Chris Drew (PhD)

Dr. Chris Drew is the founder of the Helpful Professor. He holds a PhD in education and has published over 20 articles in scholarly journals. He is the former editor of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. [Image Descriptor: Photo of Chris]

19 Skills a Teacher Should List on a Resume (A to Z List)

Examples of teaching skills needed to be successful in today’s classrooms include: leadership, communication, multitasking, patience, and reflectiveness. When adding these skills to a teacher resume, you can list these in two categories: ‘soft skills’ and ‘hard skills’. We’ve listed which type of skill each is below. Be sure your teaching resume highlights some of […]

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15 Examples of Intersectionality

Intersectionality refers to the overlap, or intersection, of various identity factors such as race, ethnicity, social class, nationality, gender, sexuality, and ability. When identity factors overlap, there is a compounding effect that can cause compounded disadvantage or advantage. For example, black women face disadvantage based on both race and gender. Similarly, working-class gay men might

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17 Famous Moral Panic Examples

Moral panics are irrational fears that have been spread and exaggerated by the media. Each generation faces its own moral panics. Examples include the Salem Witch Trials in the 1690s, danger of Rock n’ Roll in the 1950s, the war on drugs in the 1980s. The sociological concept of moral panic was first coined by

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10 Symbolic Interactionism Examples (And Easy Definition)

The symbolic interaction theory states that the meaning we ascribe to objects, processes, ideas, concepts, and systems are subjective. They are constructed through language, words, and communication, and differ from context to context and culture to culture. As a simple example of symbolic interactionism, the word “dog” might evoke a fuzzy, heart-warming emotion in someone

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15 Cultural Stereotype Examples

Cultural stereotypes are oversimplified assumptions people make about an entire cultural group. In psychology, we refer to cultural stereotyping as the outgroup homogeneity bias. Stereotypes are based on a limited number of observed characteristics and often result in oversimplification and misrepresentation. While stereotypes can be based on some degree of truth, they are often exaggerated

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