Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Norman Vincent Peale story. The analysis of the argument is an attempt to get at some fundamental dimension which I would like to call analytical thinking, one of the keystones of an even larger concept: that of learning how to learn. Having stated that I think we teach this somewhat better than most places, let me go on to develop the issue of how fundamental it is to our intellectual life and to suggest that Harvard must do an even better job at this...
Adams University Professor Bernard Bailyn's Historical Studies B-31. "The Revolutionary Transformation of America," also received high ratings. How does a historian teach analysis? Bailyn does it by raising a few major problems in sequence: "Why was the British Empire vulnerable at the time just proceeding the American Revolution? For years, there was always a group of aggressive people trying to take the Empire apart. What were the conditions that permitted it to happen at that time?" McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis '68's course, Computer Science 11. "Computers, Algorithms and Programs," was another "winner...
...look at what's being taught, I think the content of these courses is really less and less relevant to a pre-med. We teach science on the cutting edge," Dowling says...
...none was as frustrating as the experience of four years on one of Harvard's most unsuccessful athletic squads. In her four years at Harvard--Boutilier took one off in the middle to-teach physical education and camp in the Rockies--the women's basketball team compiled a 29-68 overall record. And while serving as Co-Captain of this year's squad, Boutilier suffered as the Crimson recorded a 3-22 mark--the worst in the squad's history...
...Medoff adds that he thinks students often benefit from a bit of outside participation. "I think outside involvements have enhanced my ability to teach and be more informed." Medoff explains, adding that he often changes his lectures because of knowledge he gains from participating in campaigns. "It's a balance, though and it's hard to define the right amount. Some involvement can be beneficial; too much can be harmful." Medoff declares...