Word: curriculums
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...perfectly great option for education. Whatever.” The Crimson’s patronizing attitude didn’t charm everyone. CSCI E-2, “Bits,” Professor Harry R. Lewis ’68, who also teaches the class for the Core Curriculum, says he was offended by the editorial. “I don’t think that Harvard misrepresents the difference between the College degree and the HES degree,” he says. HES students are “simply trying to better themselves and are honored to be able...
...then surely the ability to analyze global events in a rigorous and meaningful way ranks as a similarly critical skill. It’s time, at long last, for an introductory course in geography. It doesn’t matter whether this course is in the Core, general education curriculum, or a different category altogether. What does matter is that as many students as possible enroll. If we want students prepared to approach the complexities of the world, then they need to share a certain basic level of competence in geography. The College must finally give geography the place...
...them, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, is a member of the “Gang of Five” professors who drafted most of the review’s report on general education, which outlined a system of broad distribution requirements to replace the Core Curriculum...
...College also is also launching its own leadership development initiatives, beginning with the new women’s center director’s role to "develop a leadership curriculum for women student leaders in particular, and all student leaders in general," according to the position description...
...Other misgivings about homeschooling are as hard to shake. The Australian Christian Academy recommends a curriculum called Accelerated Christian Education, in which creationism is taught alongside evolution as science. Promotional material for the Muslim Education Network of Australia includes the line, "By ensuring the quality of our children's education we may be able to help save our children and ourselves from the hellfire." In her western Sydney home, Mujahidah Flint explains how important it is not to believe everything you read. Later, discussing 9/11, she and her daughters mention some material they've seen on the Internet: did their...