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...full house with a blast from the past. Actors from L.A. Theatre Works presented their rendition of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial,” adapted from the original transcripts of the 1925 trial of John Scopes, a science teacher charged with teaching evolution in the classroom. The trial was the first of its kind to be sensationalized in the media through the radio, and it was the nation’s first widespread debate on the teaching of evolution in public schools. The show took no explicit stance on the issue, but provided insight into...
...early 1990s. Once the Government department moved out of half of Littauer and into its swanky, new $140 million Center for Government and International Studies in 2005, economics faculty thought their time had finally come. A full renovation was planned that would greatly expand Littauer’s classroom space—now limited to a few tiny classrooms primarily used for department seminars—and closet-like meeting rooms. Instead of being a distant faculty office building, Littauer would have become a hub for undergraduate economics concentrators. But instead of a long-awaited overhaul, Littauer is getting some...
...like to have periods when you can focus on teaching and periods when you can focus on research.” Crawford, a professor of urban design and planning theory at the Graduate School of Design, also cited the importance of time off from the classroom. “My school only gives one semester off every six years, and this will buy me an extra semester,” said Crawford, who plans to use the time to work on a book to be titled “Rethinking Urban Space, From the Bottom...
Indeed, Harvard’s peer institutions have already recognized and embraced the potential of this type of learning. The University of Pennsylvania boasts 46 academic courses in 19 different departments that integrate classroom experience with work in the neighborhoods of West Philadelphia. Other Ivies also have strong community-based learning programs, which have flourished, in large measure, because they support professors in developing curricula that integrate activity-based work with classroom learning. Activity-based components are not merely tacked onto courses as an afterthought, as the latest model proposed by Harvard’s Task Force on General Education...
...deliberations on General Education progress, the Faculty should take a careful look at the innovative learning already taking place in these courses. Furthermore, we students should approach the idea of synthesizing classroom learning and “real-world” experience with open minds. Many of us who have taken the plunge into activity-based classes are eager for more. We hope the faculty will act on the Task Force’s proposal in tomorrow’s faculty meeting and form a committee to investigate a pedagogical initiative in activity-based learning, one that does not simply...