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What Image Comes to Your Mind When You Think of a “Doctor”?

National Science Foundation

The message to teachers is that if we engage in implicit bias in teaching – knowingly or unconsciously – it communicates to students they may not belong in certain professions, or they may not be able to succeed in fields of study and professions if they do not fit the image or stereotype. yours), instead give many examples.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

ED Surge

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. Corridors or projects are designed for small groups of students and the space can be controlled by the teacher. CoCo is also a gateway, she claims, to teach communication skills, like how to disagree respectfully.

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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

Futurum

My career highlights have been working with communities to establish much needed services, and my first published book which was based on my PhD topic. At school or college, study social science or humanities subjects (such as law, sociology, politics, anthropology, history or human geography). • EITHNE’S TOP TIPS.

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Delve Talks: Winnie Karanja, Maydm

Maydm

As a high school student, Winnie had a passion for both math and the social sciences. Her teachers pushed her into the “easier” path of social sciences rather than encourage her interest in STEM subjects. And throughout my sort of high school experience, I’d been, you know, passionate about social sciences.

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