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5 Ways Edtech Enhances Social Studies Lessons

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According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” Another excellent Google Earth-inspired game is Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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SpringerOpen SpringerOpen features research a wide variety of peer-reviewed research articles spanning different disciplines including social sciences, humanities, science, technology, medicine, economics, biomedicine, chemistry, computer science, psychology, and many more. Some of these materials are accessible for free.

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Technology and Explanation in Modern Education

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Her article today can be summed up by a line in the last paragraph: “ Technology is not your enemy…” Educators aim to equip students with an understanding of the world, its fragility, & opportunities, by teaching them various common subjects like math, language, or science. Tips for Effective Explanation.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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This required data about social factors in each district, such as the population age structure, level of employment and literacy rate. This is a particular issue in the mountainous regions of Peru, where challenging geography makes it hard to build infrastructure and where policymakers have not focused much attention.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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When I was younger, I always loved math and science. I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I was also taking classes in remote sensing and GIS which I found very exciting, so I transitioned back to geography and focused on climatology for my master’s thesis.

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The secret life of fonts

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FUNDERS: US National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant number 1851282, Wenner-Gren Foundation. RESEARCH PROJECT: Researching how fonts operate as a social and cultural technology. FUNDERS: US National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant number 1851282, Wenner-Gren Foundation. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Linguistic Anthropology.

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Can music be a tool for social transformation?

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His collaborators include people with backgrounds ranging from social work, music, philosophy and political science, many of whom you will meet in this article. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Arts and Social Science. I was interested in educational science, being active working with small children in the local youth movement.