Word: curriculums
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...board—asked Bok to serve as Harvard’s interim chief as the school searched for a new leader. Because of the trip, Bok might not be on campus when the faculty committee charged with designing a new plan for general education to replace the Core Curriculum releases its preliminary proposals. The committee is expected to unveil its report by early next month...
With a new general education scheme in sight, but a lame duck Core Curriculum still looming over the College, Harvard students find themselves in a rather awkward position. We know the Core’s days are numbered, but the changes are happening too slowly—and too unpredictably—to realistically plan for life under general education. So, alas, we must resign ourselves to being the last generation of students to live by the rules of the Core—but we shouldn’t have to. For many years now, students have been able...
...awareness of the risks. The challenge is to find effective ways of teaching those lessons. Last year, the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, located in the home state of casino-rich Atlantic City, developed what executive director Ed Looney says is the country's first responsible-gambling curriculum for grades K-12. The program emphasizes rational decision making and an awareness of the incredible odds against winning at casino games and the lottery. Counselors say the problem is that kids are inevitably exposed to gambling before they are developmentally prepared for it. "Younger children lack abstract thinking...
That's why Looney wants to reach even the youngest kids with a message of moderation. "The program isn't there to say whether gambling is bad or good," he says. "We just want kids to learn how to make good choices." The curriculum remains voluntary for schools, however, and Looney admits that responsible-gambling programs like his often get squeezed out of the busy school year by higher priority subjects like sex education and drug prevention...
...center also plans to pilot a new leadership curriculum before the end of the semester geared towards training groups of students in areas such as goal setting, retreat planning, and outreach. All student organizations will be able to participate on a first-come, first-serve basis including co-ed groups, Marine said...