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Faculty and students praised activity-based learning (ABL) at an event at the Phillips Brooks House yesterday, saying the approach can bridge the divide between theory and practice in the Harvard curriculum. Also known as “Praxis Pedagogy,” ABL uses experiences outside the classroom to enrich student learning. Currently featured in about 13 undergraduate courses, ABL has been recommended as an integral part of the general education reforms that will replace the current Core Curriculum. “[ABL] helps you learn outside of the classroom in a way you can?...
Undergraduate Council (UC) President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 accused the University of hindering a range of reforms to the academic calendar, the curriculum, and student life. At a UC meeting last night, he warned that if the administration did not address the council’s complaints, outlined in a lengthy “Declaration of Grievances,” a sit-in was a “viable option...
...mail, Petersen said that Theda Skocpol, outgoing dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, had proposed an amendment that would prevent students from being voting members of committees that will implement the new general education curriculum. But Skocpol called Petersen’s interpretation a misunderstanding, and later amended the wording of her proposal to make it clear that students would, indeed, have a vote...
Professors will meet in University Hall tomorrow afternoon to consider legislation to replace the Core with a new general education curriculum...
...debate on how to train young doctors comes as HMS reforms its decades-old curriculum. According to Jules L. Dienstag, the dean for medical education, Groopman’s ideas are playing a role in changing the school’s approach...