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Paths to the Light and Dark Sides of Human Nature: A Meta-analysis of the Prosocial Benefits of Autonomy and the Antisocial Costs of Control

Donald et. al.

2022

Metaanalysis which demonstrates that self-determination is correlated with pro-social behavior.

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Dr. Amber Strong Makaiau is a Specialist at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Director of Curriculum and Research at the Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education, Director of the Hanahau‘oli School Professional Development Center, and Co-Director of the Progressive Philosophy and Pedagogy MEd Interdisciplinary Education, Curriculum Studies program. A former Hawai‘i State Department of Education high school social studies teacher, her work in education is focused around promoting a more just and equitable democracy for today’s children. Dr. Makaiau lives in Honolulu where she enjoys spending time in the ocean with her husband and two children.
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"Learning Loss" Handbook

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The "Learning Loss" handbook outlines the narrative of "catch up" education being propagated by testing companies and policy makers.

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The purpose of this handbook is to unpack the complicated history of how we came to measure learning in the first place, why the definition of “learning” matters, and to examine how those measurements have been used from their inception to weaken our public schools. That history and context matters a great deal for understanding the shape of our education system, the values informing it, the ways we attempt to quantify its successes and failures, as well as what those measurements miss.

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And I think another thing, in terms of academics in the classroom, the value of going into a class and walking out of it, maybe tired, like, "Oh, that was a lot of work." But feeling like you really took something from it, like an accomplishment, like you literally just built something in your brain, like a new piece of knowledge, it's like, "Oh, yes." It's satisfying. It's an achievement.

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