Word: section
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...building could become a limited equity co-op if 80 per cent of the tenants voted for it. In that case, those tenants receiving subsidies under the federal Section 8 program could use their government money towards a mortgage rather than rent...
...SECTION size is central to section performance. Sections are ideally designed to clarify the readings and lectures, but more importantly they aim to provoke thinking and discussion critical of the points spoon-fed to students by other course requirements...
However, trying to conduct a meaningful discussion with 20 or more students is an exercise in futility. Large sections impede a section leader's ability to direct the discussion, by intimidating the teaching fellow and the students and discouraging students to volunteer unconventional thoughts. Packed sections preclude give-and-take; leaving most students with only one chance to speak during the entire hour. With little personal involvement, students quickly can lose interest and lower their expectations for the discussions...
ADMINISTRATION officials are quick to note that section size is more a question of budgetary concerns than pedagogical philosophy. Nothing could be further from the truth: by not spending its resources on smaller sections, Harvard is in effect opting for a pedagogical agenda that sacrifices undergraduate education...
...Reducing section size would undoubtedly afford Harvard students a better undergraduate education. Harvard ought to return to its mission--by cutting section size and, at the very least, sticking to a 20 student maximum. While the College claims to do nothing more than teach us how to think, large sections do the exact opposite...