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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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The Timing Is Right for Anthro-Journo

Anthropology News

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. Petersburg Times , and Deborah Tannen for The New York Times Magazine , The Washington Post , and Vogue to name a few.

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Rival studies shed light on the merits of a Montessori education

The Hechinger Report

But are they any better than traditional schools, or other progressive teaching philosophies? The main problem is that you can’t randomly assign some students to Montessori schools and study how they do compared with students at traditional schools. Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report.

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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. Today, I have better language for talking about Black people, traditions and culture in a way that develops a deeper understanding of what it means to be fully human.

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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Now, several years later, after pursuing a degree in psychology and taking courses in child development, Foster is more educated about Montessori education and realizes little about the “Montessori garden” actually adhered to Montessori practice. “This woman was not interested in Montessori education,” Foster said on a recent afternoon.

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Traveling to the African Diaspora to prepare black students for college

The Hechinger Report

Douglass student Ivyierra Washington into a traditional Garifuna dress. Martinez pointed the students toward a hut filled with traditional Garifuna clothes, and Endiah slinked behind as the other girls ran toward a rack of gingham dresses. She wanted to major in psychology and minor in criminal law, she told me.

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The magic pebble and a lazy bull: The book ban movement has a long timeline

The Hechinger Report

In 1950, amid the fervor of McCarthyism, the Yale Law Journal delved into a controversy between The Nation and The New York City Board of Education after the left-leaning magazine published articles critical of Roman Catholic church doctrine and dogma. The school board voted to remove The Nation from school libraries.

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