Word: cues
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...fear of retribution in the process of improving teaching, and it does so in real time. Furthermore, it empowers teaching fellows to get ready-to-hand information during the semester regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their teaching. Never again should a TF be surprised by his or her CUE scores at the end of the semester, because evaluation will be an on-going practice. With the growing importance of teaching portfolios for TFs, the ability to avoid recording low scores will be of great pragmatic value in the competitive world of academia. This is only in addition...
Today, the Undergraduate Council launches a new service for students called the “teaching hotline.” Conceived as a supplement to end-of-the-semester CUE evaluations, this program will hopefully enable students to improve their classes as soon as pedagogical problems arise. While we are confident, especially in light of the recent report issued by the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development, that Harvard’s students, teaching fellows (TFs), and faculty members all share the goal of improving teaching, this service will undoubtedly catch disapproving eyes. We hope, however, that through...
...resolve some of the key difficulties confronting teaching at Harvard. In general, students simply do not feel comfortable speaking directly with their professors and TFs about classroom frustrations. No party benefits from this lack of communication. Students remain dissatisfied throughout the semester, while at its close, they impart scathing CUE reviews to both TFs and course heads who are often unaware of their flaws. But neither a student’s fear of insulting an educator nor their mere discomfort in approaching a brilliant professor should halt the improvement of teaching and learning at Harvard. The teaching hotline removes these...
...belief that the teaching hotline, rather than perpetuating sensitivity and distance, will institute a process of cultural change at Harvard. For too long, we have considered evaluation an event. This includes the semi-annual CUE evaluations but also extends to the intelligence reports submitted by committees and task forces on structural improvements that Harvard should implement. While these large undertakings are incredibly valuable, they largely aim at invoking change beyond the immediate future. It is time that we supplement the community event of evaluation with a regular community practice capable of addressing concerns and flaws at once. By making evaluation...
...this could conceivably be of interest if the movie had the dash, the wit, the silky threat of the mature Hannibal Lecter. But he's missing, as is Anthony Hopkins. So Webber takes his cue for pacing and tone from the young Hannibal. Alas. As played by Gaspard Ulliel, he's just a gawky, monosyllabic adolescent. You get hints of Hannibal's empathy - his gift at mind- and heart-reading - and the briefest pass at his fascination with culinary matters. But this Hannibal is hardly even a rough sketch for the later Lecter. Indeed, he's virtually unrecognizable...