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2. Social studies - Wikipedia

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   Social studies. In many countries' curricula, social studies is the combined study of humanities, the arts, and social sciences, mainly including history, economics, and civics. The term was first coined by American educators around the turn of the twentieth century as a catch-all for these subjects, as well as others which did not fit into the ...

3. Jigsaw (teaching technique) - Wikipedia

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   Jigsaw (teaching technique) The jigsaw technique is a method of organizing classroom activity that makes students dependent on each other to succeed. It breaks classes into groups that each assemble a piece of an assignment and synthesize their work when finished. It was designed by social psychologist Elliot Aronson to help weaken racial ...

4. Balanced literacy - Wikipedia

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   Balanced literacy is a theory of teaching reading and writing the English language that arose in the 1990s and has a variety of interpretations. For some, balanced literacy strikes a balance between whole language and phonics and puts an end to the so called reading wars. Others say balanced literacy, in practice, usually means the whole ...

5. Social–emotional learning - Wikipedia

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   Social–emotional learning ( SEL) is an educational method that aims to foster social and emotional skills within school curricula. SEL is also referred to as " socio-emotional learning ," " social and emotional learning ," or " social–emotional literacy ." In common practice, SEL emphasizes social and emotional skills to the same degree as ...

6. Cultural studies - Wikipedia

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   Cultural studies. Cultural studies is a politically engaged postdisciplinary academic field that explores the dynamics of especially contemporary culture (including the politics of popular culture) and its social and historical foundations. [1] Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices relate to wider systems of ...

7. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness - Wikipedia

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   Jefferson may have been enshrining a version of the "natural and necessary" category of desires into the social contract of his new country. In his Letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus of Samos stated "that among the necessary desires some are necessary for happiness, some for physical health, and some for life itself".