Word: reconstruct
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...this veritas to come alive. It is our chance to challenge “the truth” as given to us by our professors, engage with it, relate it to our own academic work, or even (gasp!) our personal experience. Through dialogue we have the opportunity to reconstruct our own understandings and piece them together with classmates into a fuller perception of reality.But instead of resuscitating veritas, too many of our sections seem to drain even more life from it. I do not mean to attack the sizeable portion of section leaders who already do a wonderful...
...have that love within us somewhere—otherwise, we probably couldn’t have made it here.5. Teach to learn and re-learn: In order to design a coherent and engaging curriculum, a teacher must literally take up the role of historian, physicist, etc. Teachers have to reconstruct and expand their own understanding of what they already know in order to convey it to their students. As Orin Gutlerner, director of the Undergraduate Teacher Education Program (UTEP), puts it, “A lot of people perceive K-12 teaching as an intellectually deadening experience, something that?...
...elegant and excellent new book, “New York Burning,” the chair of Harvard’s History and Literature program, Jill M. Lepore, uses Horsmanden’s journal–placed alongside other contemporary material—to try to reconstruct just what happened that fateful year. In addition to the fires and the trials, she deftly interweaves tidbits about 1741 New York–from how slaves interacted with each other to how people obtained clean water–that vividly bring the city to life. The result is a compelling narrative?...
...guest house in the Golan Heights, where most of Netzer Hazanis families have rented rooms. The congregation decided to stick together and keep its community life wherever they will eventually settle. In September they will look for temporary accommodations in the south. But it will take some time to reconstruct their lives. "All the way from Gush Katif," says Bryna, "I kept on thinking: I have 16 years of education, which I got in the USA, I'm married and I have 6 children. I had a house. Today I'm homeless...
Still, new ABC Entertainment President Brandon Stoddard insists that the network will not cut corners in trying to reconstruct a winning prime-time schedule. "We've got to protect what goes on screen," says Stoddard, 49, who was named programming chief last November after running ABC's mini-series and theatrical-films operations, "because what goes on the screen will make us succeed or fail." The network has ordered 27 pilots for potential fall series, more than either of its two rivals. Lucille Ball will star in a new sitcom, and other prospective series include a sci-fi drama based...