Perspective on authors who write about disabilities when they don’t have them themselves. Sophie Korpecs, a Junior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, studying Public Policy with a concentration in Disability Policy In the past couple of years, the discussion around writers telling narratives of minorities, and then profiting off of it, has been in the spotlight. If you’re interested,…
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Yoga in Schools? The Pros, the Cons, the Facts.
In the past couple of years, the world of education has had a lot to say about implementing yoga in the classroom. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say that the world of education has had a lot of suspicion when it comes to implementing yoga in schools. I’ve read and heard a lot of questions from…
Beyond Rats // The Human Side of Positive Reinforcement
How to effectively use operant conditioning’s positive reinforcement through the implementation of behavior boards If you went to college for psychology, education, or almost any other liberal arts major, there is a good chance you were introduced to the great behaviorist/psychologist B.F Skinner at one point or another. Most likely, this same class that introduced…
Empathetic Education 