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Christopher Clark

@CCcivics

Social Studies education researcher and teacher educator.

Joined June 2017
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We know that AI can save teachers a lot of time in generating ideas for lessons but we must also remember to pay attention to how it presents the content. @DrEvilAcademic and I elaborate in our latest article. citejournal.org/volume-24/is…
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Free online workshop for educators! Educating for Democracy at the University of Virginia is hosting an online conference on March 23, 2024. Attending teachers can get professional development hours. See the flyer below for more details.
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As a bonus for clicking on the story, you'll see that my beard looks extra fuzzy in the plaque presentation photo.
U of North Dakota (@UofNorthDakota) profile pictureU of North Dakota@UofNorthDakota2 Jun 2023
Annual @UNDEducation Research Conference brings people together to share recent work and recognize excellence. 👏 #UNDproud #highered #research #education blogs.und.edu/und-today/2023…

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Annual CEHD Research Conference brings people together to share their most recent work, recognize excellence.

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Just a reminder to keep an eye on your local elections. Funding for schools was on the ballot today in my community and I was proud to support it!
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🤖NEW BLOG🤖 Asking Technoskeptical Questions about ChatGTP by @dankrutka & @mariekheath: civicsoftechnology.org/blog/… This post was created for the @TACTLSIG of @AERA_EdResearch in advance of a session at the SIG business meeting we're facilitating @ #AERA23 in Chicago on April 16!
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🤖NEW BLOG🤖 Can ChatGPT Create a Thoughtful Lesson Plan? by Chris Clark & @DrEvilAcademic: civicsoftechnology.org/blog/… Chris & Cat test ChatGTP’s ability to write a thoughtful lesson plan about MLK. They made ChatGTP resubmit the assignment quite a few times...
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Some days you learn that you're a lot taller than the President and Executive Director of NCSS.
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Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future theconversation.com/sci-fi-b… via @ConversationUS

Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future

Science fiction books can inspire more children to become scientists if authors and illustrators do a better job of depicting characters from diverse backgrounds.

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Happy to be a part of this volume! Check out my chapter on teaching about ideology using the pandemic as well as all the other great contributions!
UNCG Social Studies (@UNCGSocStudies) profile pictureUNCG Social Studies@UNCGSocStudies3 Jan 2022
Post-Pandemic Social Studies is published! Foreword @joelwestheimer & afterword @TyroneCHoward. Chapters by @DrAn2021 @brookeblevins @lisabbuchanan @RebeccaCChrist @CCcivics @DrKristenDuncan @falkneac @markhelmsing @ProfessorKP @NaseemRdz @DrEvilAcademic @brettonvarga & more!
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In civic education, I often feel like I'm swimming upstream against many trouble social and political forces. This article provides a small ray of sunshine, illustrating that some pedagogies (especially service learning) are correlated with reductions in affective polarization.
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Civic education’s relationship to affective partisan divides later in life - Christopher H Clark,...

Civic education is often touted as a counterweight to the contentiousness of American politics. Yet, civic education’s relationship to dislike and distrust of o...

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I like that UND is highlighting my study on teachers' choices of news resources, but I like the picture they chose even more.
UND Education & Human Development (@UNDEducation) profile pictureUND Education & Human Development@UNDEducation9 Jun 2021
According to a recent study co-authored by Assistant Professor Christopher Clark, social studies teachers across the country are bringing more bias into the classroom than they might realize. University Letter story: blogs.und.edu/uletter/2021/0…
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If you're the type of person that enjoys spending their Sundays viewing Disney films through a scholarly lens, then this talk is for you!
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Check out this upcoming virtual talk by @ChildsLitEmily and @the_superaustin. It was dubbed "the absolute best title" at a recent college meeting.
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Remember @cybermardi and @HJamesGarrett and me? We're back, in blog form.
Harvard Education Press (@Harvard_Ed_Pub) profile pictureHarvard Education Press@Harvard_Ed_Pub12 May 2021
In the Voices in Education blog, @CCcivics, @cybermardi, & @HJamesGarrett write that teachers need more support to understand "how their ideology shapes their thinking about news media as they make decisions about including the news in their classrooms." bit.ly/2Sv2efF
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Sounds like a smart, good-looking group of authors.
Harvard Education Press (@Harvard_Ed_Pub) profile pictureHarvard Education Press@Harvard_Ed_Pub3 May 2021
Read @CCcivics, @cybermardi, and @HJamesGarrett’s study on teaching current events in the era of fake news in the Spring 2021 issue of #HarvardEdReview: bit.ly/3evdvDY
Very happy to be included in the latest issue of Harvard Ed Review with the awesome @cybermardi and @HJamesGarrett. Our article looks at social studies teachers selection of news resources for teaching current events. meridian.allenpress.com/her/…
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Just discussed an "oldie" Visions of Ed podcast with my methods students. Did you know that @HJamesGarrett is really good at speaking in quotable soundbites? Thanks for being the foundation of a good discussion @dankrutka @42ThinkDeep, and @VisionsOfEd! visionsofed.com/2017/04/26/e…

Episode 53: Teaching Difficult Knowledge with Jim Garrett

In episode 53, Michael and Dan discuss teaching difficult knowledge with Jim Garrett. One of the first things that we do is discuss what, exactly is difficult knowledge. Books, articles, lessons, a…

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Check out an interview I did with @cybermardi based on an article we wrote with @HJamesGarrett!
Research Minutes podcast (@ResearchMinutes) profile pictureResearch Minutes podcast@ResearchMinutes8 Jun 2020
NEW: Political leanings and other factors can influence how HS social studies teachers assess news source credibility, acc. to new research by Christopher Clark @NSURiverHawks and @cybermardi @ugaMFECOE. We discuss on our latest podcast. #edchat researchminutes.org/episode/…
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