News Dear #sschat... Relating to the Past Posted November 28, 2011 By Matt Weber Ed.D. candidate Liz Dawes Duraisingh discusses new ways to engage social studies teachers and students through a #sschat discussion. Liz Dawes Duraisingh is a sixth-year doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A former middle and high school history teacher in England and Australia, her research focuses on how young people think about themselves in relation to the past. Her work is supported by the Germanacos Foundation; she is affiliated to Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. If you are a social studies or history teacher interested in participating in a small pilot study next semester please contact her at ead275@mail.harvard.edu. News The latest research, perspectives, and highlights from the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles Ed. Magazine Lessons Learned: Zid Mancenido, Ph.D.'22 What one alum learned about why students don't choose to become teachers Ed. Magazine Movies, Books, and "The Giver" Professor Robert Selman and doctoral student Tracy Elizabeth, Ed.M.’10, say that a movie can actually do something amazing for the book from which it is adapted: It can spark a new interest in reading. News Learning From Mistakes By examining the responses both students and teachers have to students' mistakes, doctoral candidate Maleka Donaldson Gramling hopes to gain new insight into classroom learning.