Word: goldberg
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...guinea pig for the HUT last spring, Goldberg worked in a history class at Newton High. He and Social Studies teacher Charles Peltier worked together on a short unit about Karl Marx. He found that a new vocabulary was needed for teaching in high school, but after a session he confirmed that...
...success of the experiment so far has derived from the benefits it produces to the schools as well as to the undergraduates. David Goldberg points out that an HUT can fill in the gaps in a teacher's knowledge and bring a fresh approach to the subject. New theories which an undergraduate is studying can be discussed with advanced students...
Like many undergraduate organizations, HUT was the child of a midnight bull session--this time in Lowell House last December. Goldberg took the idea of students helping out in high schools and presented it to several possible supporters, but received no real encouragement until he went to Deans Herzog and Keppel of the Graduate School of Education. Herzog pointed out that they could give some definite support whereas the Yard had "sympathy but ..." about the idea. The Deans served as a liason between Goldberg and schools that might be interested and also gave official sanction to the group...
...Goldberg and John Provine '60 tested their idea out last spring at Newton High and established its validity. Convinced by their success, other schools picked up the program this fall...
...group is now organized, Goldberg keeps track of the HUT's as much as possible in his capacity of volunteer manager. Some of the noticeable vagueness is there on purpose, since a great organizational structure would freeze the group and hamper the project's flexibility. The group needs a paid manager, however, to maintain regular channels among the schools, the University, and the officers. The HUT backers are looking for someone familiar with "school politics" who would act as liason between schools' needs and the academic and social obligations of undergraduates. If the HUT can find a student interested...