The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The drop in college graduates who majored in humanities ranges between 16 percent and 29 percent since 2012. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002. As the economy recovered, so did the humanities. The last time colleges produced this few humanities graduates was in 2002.

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Humanities Economics History Psychology 143

TeachThought

JUNE 10, 2024

Edith Ackerman, a “ Swiss-born American psychologist who explored the interactions between developmental psychology, play, learning and design. He stresses the importance of tools, media, and context in human development. ” You can read the full pdf here.

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Artifacts Project-Based Learning Psychology Interactive Learning 320

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Thanks to discoveries in the fields of organizational psychology and neuroscience, we can gain a better understanding of what human traits or behaviors are best suited for leadership, and why they are of benefit to the organizations and teams these individuals lead.

Leadership 318

Leadership Psychology Cultures Humanities 318

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Understanding the Psyche of Technological Resistance in the Education Workforce Resistance to change, especially technological change , is fundamentally anchored in our human psychology. Typically, humans have an inclination toward safety and the predictability of routine, avoiding the uncertainty that comes with new terrain.

Humanities 98

Humanities Psychology Library Education 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2023

AP Psychology is a popular course, and rigorous AP classes help prepare students for college and demonstrate their skills for college admissions. The study of psychology is particularly important in this regard because it is a field led by women. I majored in psychology before forging a political career.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Or students in a human behavior class applying what they’ve learned to encourage cafeteria visitors to waste less food. The post Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session appeared first on The Hechinger Report. This is an edition of our climate change and education newsletter. Sign up here.

Psychology 99

Psychology Economics K-12 Sociology 99

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic.

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Archaeology Psychology Anthropology Cultures 104

The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2017

“He thought if they made a mistake, the mistake would get entrenched, and you’d have to backtrack to erase it,” explains Janet Metcalfe, a professor of psychology at Columbia University, and the author of an impressive scientific review titled “Learning from Errors,” published earlier this year in Annual Review of Psychology.

Humanities 106

Humanities Psychology Research Middle School 106

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

I’ve never liked the idea that as teachers it is our job to “manage” students, but it wasn’t until I was reading research about human motivation for my doctoral program that I understood why I was feeling such a knee-jerk reaction when I heard the phrase “classroom management.” Grolnick, W. & Ryan, R.

Classroom Management 168

Classroom Management Psychology Humanities Professional Development 168

Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Secondly, syndemic health conditions adversely interact through various biological or psychological mechanisms or pathways. At the same time, because syndemics occur everywhere in the world, they provide a lens on both global and local health issues, the lifeworlds of diverse populations, and human suffering. Why teach syndemics?

Teaching 130

Teaching Anthropology Archival Research Psychology 130

Jonathan Firth

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

What should you read to prime yourself for further study in Psychology? I’m often asked by new or prospective Psychology students (or their parents) if I can recommend some interest-based reading to extend their understanding or prepare for a degree. Image via Pixabay. A great primer ahead of studying psychopathology.

Psychology 52

Psychology Economics Humanities History 52

TeachThought

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Social Engineering: The Human Factor While technology evolves, human psychology remains a constant target. Modern phishing attacks are sophisticated enough to fool even tech-savvy users. Last year, a junior employee at a Fortune 500 company received what appeared to be a routine Zoom meeting invitation from their CEO.

Psychology 168

Psychology Humanities Research 168

Psychology Sorted

JULY 2, 2024

As stated in the subject brief, the content for the new psychology course comprises the three approaches – biological, cognitive and sociocultural – and research methodology. Students will need to give an example, but it does not need to be a psychological study. It can be a theory or a relevant example from life.

Research 98

Research Psychology Humanities Cultures 98

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Introduction: Echoes of the Aztec Past The Aztec “death whistle,” a clay instrument often resembling a human skull, emits an unsettling scream-like sound capable of evoking terror. Participants underwent neural and psychological testing while listening to recorded whistle sounds.

Psychology 87

Psychology Artifacts Humanities Cultures 87

Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 18, 2024

Helping us do that is Megan Sumeracki, a professor of cognitive psychology at Rhode Island College. Her area of expertise is human learning and memory, and applying the science of learning in educational contexts.

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Pedagogy Psychology Library Humanities 248

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2020

Yet even advocates of educational technology recognize the motivating power of a human teacher to encourage a demoralized student or clear up a point of confusion. Student psychology appears to be at play. A longer study would be needed to see if the psychological trick persists.

Psychology 140

Psychology Middle School Tutoring Humanities 140

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Schools need to tap into the same sense of wonder that led early humans to seek unifying stories to explain their place in the world — and teachers need to do more to incorporate myths, jokes and riddles into curriculum and teaching practices, from the earliest grades up through high school. You can't have a culture without having metaphors.

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K-12 Education Psychology Humanities 136

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2020

Play facilitates cognitive development, said James Coan, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia who studies the neuroscience of human connection. James Coan, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia. and Natalie Reid Dorn professor of human development at the University of California-Davis.

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Psychology Archiving Humanities Research 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: The big wrinkle is that the researchers found that it’s not effective to start the school year with a couple of weeks of lessons on the scientific method, which many teachers do. Schunn, published October 2019 in the journal of Contemporary Educational Psychology. Weekly Update.

Critical Thinking 143

Critical Thinking Teaching Psychology Middle School 143

ED Surge

JANUARY 22, 2024

That AI tool had pulled off some big wins, including beating humans on the Jeopardy quiz show in 2011. He says his team spent about five years trying, and along the way they helped build some small-scale attempts into learning products, such as a pilot chatbot assistant that was part of a Pearson online psychology courseware system in 2018.

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Tutoring EdTech Humanities Psychology 145

Jonathan Firth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

This week the annual Scottish Learning Festival took place in Glasgow, and together with five fellow educators I gave a presentation on the value of psychology to younger learners. 1) The study of Psychology is a basic part of understanding reality. 2) Psychology is interesting and motivating. We can do better for our learners.

Psychology 52

Psychology Geography Social Science Research Skills 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. For almost as long as there have been wars, there have been people who study veterans. But a specific degree program to study veterans is being launched this fall at Saint Leo University in central Florida.

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Psychology Advocacy Sociology Anthropology 131

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

That finding motivated Brown to ask more questions about play and its role in healthy human development. Doris Bergen, a professor at Miami University’s Department of Educational Psychology. Play is “not frivolous and not just for kids, but something that is an inherent part of human nature.”.

Psychology 138

Psychology Humanities Research Teaching 138

The Effortful Educator

AUGUST 5, 2024

I’ve written for the American Psychological Association several, Education Week, Edutopia, National Education Association, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and many more. As Sweller, Ayers, and Kalyuga stated in their book , “Without knowledge of human cognitive processes, instructional design is blind.”

Psychology 109

Psychology Professional Development Humanities Research 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The simulations allow learners to enter a virtual environment and role play with virtual students who are manifesting signs of psychological distress, according to Albright. The educator practices how to respond to the virtual human using evidence-based communication skills.

Psychology 124

Psychology High School Humanities Research 124

ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

No matter what, the thoughts need to start with the human user and end with the human user,” she stresses. After all, the goal of any writing instruction, she notes, is to help “two human beings communicate with each other.” Stuff before involved humans and was static.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

More broadly, nearly 73 percent in the Fall 2021 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment survey reported moderate or serious psychological distress. Nikita Nerkar, a peer wellness coach and senior from Phoenix majoring in psychology, said students often “are looking to have a space to talk things through.”.

Psychology 134

Psychology Tradition Humanities Cultures 134

Anthropology for Beginners

JANUARY 3, 2021

McIver defines society as “a system of usage and proedurs, of authority and mutual aid of many groupings and divisions, of control over human behaviour and of liberties. While one cannot image to have a society without collection of individuals similarly, one cannot have human beings without forming a mutual social relations.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Cultures Humanities Psychology 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2022

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a professor of psychology at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. What it’s really about here is can we teach human brains in the way human brains learn,” Hirsh-Pasek said.

Psychology 145

Psychology Humanities Research Teaching 145

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

The event provides leadership development skills, offers a psychologically safe space to process our experiences and nurtures the spirit of brotherhood and community needed to sustain our worth and our work. At this year’s retreat, Lester Young Jr., After a week of contemplation, I found myself wondering why we can’t do both.

Leadership 118

Leadership Psychology Humanities Public School 118

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Recently, EdSurge webinar host Matthew Joseph discussed with education experts the need for assessments to measure what truly matters and power human progress. We must consider not just the learner but all human actors in the system and the decisions they need to make to support that learner’s journey.

Education 122

Education Professional Development Humanities Psychology 122

Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In a 1934 lecture on techniques of the body, for example, Marcel Mauss argued that studies of movement should attend concomitantly to biological, sociological and psychological facets. Human hygiene is taken as an example. This particular activity comes on the heels of a discussion of cultural universals in comparative perspective.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Sociology Psychology Cultures 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2018

Kendall Cotton Bronk, associate professor of psychology, Claremont Graduate University. Research and scholarship on “purpose” has gained momentum in recent years, converging from developmental psychology, moral philosophy, positive psychology and other directions. I’ve been hearing the word ‘humanity’ over and over again.

Psychology 107

Psychology Humanities High School Research 107

Anthropology.net

AUGUST 6, 2024

In his groundbreaking book, The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature (2024), Slimak delves into the depths of Neanderthal life, challenging preconceived notions and offering a fresh perspective on what it means to be human. Slimak asserts. "We

Humanities 52

Humanities Artifacts Sociology Anthropology 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

But Ron Dahl, who directs the Institute for Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley, argues that adolescence is actually a second opportunity to invest in children because of the enormous brain development during this period. This is the “ human connectome ” and each person’s is unique, like a fingerprint.

Psychology 140

Psychology Humanities Research Cultures 140

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

The low success rate for new ideas is “psychologically disappointing,” said Barbara Goodson, lead author of the report and an expert in educational research at the consulting firm Abt Global. The results for each program are hidden in pages 55 through 64 of a separate appendices document , but I have created a pdf of them for you.

Tutoring 138

Tutoring Education Psychology Government 138

Teaching Anthropology

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

ELIZABETH KEATING, Professor of Anthropology & Graduate Faculty, Human Dimensions of Organizations, The University of Texas at Austin Teaching through research is recognized as one of the strengths of anthropology. One of the most powerful questions they asked is a question about space: “What was the home you grew up in like?”

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