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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

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Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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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.” It is suitable for middle- and high-school students.

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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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At the University of Missouri , USA, Taylor van Doren and Professor Lisa Sattenspiel are investigating the impacts of the 1918 pandemic in Newfoundland, Canada, from a biological anthropology perspective. Their research sheds light on the significant role that social inequalities play in determining the outcomes of a pandemic.

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What’s Wrong With STEM Education: How to Address the Problems

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Quality of STEM Education in Schools. Many college professors mention that their students were not taught how to think, and the students memorized all through high school. There are social sciences and understanding the people’s needs and wants to give the masses exactly what they need at the moment.

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Technology and Explanation in Modern Education

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Today’s guest writer is Finja Kruse, a teacher experienced in different educational tools and engaged in creative writing activities in school. Make use of eBooks, so students don’t have to carry all the resources to school. Imagine how the number of primary resources can grow in your classroom!

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Can music be a tool for social transformation?

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Published: Social music programmes around the world are encouraging communities to sing and play their way from conflict to peace. The Arts of Inclusion (TAI), a network founded by Professor Oscar Odena at the University of Glasgow, UK, is studying the results to find out if music really does have healing powers. Rappers for Peace.

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The secret life of fonts

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DR KEITH MURPHY Associate Professor of Anthropology University of California, Irvine, USA. 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. PATHWAY FROM SCHOOL TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY.