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...steering committee of roughly 10 faculty members from each core discipline and led by Nancy Kane, one of the school’s two associate deans of educational programs, convened to create a case-based curriculum that would expose first year students to the five core areas...
...weeks ago around mid-semester, Kane said that the committee charged with drafting the new curriculum conducted a Web-based survey asking students for feedback. The results were mostly positive, as students indicated that they enjoyed the case-based discussions and the diversity of the material presented in the courses...
...complaints the administration received consisted primarily of glitches in the logistics. For example, students requested more advance notice on assignments and more timely feedback on class participation, which now accounts for a more significant component of their grade, Kane said...
...Kane said that the time and effort required to prepare case studies may be a significant deterrent to interested faculty members under the current system. And because teaching is not a significant factor in tenure decisions, some department chairs even actively discourage junior faculty from investing time and effort in teaching since it is not perceived as “good” for their career, Kane said...
...with the support of the University, Kane said that she hopes active teaching and learning methods will gradually become part of the culture at the School of Public Health...