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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

Research should be used to inform as well as influence the actions we take to implement sustainable change at scale. Below is an adapted section of Chapter 4 from our book that looks as research that can influence learning space design in classrooms and schools. Additionally, the study indicated that whole-school factors (e.g.,

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Sociology Lesson Plans

Passion for Social Studies

Sociology is often a student-favorite course to take! Since students love this course, it is essential to have engaging, interactive sociology lesson plans. Luckily, there are tons of incredible sociology lessons to ensure students explore the underlying social forces that shape human behavior.

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The Emic Perspective of Generative AI

Teaching Anthropology

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., There have been course-grained sociological studies on students perceptions of AI (e.g. 2022, among many).

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How Partisanship Twists Accountability

Political Science Now

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. Bonilla starts by outlining how existing research on partisanship generally shows that voters political affiliations influence their processing of information.

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Just Another Typical Day

A Principal's Reflections

Below is a listing of some of activities that incorporated digital learning: In Mrs. Collentine’s Humanities class, students worked in the computer lab on researching the history of drama and theater in the culture of their own heritage. This information will be turned into a research project at the end of the period.

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Urban Ecology

Anthropology for Beginners

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Urban Ecology Urban ecology, pioneered by Chicago sociologists in the 1920s, was central to the development of human ecology. Indeed the two terms are often used interchangeably. Few sociologists now accept the biologically derived assumptions underlying urban ecology.

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Math can be a path to success after prison

The Hechinger Report

While there dont appear to be any studies specifically on the effect of math education for people in prison, a pile of research shows that prison education programs lower recidivism rates among participants and increase their chances of employment after theyre released. Hancy Maxis spent 17 years incarcerated in New York prisons.

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