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Intersectional Anthropology as an Avenue Toward Praxis, Pedagogy, and New Anthropological Horizons

Anthropology News

Kimberlé Crenshaw stated that in its original formulation, Intersectionality worked to expose “ how single-axis thinking undermines legal thinking, disciplinary knowledge production, and struggles for social justice.” Studying human bodies provides a deep historical perspective on social dynamics whose echoes remain with us today.

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Making School Better for Gender-Expansive Kids

Cult of Pedagogy

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Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage

Cult of Pedagogy

“It was written to appeal to Gen Z, so (it focused on) the idea of social justice, of using the classroom as a means for change, literacy as a means for change.” ” Eckert believes this appeal to social change is what makes EdRising different from recruitment programs of the past.

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Multimodal ethnographies for teaching anthropological sensibilities

Teaching Anthropology

It seems that, following on such a rich tradition, writing multimodally is a tangible testament to the recognition and appreciation of the diverse cultures and perspectives that make up the global community while at the same time staying true to the fieldwork condition.

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What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

ED Surge

With enrollment in traditional teacher education programs declining nationwide in the past few years, it is drying up at an alarming rate. The teacher pipeline is no longer leaking. As the nation grapples with the profound effects these challenges have on school communities, the term “ learning loss ” has made its way into the spotlight.

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OPINION: Early data offers a sobering look at interrupted and incomplete learning, but there is hope ahead

The Hechinger Report

Yet I caution against using a deficit frame that fails to account for other types of learning and skills students acquired during the pandemic, simply because they don’t fit traditional measurement standards or narrow constructs of achievement.

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The Realities of Working as a College Adjunct Professor

ED Surge

My master’s degree in education through a social justice graduate program radically changed how I approached teaching. Ever since I’d read Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” the idea of “ banking ” education didn’t sit well with me. In my case, last semester I taught three courses on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m.