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Annotated Timelines and the Biography of an Idea

Faculty Focus

Biography of an idea The United States is an individualistic society, one that teaches that you alone can do anything if you work hard enough. These are two ends of a spectrum with varying degrees of understanding about human agency and a range of cultural beliefs about innovation in between.

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Annotated Timelines and the Biography of an Idea

Faculty Focus

Biography of an idea The United States is an individualistic society, one that teaches that you alone can do anything if you work hard enough. These are two ends of a spectrum with varying degrees of understanding about human agency and a range of cultural beliefs about innovation in between.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Inside Higher Ed

Image: An English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University said his teaching contract has been put on hold after complaints about his instruction on race and racism. ” According to his university biography, Joeckel’s scholarship is about issues of importance to Christian higher education (and others).

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An ‘important’ and ‘fresh look’ at academic selection? Review of ‘A Revolution Betrayed’ by Peter Hitchens

HEPI

That process really lasted over a period of about 20 years until the mid-1980s in England and Wales, although it was completed much more quickly in Scotland and much more slowly in Northern Ireland.

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The Components of the Imagination: Practical Applications of an Innovative but Underused Tool 

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Pursuing classroom pedagogy with a focus on invoking the imagination will encourage students to think about how to apply their knowledge, which could result in stronger classroom engagement and better learning outcomes for our students. What is the imagination?

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The Components of the Imagination: Practical Applications of an Innovative but Underused Tool 

Faculty Focus

Pursuing classroom pedagogy with a focus on invoking the imagination will encourage students to think about how to apply their knowledge, which could result in stronger classroom engagement and better learning outcomes for our students. What is the imagination?

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Report Finds Diverse Characters in Schoolbooks Often One-Dimensional

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Reading stories about diverse characters has benefits for all students. Students of color perform better when they see themselves accurately represented, and white students learn about the world as it really is—a complex multi-cultural place. It reduces the ability to be critical thinkers about larger systemic issues.”