By the time I left for a Ph.D.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Humanities Cultures History 98

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

However, the mounting pressure from ridiculous mandates as a result of the current education reform movement and massive budget cuts across the country, have made it a challenge to learn through traditional pathways. Without funding, many districts no longer allow leaders to travel to national/state conferences or even attend local workshops.

Leadership 292

Leadership Educational Technology Tradition Humanities 292

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

That’s because “English AI Anchor,” as “he” is named, isn’t human. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans. The future will leave room for human teachers. They didn’t give us any information about where we’re supposed to refer to. Related: Go vote.

Humanities 108

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2025

We rewarded students for getting the right answers, for competing rather than collaborating, for mastering subjects rather than navigating human relationships. In an AI-driven future, our greatest strength will not be IQ or EQ but RQ Relational Intelligence the capacity to connect, understand and thrive through human relationships.

Humanities 78

Humanities Economics Professional Development High School 78

Anthropology.net

AUGUST 22, 2024

The reconstruction of early human evolution has largely been shaped by fossil evidence found in a few key locations in Africa. The eastern branch of the East African Rift System, encompassing renowned sites like Oldupai Gorge in Tanzania, is one of the most significant sources of early human fossils.

Humanities 94

Humanities Anthropology Tradition History 94

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6 Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6 The more information you have, the more that you know how to take care of yourself and advocate for yourself in a school setting,” Almazan said. Last year, the U.S.

Tradition 120

Tradition Advocacy Public School Library 120

TeachThought

MAY 14, 2024

Traditional on-campus programs can be geographically restrictive and financially demanding. Asynchronous learning allows students to absorb information at their own pace, while synchronous sessions foster interactive discussions and real-time feedback. Online learning platforms also cater to diverse learning styles.

Education 183

Education Tradition Humanities 183

Living Geography

APRIL 29, 2025

The core strengths of geographythe ability to analyse, connect, and synthesise information across places and spacesare more essential than ever. Today, alongside the physical and human realms, we encounter a virtual layer that increasingly shapes our daily lives.

Geography 52

Geography Economics Humanities Tradition 52

Digital Promise

JULY 17, 2017

Human beings themselves are innately noisy and variable creatures. If each additional layer of technology we introduce adds to the variability of human data, we might well question how we fund, conduct, and interpret research involving humans and the use of technology. Change one element and the context changes.

Humanities 332

Humanities Archiving EdTech Tutoring 332

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Most of the schools and districts I work with are focusing on the rotation models because they work well in a traditional school setting. Videos put students in control of the pace at which they consume and process information. That’s why this inversion of the traditional approach to instruction and application is so powerful.

Tradition 218

Tradition Humanities Teaching Education 218

Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

UDL is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.” Instead, we need to develop a skill set that is adaptable enough and flexible enough to travel from the bumpy, cobblestone streets of traditional education to the choppy waters of learning in the cloud.

Tradition 218

Tradition Humanities Teaching Education 218

Anthropology News

MARCH 27, 2025

Cultural artifacts, traditions, and knowledge do not simply move; they shift, adapt, and sometimes disappear in the process. When NASAs early satellite data became inaccessible due to obsolete formats , it was not just information that was lost, but a record of human exploration. Digital artifacts follow the same patterns.

Archiving 86

Archiving Artifacts Anthropology Museum 86

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Maybe you believe gender fluidity has always been a part of human existence and that those statistics only exist because we are just now getting around to naming and measuring it. “When a student changes their name and pronouns,” he offers, “who should be informed? . Who has a right to that information?

Pedagogy 251

Pedagogy Psychology Library Social Justice 251

Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

“Even when they pass on, you still respect and honor them as non-human relatives. In a new paper published in Advances in Archaeological Practice 1 , Ward and his colleagues are calling for museums to take a more ethical, culturally informed approach to caring for the bones of animals, particularly those tied to Indigenous traditions.

Museum 52

Museum Archaeology Artifacts Anthropology 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2024

Digital educators, alert and available at all times, will soon replace their human counterparts and feed students with concentrated personalized content. With its detached efficiency, an AI system is like the metal mesh mother — capable of delivering information, but little else. And in school counseling? screamed breathless headlines.

Humanities 120

Humanities Tradition High School Research 120

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Established learning theories, like behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism, are grounded in the idea that learning occurs inside the human brain. The explosion of artificial intelligence is a testament to the reality that knowledge can be created and stored outside of the human mind. Siemens, G.

Professional Development 122

Professional Development Humanities Tradition 122

Anthropology News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Knowledge sometimes can cause these internal conflicts, and even stress, where weoftenhave to decide between making a choice that we feel is ethical and correct or making a choice that fits our personal food preferences, traditions, lifestyle, bank accounts, and access. And again, I never tell people what to do. There are successes.

Anthropology 64

Anthropology Advocacy Heritage Cultures 64

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In a survey, humanities, arts and social science professors say they really want their students to be able to analyze data, create charts and spreadsheets and reason mathematically – skills that high school math courses often skip or rush through. “We I felt that it really gave me breadth as a human being.”

High School 143

High School K-12 Social Science Humanities 143

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In Powerful Teaching , the authors focus on the potential of: Retrieval practice – “pulling information out of students’ heads (e.g., quizzes and flashcards), rather than cramming information into students’ heads (e.g., These educational practices can be powerful tools for information retrieval. lectures)” (p.

Learning Science 143

Learning Science Tradition Critical Thinking Teaching 143

ED Surge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But it’s not because students aren’t good at critical thinking, argues Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. EdSurge: In the book you argue that one of the most important things to do when sorting through information online is what you call “critical ignoring.”

Critical Thinking 142

Critical Thinking Tradition Teaching Humanities 142

Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

On the other hand, ethnography also designated the aspiration to collect systematically, and according to rigorous procedures, facts about human languages, customs, arts, and achievements. Approaches: Ethnographic fieldwork tradition has a long history and it is rooted from the 19 th century enlightenment philosophy.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Cultures Tradition Psychology 130

ED Surge

JULY 13, 2022

As a student acts and speaks, his or her avatar will perform in front of a virtual audience, but other humans in the room won’t see the virtual theater that the student sees. Yet there is a significant difference between Play the Knave and Shakespeare-VR when it comes to what traditionally has been a key component of theater: the audience.

Teaching 125

Teaching EdTech Humanities Tradition 125

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2021

As we reimagine policing, we must create better data systems and technology to inform our new policies. AI can and should be a force for furthering equity and inclusion — but it needs to be employed thoughtfully and responsibly to avoid putting countless human lives in danger. Is it worth it? How do we make it more effective?

Research 138

Research Social Science Tradition Humanities 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Research on the physical, psychological and academic benefits of outdoor learning for kids is well-established, and is now informing the development of climate education. What’s also becoming well-known is the essential role of traditional and Indigenous ecological knowledge in the effort to cope with the climate crisis.

Heritage 119

Heritage Tradition Cultures Public School 119