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

Edsurge

We would not be in this room, I would not be able to speak with you today, if there wasn’t perseverance, courage, creativity, intellectual development—all of these things that people of African descent have been and continue to be in this country, and the power of the spirit of African Americans is being celebrated today.

History 139
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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Not just in story writing but in all writing and most thinking. Magna Publications.

Teaching 111
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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Not just in story writing but in all writing and most thinking. Magna Publications.

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How Teacher Language Can Build a More Democratic Classroom

Cult of Pedagogy

Knowing how others think also improves children’s ability to imagine the intentions and logic of other social beings, something they will bring to their critical reading, their persuasive writing, and their social relationships.

Languages 111
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Beyond Digital Literacy: How EdTech Fosters Children’s Social-Emotional Development

Ask a Tech Teacher

A child’s emotional well-being and self-confidence is essential to social and intellectual development. Employers and investors have a strong interest in funding programs that embed SEL into games, learning systems and apps that have a central focus on academic content, such as math or writing, rather than SEL alone.

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

Edsurge

And then in the actual selection process, we had them write a series of essays and we had them talk about not only their interests in the program, but the experiences in their lives that prompted them to want to engage in this kind of program. I think you gotta separate those things. That's different from sushi bars and climbing walls.

Culture 160