Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...woman nods, getting the point, laughing. Her classmates laugh, and Braden joins in. Laughter, in fact, is an essential part of the curriculum at the tennis college, where every year several thousand adults take three-to- five-day courses that cost $100 daily. It erupts regularly from the classroom during Braden's unique lectures, which combine show biz, science, humor and psychology. It rings out on the 17 courts and the 18 teaching lanes equipped with ball machines -- and in the four video rooms, where students guffaw as they view tapes of their own just completed drills. Even...
...chess player will also discuss a new curriculum he has developed, which stresses chess as an academic discipline. Kasparov's curriculum has been proven to combat drug use in inner-city schools by endowing children with cognitive skills which allow them to make proper decisions concerning drugs, Edelman said...
...logical addition to the curriculum because the study of gender issues has developed so well in the last few years," the dean said...
...Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (QRR) simply forces the computer illiterates to cram and scram. And although the Core Curriculum takes painstalking measures to help students appreciate the aesthetic of thought, it directs little effort towards the aesthetics of modern technology...
Ayres said participants can tailor a flexible curriculum to meet their interests, and courses range from "Political Economy" to "The First Amendment and the Media...