Amy Allen
@amyeducates.bsky.social
Teacher Educator and Researcher; Assistant Professor of Elementary Social Studies at Virginia Tech—Find me at amyeducates.com where I’m always learning all things social studies 📚
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Give RE the status, coherence and rigour it needs, by ensuring all teachers of RE, primary & secondary, know what pupils have learned in earlier years and so can use and build on it. Our current system is inequitable. Countless children miss out. @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social @retoday.bsky.social
☸️ 'We need a secretary of state with the nerve to place foundational knowledge about religions and worldviews within a common framework'
RE must finally takes its place in the national curriculum
Lack of a national framework for the subject is wasteful of years of classroom time and deeply unfair
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Give RE the status, coherence and rigour it needs, by ensuring all teachers of RE, primary & secondary, know what pupils have learned in earlier years and so can use and build on it. Our current system is inequitable. Countless children miss out. @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social @retoday.bsky.social
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When it came to schools, the Founding Fathers didn't agree on much.
But one thing they all agreed on was this: America could not allow a church--any church--to run a public school.
MAGA dreams would overthrow American tradition.
[Free link]:
wapo.st/4hwsKLN
But one thing they all agreed on was this: America could not allow a church--any church--to run a public school.
MAGA dreams would overthrow American tradition.
[Free link]:
wapo.st/4hwsKLN
Supreme Court to decide whether states can allow religious public schools
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether the state of Oklahoma may fund a proposed religious charter school, the first of its kind in the country
wapo.st
January 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
When it came to schools, the Founding Fathers didn't agree on much.
But one thing they all agreed on was this: America could not allow a church--any church--to run a public school.
MAGA dreams would overthrow American tradition.
[Free link]:
wapo.st/4hwsKLN
But one thing they all agreed on was this: America could not allow a church--any church--to run a public school.
MAGA dreams would overthrow American tradition.
[Free link]:
wapo.st/4hwsKLN
Mark your calendars and join SSEC for a series of workshops about AI in the Social Sciences!
First up is a focus on History Education with David Hicks (Virginia Tech), Jan 30 @ 3PM EST.
Register at bit.ly/ssecAIwebina...
First up is a focus on History Education with David Hicks (Virginia Tech), Jan 30 @ 3PM EST.
Register at bit.ly/ssecAIwebina...
January 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Mark your calendars and join SSEC for a series of workshops about AI in the Social Sciences!
First up is a focus on History Education with David Hicks (Virginia Tech), Jan 30 @ 3PM EST.
Register at bit.ly/ssecAIwebina...
First up is a focus on History Education with David Hicks (Virginia Tech), Jan 30 @ 3PM EST.
Register at bit.ly/ssecAIwebina...
Excited to share my publication in the Journal of Curriculum Studies!
50 free online copies of my article outlining pre-service teachers’ understanding of sacrificial listening as a pedagogical framework are available at
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IA4U2...
Let me know what you think!
50 free online copies of my article outlining pre-service teachers’ understanding of sacrificial listening as a pedagogical framework are available at
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IA4U2...
Let me know what you think!
Pre-service teachers’ understanding of sacrificial listening as a pedagogical framework
Listening is necessary for effective learning. Unfortunately, outside of comprehension tasks, listening is rarely emphasized as a key component of classroom instruction. This study considers a spec...
www.tandfonline.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Excited to share my publication in the Journal of Curriculum Studies!
50 free online copies of my article outlining pre-service teachers’ understanding of sacrificial listening as a pedagogical framework are available at
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IA4U2...
Let me know what you think!
50 free online copies of my article outlining pre-service teachers’ understanding of sacrificial listening as a pedagogical framework are available at
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IA4U2...
Let me know what you think!
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The #HEIRNET25 Conference, titled "History Teaching and Historical Thinking for Countering Contemporary Challenges," will take place at the University of Cologne in Germany, from August 27th to 29th, 2025!
Call for Papers Coming Soon!
Call for Papers Coming Soon!
December 11, 2024 at 4:02 PM
The #HEIRNET25 Conference, titled "History Teaching and Historical Thinking for Countering Contemporary Challenges," will take place at the University of Cologne in Germany, from August 27th to 29th, 2025!
Call for Papers Coming Soon!
Call for Papers Coming Soon!
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NEW ARTICLE! "Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion" by
Amy Allen
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
Amy Allen
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion
Teaching about religion in public schools is a complicated and nuanced topic. Though religious illiteracy has been named as a widespread concern throughout the United States, little research has be...
doi.org
December 24, 2024 at 2:11 PM
NEW ARTICLE! "Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion" by
Amy Allen
doi.org/10.1080/0093...
Amy Allen
doi.org/10.1080/0093...