The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

Other times students went on field trips to museums where art educators explained paintings and sculptures. But it would likely take years of accumulated art knowledge – and dozens of museum visits and theater performances – to see reading comprehension improve. The arts programming itself ranged a lot.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Last summer I participated in the VoxBox Civic Engagement course sponsored by the American Museum of Tort Law, an institution that focuses on civil justice and was developed by the political activist Ralph Nader. Unlike the majority of my peers, I am receiving a robust civics education, but it is largely outside of school.

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Civics Civic Engagement Museum Government 99

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

But We Can’t Teach? 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. But educators around the country continue to pledge to teach the truth about structural racism.

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Teaching American History Museum Library 111

TeachThought

JULY 12, 2024

Curate cultural artifacts and ‘local memory’ Today, museums do the work of ‘curating,’ but that’s a crude way to preserve the cultural artifacts that matter. The idea is that teaching and learning are anchored through the process of authentic projects constructed over time. There are ways.

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Artifacts Project-Based Learning Museum Cultures 273

Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

"We see a lag between when the genetic evidence tells us language capacity was present and when symbolic artifacts appear in the record," notes Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History and co-author of the study. This challenges the long-held view that language and symbolism arose in tandem.

Humanities 98

Humanities Archaeology Artifacts Psychology 98

Thrive in Grade Five

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

However, there’s not much guidance for teachers on how to teach about Native Americans with sensitivity and respect. The following suggestions will help you to teach about Native American cultures respectfully and sensitively. Be careful when teaching the history of the United States. Now that I know better, I do better.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. Instead of being limited to my teaching and our textbook, we’d have access to an entire planet of experts. National Archives, and maybe dig through the 5.3

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Teaching American History

MARCH 4, 2025

Native American Leadership, Identity, and Resistance at Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. Anthony Museum and House in Rochester, NY. The West in History and Memory at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK. appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 10, 2024

December 31, 1935) State Museum of Pennsylvania, The Senate reduced the number of proposed amendments from 17 to 12. The post The Bill of Rights appeared first on Teaching American History. Roger Sherman, arguably Madisons leading and most persuasive opponent during the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, objected to this.

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ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. The population of students I serve as a teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning are interested in pursuing a career in education.

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High School Museum Education History 140

Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Teaching American History hosts Multi-Day seminars at no cost to American history and government teachers. appeared first on Teaching American History. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. See a sample itinerary here. Click here.

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Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 128

ED Surge

OCTOBER 8, 2024

And he hasn’t had to abandon teaching. I just get to do the fun part now: teach,” he shares. “I Once I became a teacher, even though I was teaching Spanish, computer science and social studies to middle and high school students, I was always using technology in the classroom. If they said, ‘So you don't teach kids anymore?’

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. EdSurge spent a morning with the teachers as they toured Smithsonian museums in small groups. The teaching seed was planted in Autumn Rivera’s psyche when she was quite young. Photo by Rebeccca Koenig.

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NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Looking for fresh ways to teach about the American Revolution? Want to connect with fellow classroom teachers and museum educators? Looking for advice on how to navigate teaching inclusive history during this time of divisive rhetoric? Sessions will be led by dynamic classroom teachers and museum educators.

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Museum Education Museum K-12 American History 130

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 6, 2015

Our generally poor understanding of science has critical policymaking implications… Image credit: Creation Museum 002b , becky johnson. via [link]. Related Posts. We need to foster a diversity of talents. Are we going to test the daylights out of me? The new bill of rights for all students. The Scottish Curriculum for Excellence.

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Museum Teaching Humanities Critical Thinking 99

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Learning can happen anywhere — in a classroom, in a park, on a field trip or at a museum. We offer self-contained and behavioral support classes for students with significant exceptionalities, which some of us teach in designated classrooms that have remained intact. But, the reality is that space matters.

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Teaching Museum Lesson Plan Education 98

Teaching Anthropology

JUNE 12, 2023

London Anthropology day, 30 th June 2023, British Museum Are you fascinated by different cultures? View the programme and book here: [link] #LAD2023 #anthropology #university #learn #teaching #teachers #teachinganthropology #londonanthropologyday #students #education #universities #career #london Image by Frans van Heerden (Pexels)

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Our lab is no museum—it is a makerspace, a design laboratory, a place to combine creativity and inspiration. But our lab is no museum—it is a makerspace, a design laboratory, a place to combine creativity and inspiration.”. Changing the way teachers teach and students learn.

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Museum Middle School Professional Development Leadership 153

Zinn Education Project

JULY 15, 2024

The series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is focused on six themes that are at the heart of SNCC’s history of grassroots organizing: the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building.

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Museum Human Rights Tradition History 98

ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. But nothing felt quite right, until he considered teaching. Now, Brown is a senior at Clemson, and next year, he’ll graduate and begin teaching in his own classroom. But I did enjoy teaching.

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History Museum Social Studies Geography 128

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 31, 2010

Department of Education visited with a group of Polish educators to learn more about how our school teaches the Holocaust and genocide. They spent 10 days in the United States traveling between New York and Washington, DC specifically for the teachers to learn more about the American approach to teaching the Holocaust and genocide.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2020

Learning sciences research investigates the process of learning in realistic settings, which can include schools, museums, after-school programs, home environments, or anywhere people typically learn. For courses, webinars, and content related to the practical application of the learning sciences in teaching, check out CIRCL Educators.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Alessandra, a student at Pioneer Elementary School in rural Quincy, Washington, spent part of the fall term in an enrichment class focused on teaching elementary-age students the principles of engineering design through a curriculum designed by educators and scientists at Boston’s Museum of Science. “I

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Life and Landscapes

JANUARY 6, 2025

Check out the museum. I am honored when I am periodically asked to teach there. .” The Park’s Lodge and Restaurant is famous to those who come here to eat and visit. Stay at the lodge, in a cabin, or at the campground. Watch birds, boat, canoe and fish on the park’s lake.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures. As you teach students about a culture some may be unfamiliar with, it can pique their curiosity and renew their interest. Many museums offer online resources that you can use instead. If you can’t find one, don’t worry.

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Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2018

MaderEarlyEdSTEM: Researchers say various types of play teach children important concepts relating to science, technology, engineering and math. Teach children that they are constantly learning by encouraging them to say, “I can’t do this yet” instead of “I can’t do this.”. Don’t get so hung up on feeling like you have to teach them.

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Museum Humanities Teaching Research 111

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2019

In this first post of our three-part series, HP Teaching Fellows share how they used teleconferencing to create authentic learning experiences for their students. HP Teaching Fellow Christopher Burica connected his sixth grade class with students in England to learn more about their culture. Going Beyond the Classroom with Skype.

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Museum Global Connections Project-Based Learning Cultures 118

Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured.

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Anthropology Sociology Archaeology Museum 130

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This is partly a pandemic consequence, but also the result of a years-long decline in the attractiveness of teaching as a profession. She has known for some time that she wanted to become a teacher—Baldwin graduated from Brashear High School, a PPS school with a teaching magnet program for students interested in pursuing a path in education.

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High School Museum K-12 Charter School 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2024

In these studies, researchers typically observed parents and children interacting in a university lab, a school, a museum or at home and kept track of how often parents mentioned numbers or shapes. Ordinary sentences that included numbers counted. An example could be: “Hand me three potato chips.”

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Research Museum Education Tutoring 141

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Together, they applied for a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, as part of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. We were able to peg correlations to topics that are much more specific to what librarians teach. Lance and Kachel’s three-year study, The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution?

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Library Museum Social Justice K-12 138

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2024

At a national level, the museum coalition Made By Us is researching what types of engagement methods actually connect with young Americans ahead of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

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Civics Museum Education Government 121

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Issiah, 9, completes a worksheet at the Read to Succeed summer program sponsored by the Mississippi Children’s Museum. That need for help is where organizations like the Mississippi Children’s Museum step in. Connie Williams-May, a Jackson teacher, works with students at a reading camp sponsored by the Mississippi Children’s Museum.

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Museum Elementary School Public School Teaching 96

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I really did not expect to make it home,” she said during a recent conference on teaching difficult topics in the current partisan political environment, particularly in Florida. Before she left her house that evening, she printed out her will and put it on the table, along with a letter to her family. “I Florida Gov.

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Civics K-12 Museum American History 145

Pedagogy to Share

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The third session, led by Professor Hanna Ragnarsdóttir from the University of Iceland and Professor Mila Schwartz, focused on linguistically and culturally responsive teaching. Here again, we heard inspiring stories of inclusive teaching alongside stories of indifference and ignorance the teachers had witnessed in their schools.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

I remember when I was a little girl, you could still go to the museum and see the Native American remains before the governor ordered the museum to cover them up.” Perhaps there are some out there who might think public history is better left to local museums or genealogical societies alone.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 14, 2015

Around the world, countless people and organizations are taking steps to ensure all students get a high-quality education by leveraging innovative technology and teaching practices. Winners will be notified in October and invited to attend our gala celebration on November 20 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

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