Word: buddhists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chairman of a UNESCO conference on human rights in Bangkok. Educated at the Royal College in Colombo and Ceylon Law College, he has been an attorney since 1941, and became one of the youngest men named to the prestigious position of Queen's Counsel. Jayawardene is a devout Buddhist and an ardent supporter of wildlife conservation...
Dean W. Currie, Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, agrees that the interactional case approach is more effective than straight lecturing in internalizing knowledge. "It's a Zen Buddhist-like belief that there is wisdom that can be learned but can't be told," Currie says. Students gain that wisdom by closely involving themselves with the cases presented, and actively participating in discussions that locate and solve problems, he adds...