Word: experimentalism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ackerman, Riesman, and Bruce Chalmers, Gordon McKay Professor of Metallurgy, who introduced the plan, all praised pass-fail as a means of encouraging students to experiment with courses outside their field.
He and six other students were "blinded" for an experiment conducted in the Harvard School of Education.
The experiment was designed to explore some of the problems of teacher-pupil relationships, Michael E. Orme, assistant professor of Education and instructor in P 20 ("Psychological Foundations of Education",) explained yesterday. Those members of P 20 not blind-folded were instructed to "teach" those who were.
Actually, pain and violence are anathema to the Intentional Community. Says Judith Malina: "We are a terrible lot of moralists. We are trying to live together in peace, not only saying that the U.S. should disarm, but that we should not scream at one another in rehearsals-or if we...
March 11, 1966: Radcliffe residence office announces an "experiment" to allow 20 Radcliffe seniors to live in their own apartments providing they are 21.