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Bertrand Russell’s 10 Essential Rules Of Critical Thinking

TeachThought

Psychology, Neurology, and even Anthropology all have had a louder voice in ‘education,’ which may explain why critical thinking seems to be so often missing from most school and curriculum design. This, to a degree, reduces the function of pure philosophy. John Dewey is one of the central figures in modern Western education.

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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

Moreover, with regard to syndemics Horton tweeted , The anthropology community is ahead of medicine and public health.Once labeled a little-known buzzword that nonetheless describes our troubled times in Smithsonian Magazine , syndemic theory now informs a rich body of health research and interventions. Why teach syndemics?

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Is the privilege of the examiner a myth?

A Psychology Teacher Writes

It’s typically given prominence in the bios for authors, speakers, facilitators, trainers etc, and publishers of subject magazines, journals or textbooks looking for contributors may also privilege those with examining experience. I’m just not sure. And, to be clear, I’ve never examined. What might examining give you?

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Why do some people always get lost?

Geography Education

SOURCE: Knowable Magazine How do we know where we are, and why can some people find their way in the world, better than others? I’ve often wondered why my mom and I are so different in this regard; our psychology, our interests, the information we value, the skills we believe are useful and within our grasps are quite distinct.

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What’s it like to teach psychology?

Jonathan Firth

My own school psychology textbooks, including books for the Higher and GCSE courses. There are also a wide range of resources for A-Level Psychology. I’ve been teaching Psychology at secondary school level for almost two decades. This article discusses routes into teaching the subject.

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Rival studies shed light on the merits of a Montessori education

The Hechinger Report

In the October, 2017, preschool study , published in Frontiers in Psychology, six researchers looked at two Montessori schools in Hartford, Connecticut. The Hartford study follows her 2006 Milwaukee study , published in Science magazine, which also found better results for children who won a lottery to attend a public Montessori school.

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We Must Teach Black History Like Our Lives Depend on It

ED Surge

Learning and Teaching About Black Death When I was nine years old, I learned about the murder of Emmett Till after reading his story in one of my Aunt Helen’s “Jet” magazines. When I teach history, I teach like my life depends on it.

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