Word: curriculum
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...There are only a few classes to choose from,and it really takes some foresight in terms ofplanning your curriculum," said Tara B. Purohit'99. "If you are a senior who was banking on thatnext term, you don't have much choice...
Kids today have scant time for such indulgences. Saddled with an out-of-school curriculum chock-full of Taekwondo lessons, ceramics workshops and bassoon practice, America's youngsters barely have time to check their e-mail before hunkering down with homework. On the whole, U.S. students come home with more schoolwork than ever before--and at a younger age. According to researchers at the University of Michigan, 6-to-9-year-olds in 1981 spent 44 min. a week on homework; in 1997 they did more than two hours' worth. The amount of time that 9-to-11-year-olds...
...Henn co-chaired a conference at Princeton. "The idea was to inspire Jersey's K-12 educators to embrace an integrative approach to learning and move away from structuring class time into segregated disciplines," explains Andrews. "Another goal was to influence policymakers to integrate environmental issues into the core curriculum of public schools." That conference led to a three-day symposium this past summer at Ramapo College of New Jersey on the same subject for public school teachers and administrators...
...Over the past few years, we've been more aggressive in trying to find out the reading lists for the Core Curriculum courses, because those have been the more widely attended courses," Albano says. "We've been able to get those books in, albeit in modest quantities since we don't have the mandate or space for that inventory...
Ultimately, the problem is structurally rooted in the University. Harvard's diversity of curriculum and concentrations is immense. Students are free and encouraged to pursue whatever academic passion they harbor. But this academic freedom vanishes when it comes to what exactly students are supposed to do with that education...