Word: mayers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Poor combat-fatigued 20th Century-Fox may lose The Battle of Leyte Gulf. The studio needs an obsolete cruiser, an obsolete flattop and two obsolete submarines with deck guns. The Pentagon has refused to help with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Follow the Boys, even though M-G-M agreed to take out a scene that shows an admiral getting seasick. The Pentagon is, by and large, against comedies...
...problem is much more than "beefing up" secondary school texts. Mayer advocated a unit approach to history, for instance, with the units being developed by authorities in the field, complete with films, readings, and instructions for teaching...
...addition, future teachers would be trained to use specific subject material. Such training should include emphasis on how a particular idea is likely to be received by students. According to Mayer, prospective social studies teachers are told about something called "the wisdom of education" rather than how to teach their subject. "Imagine how many deaths would occur" Mayer asked, "if doctors were instructed only in the wisdom of medicine...
...former CRIMSON editor also sharply criticized the current use of programming and teaching machines in education. "They are now used by psychologists for yet another glance at the navel," he observed. Mayer saw an important future for programming, but charged that most experimenters have been "totally irresponsible" in the field...
Turning to another trouble spot, Mayer emphasized that much money and thought is needed to improve the education of children living in slums. "Call them culturally disadvantaged or culturally deprived, they are unlucky kids and need a special kind of teaching...