Word: methods
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first year is highlighted by two things particularly: the section and the case study method. They are two reasons why B-School differs from all other institutions of learning, especially the College...
...case study method means many things to the B-school student; analysis, problem-solving, making decisions, taking stands, proposing action steps, speaking out in class. This method is more than the study of problem situations; it is a system in which there are neither lectures nor domination by professors. Unlike the case study method at the Law School, where professors guide discussions closely, B-School students are given almost free rein...
Waked by Violins. Such rational thought becomes all the more impressive when measured against Montaigne's life. He was born to wealth and privilege, was waked as a baby by the music of violins (his indulgent father felt that any other method might upset his infant...
...possible to remain at the school, of course. Last year, only three students out of a beginning class of about 529 flunked out. It's even possible to squeeze out a C plus with the last-minute method. And although Dean Griswold and the school Administration firmly believe that a C plus student at Harvard Law School is a capable one, so long as big-city law firms and top government agencies are beset with applications from B and A students, they have no need to experiment with lower-ranked students...
Under the Socratic method of teaching, students are constantly called on in class, to give what will almost inevitably be a wrong, or incomplete, answer. A professor will continue to question a student, to exact more information and analysis. At the end of an exhausting hour, the student will find to his amazement that, like the magician who can pull an object from the pocket of an unsuspecting child, the professor has extracted an accurate analysis...