Tag Archives: Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Spring Syllabi

Today marks the beginning of the Spring semester at Wellesley. I am teaching two courses this semester, Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Anth 204), which I teach every Spring, and Human Biology and Society (Anth 314), a new upper level seminar … Continue reading

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Teaching in new ways

Holly Dunsworth goes through an assessment of her curricular changes in an Introduction to Biological Anthropology course and her students’ learning experience: Based on only two semesters of data, it’s hard to link my curricular changes to the improvement between … Continue reading

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Teaching “Introduction to Biological Anthropology”

Holly Dunsworth has a great post outlining her approach towards teaching the Biological Anthropology introductory course (Human Origins, at her current institution). As she describes it, her approach is a “naturalist’s approach in the molecular age,” and acknowledges the reality … Continue reading

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