Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

Jon had been teaching a graduate seminar just across from the shooting and hunkered down with his students as the campus locked down. The book draws on anthropologys four-field tradition to show how our ways of knowingwhether biological, linguistic, archaeological, or culturalare always shaped by politics, language, funding, and history.

Anthropology 98

Anthropology Humanities Cultures History 98

Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. What is a Socratic Seminar? Socratic Seminars bring history to life.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. What is a Socratic Seminar? Socratic Seminars bring history to life.

Library 52

Library Critical Thinking History Social Studies 52

HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Student A The Underdogs written by Mariano Azuela is an incredibly famous novel of the Mexican Revolution as it highlights several traditions in a narrative format. Literature that was once filled with European tradition now contains Mexican events, culture, tradition, and history. I was very pleased with their efforts.

Archiving 130

Archiving Social Studies Tradition World History 130

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

And in that study, he and his co-authors discovered that no matter what … there was no measure by which traditional learning, by which I mean lectures and what we call seminars, [is as effective.] Active learning wins. He's a huge activist and advocate of active learning.

Tradition 143

Tradition Teaching Research Education 143

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work). Nor are seniors.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

She transferred to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst a year later because she wanted to try the “traditional college thing” — dorms, dining halls and leafy quads. The seminar covers themes relevant to students’ lives, with topics including hip hop and “The Immigrant Experience.” Photo by Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report.

Advocacy 103

Advocacy Government Tradition Research 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2017

But perhaps the biggest deviation is that the school has eschewed traditional remedial courses altogether, building that content into its first-year curriculum and giving students whatever extra support they need in the credit-bearing classes. In English, all students are enrolled in a four-strand program called City Seminar.

High School 92

High School Tradition Cultures Research 92

ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new Khan World School pitches itself as a way for self-motivated students to break out of the traditional classroom. And its advertising materials emphasize the community component , with daily seminars, small group tutorials and peer tutoring.

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Charter School K-12 Tutoring Tradition 115

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fogel, 18, can recite a list of typical college experiences she has missed out on: study groups, small seminars, office hours with professors, parties, football games, a chance to meet new people from around the world. I was upset and didn’t want to be home at first, but now I’m kind of thankful,” said Asiedu, 18.

High School 108

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Golden Apple and the Teacher Shortage in Illinois This past summer, I served as Scholar Institute Curriculum Coordinator for Golden Apple (GA) Scholars where I developed a curriculum for Reflective Seminar, one of the key summer learning experiences for the program’s roughly 1,000 scholars.

Teaching 101

Teaching Professional Development Humanities History 101

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

The district rolled out the class in fall 2020, in an attempt to offer an alternative math course to students who might struggle in traditional junior and senior math courses such as Algebra II, Pre-Calculus and Calculus. Traditional math curriculum “is essentially focused on preparing students for STEM pathways in college,” Cook said.

High School 143

High School Tradition Economics Teaching 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

The revamped program combined co-requisite courses — essentially one-hour workshops or seminars that give students additional time to practice basic skills — with a tiered placement model that sought to reduce the overall number of students placed into developmental education programs.

Tradition 117

Tradition High School Tutoring Research 117

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Not long after, I was allowed to listen in on a professional development seminar with a group of public school principals. I had begun the week pretty excited about tutoring my own child in narrative writing. Instead, my attempt to persuade her to write three sentences was a disaster.

Tutoring 125

Tutoring Professional Development Social Studies Tradition 125

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2018

Siwaju is a seminar-style program that gives students a platform to discuss various topics that influence their own lives. We spend the entire year cultivating in them a sense of pride, culminating in their graduation at which they don traditional stoles and are honored as full members of the community.

Middle School 106

Middle School Economics Tradition Humanities 106

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

While some Chinese anthropology departments keep the tradition of extensive collaborative work, One Res presented a more “liberated” version where ideology did not matter, and authority could be challenged. Indeed, openness can hit the limit, while traditional ways of learning have their own merits. Like a textbook?”

Anthropology 98

Anthropology History Humanities Tradition 98

Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kingdon Fellowships sponsor scholars working in the humanities in the historical, literary, artistic, and/or philosophical studies of Christian and/or Jewish religious traditions and their role in society. Fellows are expected to present their work at an Institute seminar and participate in the weekly seminars.

Tradition 52

Tradition Humanities History Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

In 2001 we described the reinvention of the traditional high school as the “clarion call of our new century.” The team for Cleveland’s JFK Eagle Academy , however, thought its students would benefit from deep, collaborative investigation, so they developed a program focused around Socratic seminars.

High School 110

High School Charter School Education Policy Tradition 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm. Many are older than the traditional 18- to 24-year-olds and have families and jobs; they come to class, but don’t have time to visit the counseling center. Photo: Harrison Jones for The Hechinger Report.

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Tradition Psychology Cultures Education Policy 99

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

This high failure rate, coupled with labor market needs, has led policymakers to tweak traditional vocational models to make them more flexible. The figure for students in humanities and natural sciences is even higher, up to 50 percent.

Middle School 134

Middle School High School Project-Based Learning Teaching 134

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

In another graduate seminar, Fishman assigns only one paper. In one undergraduate class, Fishman offers a menu of 1.4 million points. Students need to reach 900,000 to get an A. “You could never earn a good grade just by doing dumb stuff,” he said. But students can revise and resubmit it over and over again to earn an A.

Political Science 87

Political Science Tradition Cultures Teaching 87

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

At my school, Bard High School Early College Cleveland , students finish the traditional four years of high school in their first two years, and the last two years they are both high school students and college students. The seminar-style discussions have improved my relationships with my friends and peers.

Controversial Topics 83

Controversial Topics High School Tradition Humanities 83

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Here is what we learned: Student learning in hybrid and traditional classrooms is comparable. We found that faculty-reported gains in student learning in Teagle-funded hybrid or online courses were comparable to gains in traditional classrooms, in line with research findings to date. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

Artifacts 67

Artifacts Anthropology Tradition Humanities 67

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

or 4:30 for senior seminars; many students stick around for homework labs and other activities. In a later seminar, they discuss current events. After that, it’s on to classes, which are largely small and discussion oriented and take place in bright rooms with high ceilings. Classes don’t end until 4:00 p.m. So is punctuality.

Tutoring 111

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Teaching American History

JUNE 18, 2024

The one day seminars we hold around the country provide in-depth learning from document-based discussions, but the experience is amplified during the summer residence program. There’s the obvious benefit of more time than in our one day seminars, with several days to develop your expertise in the topics you’re interested in.

American History 52

American History Primary Sources Government History 52

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We should consider asking this question in the context of the traditional classroom. Have our experiences in traditional classroom been stellar? All of us have had great classes in traditional settings and perhaps some that were not. This is not meant as a criticism of the traditional classroom. Focus on learning.

Education 57

Education K-12 Tradition Research 57

Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Deadline The deadline for submitting ALL proposals for the 2025 Annual Meeting is Friday, April 5, 2024 at 11:59 P.M. (ET).

Geography 52

Geography Pedagogy Tradition Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

While the Newark Honors College still hews to a relatively traditional approach, the Living-Learning Community is redefining from scratch what it means to be an honors student. Honors College students participate in seminars and service projects and take a freshman colloquium. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

Social Justice 96

Social Justice Economics Public School Library 96

Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2024

The lenses of Western modernity – e.g., capitalism, Christianity, democracy, empirical science – surreptitiously shape the study of past cultures in ways that disregard their own claims about their world in favor of those that align with traditions of the Euro-American academy.

Cultures 52

Cultures History Archiving Library 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Most teachers rattle off their top strengths in conversation, having taken the adult version of the quiz either during a 2013 districtwide training or in one of the seminars provided for parents, bus drivers, custodians, food services staff and others. Not everyone in Galt has fully embraced the approach, however.

Elementary School 96

Elementary School Psychology K-12 Private School 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

Massachusetts is turning that traditional model on its head by having many schools combine rigorous academics with hands-on career training, now called “career and technical education.” “I came here for both — the training and the academics,” says Miller, who plans to study biology in college, of her decision to attend Essex Tech.

High School 92

High School Economics Museum Charter School 92

Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If selected, fellows will give a public lecture on their work, participate in a workshop on their project, participate in a seminar with graduate students relating to their work, and record an episode for the Future of the Past Podcast. Fellowships will be distributed equally across the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e.,

Cultures 52

Cultures History Archiving Museum 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

While a larger percentage of high school graduates are going on to higher educations, their actual numbers have declined dramatically, and the number of older-than-traditional-age adults on campus is also down as more are drawn back into the thriving labor market. These trends together mean that there are nearly 2.9

High School 105

High School Tutoring Education Policy Leadership 105

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Many speak of bringing into their classrooms excerpts of the primary documents they discussed in seminars the night before. Teachers have three options: they may write a traditional master’s thesis, complete a capstone project, or take the qualifying exam.

American History 52

American History Primary Sources Government History 52

Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 4, 2022

You can apply to volunteer using the following link: Volunteer at the Annual Meeting Update 10/4/2023: To view the Program Outline for the 2024 Annual Meeting, please visit the following page: Program Outline This is the schedule of SCS paper sessions, panels, seminars, and workshops at the 2024 Annual Meeting.

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K-12 Archiving Social Justice Library 52

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Fourteen Points outline what Wilson believes are the war’s causes—territorial borders that disregard traditional national groups; colonial ambitions; violations of the freedom of the seas; the stockpiling of armaments. When I use this document in seminars, teachers always want to talk about it.

American History 52

American History Library History Government 52

Teaching American History

JANUARY 5, 2024

He did his student teaching in a traditional classroom. Such cases were even more “soul-sapping” than the rigidities of the traditional education system. ” MAHG seminars, in which teachers work and learn cooperatively, “cause teachers to pause over the documents they teach, thinking them through.

Teaching 52

Teaching Project-Based Learning American History Historic Sites 52