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The Fight to Preserve—and Teach—African-American History

Edsurge

While getting the facts and focus of this commemoration right has been a priority, it’s part of a much longer struggle to get academics and the public to take seriously and accurately the study of black history and culture. EdSurge sat down with Newby-Alexander and Gloria J. Woodson, who was also a graduate of Harvard, what he was thinking.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

2021), emphasizing the establishment of environments conducive to students’ intellectual development. Key practices include: Active Learning: Incorporating active learning techniques, such as problem-solving activities, case studies, and interactive simulations, can make online courses more engaging.

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How Teacher Language Can Build a More Democratic Classroom

Cult of Pedagogy

” At an evocative point in a story (or a point of uncertainty in science or social studies), we ask open questions like: “What are you thinking?” Thinking together demands collective participation toward a collaborative end. “What are you thinking?”

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

2021), emphasizing the establishment of environments conducive to students’ intellectual development. Key practices include: Active Learning: Incorporating active learning techniques, such as problem-solving activities, case studies, and interactive simulations, can make online courses more engaging.

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With an Unusual Model and ‘Forbidden Courses,’ a New University Is Taking Shape in Texas

Edsurge

So if our purpose is to become, let's say, transpolitical—to exist outside of politics so that politics can be something we study … then moving in the opposite direction and creating a conservative institution would frustrate our ambitions from the very beginning. And that applies on the right as well. So we have no intention to do that.

Culture 160