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Sociology Film Club

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A couple of years ago – November 2022 to be precise – we launched the Psychology Film Club as a way of offering our complete Psychology library of films to schools and colleges at a reasonable and affordable subscription rate (£25 a year or roughly 50p a week for access to what is currently 50+ […]

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When recess is the hardest part of the day

The Hechinger Report

Students may come back from recess feeling dissatisfied … feeling excluded,” said Rebecca London, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the author of the book “ Rethinking Recess ,” when I interviewed her for a story about recess last year. “We

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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

ED Surge

mainly comes in a few fixed shapes and sizes: the research university, the liberal arts college, the community college, the technical college. It’s broadening how we think about research,” Henderson said in an interview. Research would still be a key piece, though, as opposed to most community colleges that focus only on teaching.

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Play is crucial for middle schoolers, too

The Hechinger Report

Educators and researchers say students pay the price. The researchers found that activity levels plunged as children reached adolescence. Adolescents often respond warmly when adults play along with them, and the adult presence often creates a safe space for those who are more shy or less athletic, say researchers.

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The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma

ED Surge

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. Most were designed to educate clergy, according to research by Phillip R. From 1890 to 1940, higher education in the U.S. In the U.S.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. Let’s take maps, for example.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

But new research suggests colleges’ policies around unpaid balances may also be contributing to the decline while creating lasting financial harm for the institutions and students. Researchers projected estimates for the system based on the percentage of students affected in Compton, Lake Tahoe and Peralta Community College Districts.

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