Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

They wrote about Abena—and Akaina, a young girl in Eastern Africa living 3,000 years from today—to help teach K–12 students about possibilities for a sustainable future. This map shows the location of archaeological sites and their associated occupational phases in the Banda Traditional Area, Bono Region, Ghana.

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Oral History Archaeology Heritage History 141

Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

For anyone who has been teaching anthropology over the last two years, the latter will be of no surprise to you. (As As for the former, perhaps someone who has been teaching thirty years can weigh in were students always so careless? Does the teaching environment itself contribute to how students view AI? 2022, among many).

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Anthropology Sociology Cultures Educational Technology 130

TeachThought

JULY 2, 2024

” These might be the wrong questions, a product of our sentimentality as a culture and human insecurity in general. Or we think about ‘mobile devices’ today primarily in contrast to the previous tradition of ‘non-mobile technology.’ Move farther and ask, ‘What human need did we originally design schools to solve?’

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Humanities Tradition Cultures Teaching 292

ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

That became clear a few years ago, when a particularly bright student in a calculus class Talbert was teaching bombed the first exam. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again. All human learning that's significant is based on feedback loops, except in school. What makes you say that?

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Tradition Teaching Humanities Education 132

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

When it is all said and done, the best experiences are ongoing and job-embedded so that the needed support, application into practice, feedback, and accountability for growth lead to actual changes to teaching, learning, and leadership. The other is ensuring what has been learned leads to improvements in teaching, learning, and leadership.

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Leadership Archiving Professional Development Tradition 408

TeachThought

APRIL 5, 2024

Technology Tools for Interactive Learning contributed by Edelyn Bontuyan What makes traditional learning click? You conduct Q&A sessions, set up discussions, conduct practicals, lead peer teaching sessions, and more. How do you replicate these in-person connections when you are required to teach remotely? In-person learning.

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Interactive Learning Tradition Humanities Teaching 321

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

In studying various pieces of literature on the effect of design, Barrett and Zhang began with the understanding that a “bright, warm, quiet, safe, clean, comfortable, and healthy environment is an important component of successful teaching and learning” (p. Understanding how the learning space itself can affect the way students learn is key.

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Research K-12 Pedagogy Psychology 364

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching.

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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.

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Tradition Humanities Teaching Research 327

Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In preparation for a class based my 2022 article in Teaching Anthropology, Toward a Pedagogy for Consumer Anthropology: Method, Theory, Marketing , I provided ChatGPT with the following prompt: Use the research findings below to create 12 marketing ideas for Duncan Hines cake mix. Human Organization. Teaching Anthropology.

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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. But if there’s one job that can’t be taken over by artificial intelligence, it’s teaching. The future will leave room for human teachers.

Humanities 111

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 111

TeachThought

JUNE 5, 2024

If the ultimate goal of education is to teach students to think, then focusing on how we can help students ask better questions themselves might make sense, no? The Purpose of Questions Thought of roughly as a kind of spectrum, four purposes of questions might stand out, from more “traditional” to more “progressive.”

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Critical Thinking Tradition Artifacts Cultures 328

TeachThought

JULY 2, 2024

Its enduring significance stems from its profound critique of traditional teaching and learning methods. Freire’s work critiques traditional pedagogical practices and offers a compelling vision for a more just and participatory education system.

Pedagogy 271

Pedagogy Humanities Social Justice Cultures 271

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Nilsson is an English teacher by training, but he has embraced the “digital humanities,” teaching students how to code to answer questions about books, speeches, news coverage, rap lyrics and more. Nilsson teaches at Deerfield Academy , a private school in western Massachusetts. Subscribe today!

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Humanities K-12 Tradition Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Credit: Courtesy of the Curry School of Education and Human Development. Many users are underwhelmed and longing for the moment we can return to traditional in-person instruction. The coronavirus school closures have triggered a mass experiment in using educational technology, from video conferencing to automated feedback. Nice gig.).

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Teaching Classroom Management Humanities Educational Technology 120

ED Surge

JULY 13, 2022

Two current efforts designed by academics for use in teaching draw on extended reality tools that invite users to actively participate in scenes from works like “Romeo and Juliet.” Unless you get them to get back into their own bodies, I think you lose a really important teaching moment.”

Teaching 127

Teaching EdTech Humanities Tradition 127

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

But We Can’t Teach? This beautiful tradition of Black freedom should be taught in school. Yet, if the right wing has its way, it will be illegal to teach students about Juneteenth. At least 44 states have passed or proposed legislation to prohibit teaching about structural racism.

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Teaching American History Museum Library 111

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These stories of resilience and triumph allowed me to see my own humanity as a Black person, something I later realized I desperately needed. I needed to learn about my people in order for me to see my own humanity, and for the students I’ve taught over the past 13 years, I know this to be true. I will never forget that moment.

History 112

History Teaching K-12 Artifacts 112

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

I can say, without hesitation, that they succeeded in traditional academics in part due to the skills learned in their education and pursuits in the arts. This neglect has set them up with a false belief that the human experience is binary: creative or linear; purposeful or financially lucrative.

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Education Economics Tradition Humanities 115

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Her response stunned me, not just because she had yelled, but because of who she wasa student who had been a leader in my classroom, someone with whom I had built a strong relationship through teaching art the previous year. Then, I walked back inside and continued teaching. I walked over and quietly asked her to step outside with me.

Pedagogy 60

Pedagogy Humanities Classroom Management Critical Thinking 60

ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

Is it time to give traditional letter grade systems an F and replace them with alternatives that focus more on getting more students to master material? It turns out that doing so will require a major reeducation effort for parents, students and teachers, argues Joshua Eyler, who has led teaching centers at several colleges, in a new book.

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Tutoring K-12 Psychology High School 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Though the past year has put a spotlight on the limits and possibilities of using technology for teaching and learning, we began exploring the utility of using virtual reality as a medium for Holocaust education before the pandemic reshaped the educational landscape. This is critically important to learning. Sensitivity is required.

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Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 130

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.

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Humanities Economics Professional Development High School 65

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

Teaching aides are at least as effective in tutoring as licensed teachers, and far more effective than volunteer tutors, research shows Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Teaching assistants may sometimes feel like the Rodney Dangerfields of the classroom. But it was based on very few studies.

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Tutoring Humanities Elementary School Middle School 96

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2020

They also aim to open traditional students’ eyes to the stigmas and systematic barriers to employment former prisoners like Omar face. It’s part of a trend of colleges teaching entrepreneurship to inmates and ex-inmates. It’s, like, ‘Oh my goodness, they’re actually human beings,’ ” she said.

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Teaching Humanities Government Tradition 143

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Rapidly changing technology, particularly the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education has positioned faculty and leaders with a pivotal decision to make: Stick with the known comfort of traditional methods or experiment with the enticing, yet intimidating, potential of AI. It’s not indicative of weakness or failure.

Humanities 98

Humanities Psychology Education Library 98

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “ studenting ,” but not learning much. That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. How did that go?

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Research Teaching Pedagogy Elementary School 145

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.” In the last 15 months, teachers have been asked to teach in person, online, and various combinations of the two. ” UDL celebrates learner variability as an asset in the classroom.

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Tradition Humanities Teaching Education 218

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Yes, blended learning can help teachers navigate the challenges of teaching at this moment. Most of the schools and districts I work with are focusing on the rotation models because they work well in a traditional school setting. That’s why this inversion of the traditional approach to instruction and application is so powerful.

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Tradition Humanities Teaching Education 218

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s not until the second-period bell rings, however, that you begin to see how different this is from a traditional psychology course. Instead of packing up to leave, students migrate over to the room’s pathology lab, well-appointed with microscopes, replicas of human skulls and anatomical models of internal organs. Weekly Update.

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Teaching Education Psychology High School 105

ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

There’s a growing market for the convenience, accurate feedback and interaction that voice-based AI reading tools provide, due to the unprecedented fall in NAEP reading scores across the country coupled with mounting concerns about modern strategies for teaching literacy. Diagnosing dyslexia early, for instance.

Teaching 124

Teaching EdTech Professional Development Tutoring 124

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Ancient Hearths of Fuente del Salín Fire has long been a cornerstone of human existence, providing warmth, protection, and a means to cook food. Sitting around a fire would have been a time for storytelling, teaching, and reinforcing group identity.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Anthropology Group Identity Cultures 52

Digital Promise

MAY 15, 2018

Division of labor has worked wonders for the production of clothing, computers, and automobiles — but it doesn’t have the same transformational effect on productivity in teaching, a new study by economist Roland G. First of all, as Fryer writes, “Production of human capital is far more complex than assembling automobiles.”

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Teaching Elementary School Pedagogy Social Studies 87

The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2017

And many important findings that are relevant to teaching are not making it into the classroom, or penetrating very slowly. You can see her method in an online Teaching Channel video. Such robust examples of teaching kids how to learn from their errors remain the exception in U.S. Some findings make intuitive sense.

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Humanities Psychology Research Middle School 104

Edthena

MARCH 6, 2025

Patty Hagan, a teaching and learning coach at St. “The AI experience is just one tool in coaches arsenalsits meant to reinforce reflection and goal-setting done with human coaches,” she said. The AI is not evaluating the teacheryoure evaluating yourself, she said.

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Professional Development Humanities Tradition Teaching 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The tutor, which Kestin calls “PS2 Pal,” after the Physical Sciences 2 class he teaches, was told to only give away one step at a time and not to divulge the full solution in a single message. Kestin doesn’t deliver traditional lectures. Kestin sought to reproduce aspects of this teaching style with the AI tutor.

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Tutoring Humanities Tradition Critical Thinking 136

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I That doesn’t motivate action or change.”

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Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96