Word: curriculums
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...readings—and this may reek of anti-intellectualism and cynicism—an ambitious curriculum means nothing if it is not also practical. Apart from assigning less reading for courses, TF’s might send focus questions to students before section, so students who are strapped for time (a completely realistic expectation) can focus their reading on a few key issues...
...footnote to this story is that, if students are less than involved in their sections, they are decidedly apathetic about the ongoing Harvard College Curricular Review. Hopefully the College administration will take the steps necessary to resuscitate the discussion section, so that our new curriculum isn’t lost on students—and their pristine, 400-page coursepacks...
...know where you will be teaching next year—TFA cannot guarantee that you will get your first or even second choice of regional location. Secondly, because they are locally based, these programs tend to offer summer training that is much more specific and related to the actual curriculum that you will begin teaching in the fall. But if you really want to get the best type of training, I encourage you to check out one of the more intensive teacher residency programs like the New Teachers Collaborative. These programs not only give you good upfront teacher training...
...their instrument and be motivated by the company of other performers? Or go the liberal arts route and continue their non-performance studies?This fall, six students did not have to decide, as Harvard and the New England Conservatory (NEC) launched a joint program for undergraduates. Although the joint curriculum is still tiny, it may well be an answer to the prayers of Harvard musicians who have struggled to obtain institutional support for their performance training.A LONG TIME COMINGYale College currently offers a joint program with Yale’s Graduate School of Music. Columbia University’s undergraduates...
...says Ryan D. Hughes ’06.Last spring, the Committee to Review the Teaching of Writing and Speaking in Harvard College—one of seven committees under the Harvard College Curricular Review—released a report calling for the integration of public speaking into the undergraduate curriculum.“The teaching of public speaking and oral argument is scant, for many students non-existent, and must be revived vigorously,” the report states.“Oral communication should be taught as public speaking and also as debate and oral argument...