The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

Education administrators at all levels need to act now to resist a rising tide of efforts against social science knowledge. There, too often, struggling students attempt to discredit the educator and the field of social science. Usually, when a student in a classroom is not understanding the material, they ask for help.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The bill , which won bipartisan support from the state’s senate and assembly, would require the New Jersey Department of Education to develop learning standards across K-12 in media and information literacy. Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media.

Teaching 135

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2025

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. No late applications will be considered.

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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 137

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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. Majors that require calculus were excluded.

High School 143

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2024

“Historically Black colleges and universities have an outstanding reputation in terms of building science courses in their undergraduate and graduate programs,” Schneider says. The most important thing for me is to do social science that can be replicated by other people,” Schneider says, adding she hopes more HBCUs will join the project.

Education 133

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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

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

including detailed information on teaching experience. For more information, see our FAQs and/or contact teaching@apsanet.org or Michelle Allendoerfer at mallendoerfer@apsanet.org with any questions. Visit APSAs Teaching Symposia page for information about this program and to view past events.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Yet, the social science with perhaps the most to offer budding journalists, anthropology, has often been excluded from the chosen courses.” “The

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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. After all, this is what most colleges do: Students interested in science and engineering take the traditional algebra-to-calculus path.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

These founders, hailing from leading universities as well as the US Atomic Energy Commission, IBM Corp and New York Life Insurance, knew that connecting the humanities and sciences helps us make informed judgments about our control of nature, ourselves and our destiny. Challenges of 21st-Century Learning.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2024

This year, tutors will also learn a list of AI literacies, such as how large language models work, issues with generative AI, such as their cultural biases, or how to write prompts that can help organize information, Johnson says. At Middlebury, tutors are also trained to navigate AI policies, which can differ among instructors, Giaimo says.

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Join APSA’s Committee on the Status of Graduate Students for a 90-minute virtual workshop introducing best practices and strategies for incorporating these social science research platforms into your scholarship.

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Political Science Research Professional Development Social Science 70

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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A recent explosion of research from the neurobiological, behavioral, and social sciences has illuminated new knowledge about how children learn. For Smith, it means making sure her teaching is informed and shaped by input from her learners — meeting learners where they are and guiding them from there to help move them forward.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

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. A seminal 2011 paper established the so-called “Google effect,” our tendency to forget information that we can easily look up on the internet.

Psychology 98

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Now he’s lobbying his friends who are old enough to vote by informing them how they and their community would benefit if the Oakland Youth Vote passes. Heather Van Benthuysen, director, Chicago Public Schools Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The benefits of small classes have become something of an informal yardstick. Some studies were missing key pieces of information such as failing to specify whether the test results were in math or reading. (In graduate school, I was taught that the benefits of small classes kick in once the class size falls below 16 students.)

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Research Tutoring Social Science Economics 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

That planning is also complicated by the fact that when students enter college, be it at two- or four-year institutions, they are typically provided a bewildering buffet of courses alongside overly general information on how to choose majors and on graduation requirements. Information is just the beginning.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For more information, visit: www.apsanet.org. Its portfolio makes De Gruyter one of the world’s largest and most reputable humanities publishers while extending to subject areas like natural and social sciences, economics, technology, mathematics, architecture, design and more. For more information, visit: www.degruyter.com.

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Political Science Civic Engagement Civics Professional Development 58

Political Science Now

MAY 8, 2024

Karis Rivers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Karis Rivers is a rising senior at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor majoring in political science and minoring in quantitative methods in social sciences. Throughout her academic career, she has maintained status as a James B.

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Political Science Social Justice Social Science Research 55

Political Science Now

MARCH 5, 2025

ICER is organized in partnership with UCLA Social Sciences and the Center for Community Engagement (CCE) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). For more information about ICER, please visit our website. The 2025 Summer Institute The 2025 Summer Institute will take place on campus at UCLA from July 7-10.

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Civic Engagement Civics Research Political Science 31

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2018

We’re still suffering from the consequences of the culture war, where the humanities in particular and also the social sciences and now even the sciences are seen as ideologically driven,” Hoeckley said. Related: Ivy League degree: Now what?

Humanities 95

Humanities Social Science History Economics 95

Political Science Now

MARCH 18, 2024

The program is open to scholars in political science and other social science disciplines who seek support and feedback on one of the below activities: Journal article Book chapter Dissertation chapter Book proposal Grant proposal Please review the call for applications for detailed information on eligibility requirements and program expectations.

Political Science 63

Political Science Social Science Research 63

ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

But it also can’t offer boring bits of information interspersed with fun games. Students have also been asked to use the platform to make presentations for English or social science classes, she adds. Dexter admits that this is a complex tug-of-war between gaming and learning.

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EdTech Middle School Social Science Teaching 134

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 Hispanic or Latino students, meanwhile receive 7.2

Social Science 111

Social Science Leadership Education Policy Research 111

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

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. They could make a local history wiki or, even better, make contributions to our global information commons by directly creating and editing Wikipedia pages.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Political Science Now

JULY 31, 2024

What information and data are necessary to construct sustainable cities? This short course draws from the unique set of theoretical and methodological approaches of political science to contribute to debates on building sustainable cities. How do political institutions shape the prospects of a sustainable future?

Political Science 55

Political Science Social Science Government Research 55

Political Science Now

AUGUST 28, 2024

For more information and questions, check out the APSA MENA website or contact delissa@apsanet.org ; please do not contact the co-leaders directly. Eligible Participants Applications are open to advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are citizens of MENA countries. Professional fluency in English is required.

Political Science 57

Political Science Social Science Government Research 57

Political Science Now

MARCH 8, 2024

The inaugural program, titled “Quantitative Methods for the Social Sciences: Regression Analysis,” was held at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies, in partnership with the Arab Political Science Network (APSN). Led by Drs. Dr. Sarah Mansour guides fellows through statistical programming exercises in an SPSS lab session.

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Political Science Social Science Research 57

Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

On data analysis and process tracing, we begin by considering the informal manner in which many scholars proceed; more important, we survey the growing number of techniques (e.g., He is the co-author, with Alexander George, of Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Science (MIT Press, 2005), and co-author, with Jeffrey T.

Sociology 51

Sociology Social Science Archiving Political Science 51

Political Science Now

MARCH 5, 2024

In one of her dissertation projects, she demonstrates that Japanese women, who are often in more vulnerable and less professional jobs, exhibit increased hostility towards female immigrants when exposed to information emphasizing the economic necessity of these immigrants, using survey experiments and text analysis.

Research 59

Research Political Science Social Science Economics 59

Political Science Now

JUNE 18, 2024

The authors use novel biographical data on thousands of World Bank staff in conjunction with the World Bank’s project-level Gender Mainstreaming Index (GMI), a survey experiment with essential staff members of the Bank, and key informant interviews. student in Political Science at Tulane University. Örsel is a Ph.D.

Political Science 61

Political Science Social Science Cultures Economics 61

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2017

These numbers, based on data from the Mississippi Department of Education and analyzed by the Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center for a recently released report , show that suspension rates vary greatly throughout the state, which can have major implications for a child’s academic success.

Social Science 61

Social Science Public School Research K-12 61

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2018

During the summer before the students’ senior year, Genesys Works trains them in technical skills, such as information technology, as well as soft skills, like writing professional e-mails, handling feedback and networking. However, many students major in the social sciences in college, then struggle to find professional jobs.

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Middle School Charter School High School Social Science 104