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...opponents. “I know if I see an opening, I don’t have to mouth it, I just look at her and she’ll know,” Tay says. And that’s something the coaches just can’t teach in practice.—Staff writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu...
...delivering jaw-dropping passes—even teammates had a hard time anticipating her feeds inside last year—Tay appears ready to for a breakout year after earning All-Ivy rookie honors last season.“[Tay] makes passes that no one in the world can teach,” Delaney-Smith says. “With that one year of playing together, the post players are more ready for her passes.” “Our guard play has changed a lot from last season,” Finelli adds...
...Harvard’s system of general education should emphasize methodology over topic because methods are harder to teach and learn than facts. Facts become easier to absorb by one’s self once one has a handle on methods. Harvard students can learn facts about the United Nations Security Council or the Federal Reserve Board from the New York Times or Wikipedia, but they cannot learn the tools to make sense of these institutions so readily. As students learn to think rigorously about society and how to use data to test their thoughts, they acquire...
...Task Force’s turn against methodology may reflect a dissatisfaction with the Core, which, as I am urging, vaunted methods over facts. The Core’s approach to methodology, however, teaches methods via intensive exploration of a single, sometimes narrow topic. The scientific method’s general applicability, however, can be best taught by applying it in a wide range of settings. The Task Force’s emphasis on broader courses that teach a wide range of facts is a step in the right direction, especially if those facts serve to teach the scientific method...
...same logic applies to professors. To teach a class full of eager faces is an inspiring task; the knowledge that students simply don’t care about their subject matter is not. Professors become more likely to engage their charges in a heated debate, work closely with them, or just show up and teach rather than hand the duty down to a teaching assistant...