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How to Be an Antiracist Educator: An Interview With Ibram X. Kendi

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Those are the types of questions. And to your point about nothing being neutral, if technology is merely sustaining the status quo, and that status quo is better for some students than others, it seems like that’s something worth looking into and questioning as well. Does the book reflect your own teaching style or teaching philosophy?

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

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For instance, to help students widen their perspectives, an instructor might devise a role-playing scenario that puts students in the shoes of a fictional character who differs from that student, followed up by a reflection on what insights, limitations, or questions made the experience impactful. The ROI of a History Degree.

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

For instance, to help students widen their perspectives, an instructor might devise a role-playing scenario that puts students in the shoes of a fictional character who differs from that student, followed up by a reflection on what insights, limitations, or questions made the experience impactful. The ROI of a History Degree.

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Developing Your Approach to Generative AI

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We have created a set of guiding questions to serve as a framework for developing your approach to generative AI. Although the capabilities of generative AI tools will continue to expand, our guiding questions are designed to maintain relevance despite shifts in technologies. We offer two initial check-in questions to educators.

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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She took questions on how not to feel lost in the dark The professor explains the next assignment for the course. Students will need to craft a research question, read relevant sources and synthesize what they learn in a short paper. Releasing it made her question her identity. She calls them by name to answer questions.

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From the Marine Corps to the Classroom

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This year, she’s teaching U.S. history at a high school in East Palo Alto while she wraps up her coursework. I mean, it's good to go over teaching philosophies and models, but I wish it was a little more hands on. That is such a good question. And it was a long time coming. Sometimes I wonder, ‘Is it worth it?’

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Why Schools Should Teach Philosophy, Even to Little Kids

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Plus, he adds, they’re often “fearless,” not stopping to consider whether their questions might be seen as silly. (In Hershovitz, who has two young children of his own, highlights the philosophical potential of youngsters in his book, “Nasty, Brutish and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids.” And Rex isn't uncommon.