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From The Technical To The Personal: Teaching And Learning Health Insurance Regulation And Reform, Allison K. Hoffman, Whitney A. Brown, Lindsay Cutler
From The Technical To The Personal: Teaching And Learning Health Insurance Regulation And Reform, Allison K. Hoffman, Whitney A. Brown, Lindsay Cutler
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In the Fall of 2016, I taught Health Law and Policy for the fourth consecutive semester. Over time, one thing has become increasingly clear: the aspect of this course that I work with most closely as a scholar—the regulation of health care financing and insurance, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)—is also the material that I find the most challenging to teach. Every time I reflect on teaching this material, and hear from students about how they learn this material, the thing that stands out is how critical it is that my students understand the profound impact …
Because It’S A Girl Cake!: Fostering Dialogue About Gender Identity In Elementary Classrooms, Amy E. Ryken, Niko Wacker
Because It’S A Girl Cake!: Fostering Dialogue About Gender Identity In Elementary Classrooms, Amy E. Ryken, Niko Wacker
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In this documentary account, a kindergarten teacher and teacher educator describe our efforts to explore how young children think and reason about gender expression in and beyond the classroom. We describe our ongoing collaboration to develop a framework for teacher-initiated and student-initiated conversations about gender, which often result from students’ spontaneous remarks and questions about gender norms. We explore the question, How can educators create relevant and engaging learning opportunities to invite young learners to discuss gender norms within the classroom? In this paper we share kindergartners’ conversations about gender and three examples of their writing about this topic. We …
Silence = Bullying And Death, Conversation = Relationships And Life, Amy E. Ryken
Silence = Bullying And Death, Conversation = Relationships And Life, Amy E. Ryken
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Keynote address examining schools' responses to bullying and the kinds of questions young children pose about identity given by Amy E. Ryken at the Lavender Graduates Celebration on May 13, 2011 at the University of Puget Sound.