Word: factualism
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Bard's creative approach to education is perhaps its most distinctive feature. The traditional college, such as Harvard, emphasizes theories, history, and factual material. For instance, in a Fine Arts course here, a student learns the history, style, and development of past masters, along with the trends in modern art. At Bard he will learn to sculpt, paint, and model, with only incidental treatment of the background of the subject...
These report to the student in paragraph form about such things as his quality of interest, development, ability for independent work, understanding of the field or of a particular course, and his written and oral expression. Also, they classify a student's grasp of ideals, factual material, initiative, participation, and course work from "Excellent" to "Below Minimum Standards." Grades are put in the bottom right hand corner...
...president of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wis., Pusey in 1952 endorsed "the McCarthy Record," a factual condemnation of the Senator and his tactics...
...much as possible from classical experiments. Only in courses like Natural Science 2 and 4, which assume a secondary school background, is it possible to discuss successfully more than a few significant discoveries, and yet have time to explain the philosophical problems and psychological processes that underlie the factual superstructure. The courses in the biological sciences are different; because they are non-mathematical, they do not present the same pedagogical difficulties found in the physical sciences. For this reason it is easier for them to strike a balance between fact and principle...
...story of criminal investigation could be factual, instructive and entertaining. Webb has apparently achieved one of these objectives, that of entertainment...