Word: teaching
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...entire process. We, as Greek Orthodox, represent one-fifth of the world's some billion Christians, scattered as we are throughout Eastern Europe, the Levant, Greece, Western Europe, and the Americas (with a population of about four million in the latter). Would it not behoove a university to teach its students of our ancient traditions? And would not education help to create tolerance...
Mayr is a noted authority on birds of New Guinea and the South Pacific, which he studied extensively as curator of the department or ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History before coming to teach at Harvard...
...role Kurtz wants her to play. She is the rebellious middle-class type who could very well be swept away by a sensual young Palestinian and his burning desire to regain his homeland. Kurtz assigns Becker, an aging but still handsome Israeli war hero, to recruit Charlie and then teach her how to act in "the theater of deeds." A fictitious love affair must be fabricated between Charlie and the younger brother, whom the Israelis have captured. When he is killed, as the plan now requires that he must be, Charlie will become an ostensibly bereaved and vengeful survivor. Kurtz...
...House of Representatives approved a bill last Wednesday that would allocate $1 billion over the next five years to improving math and science teaching in the public schools through grants to states and local school districts. Though the measure is stopgap in itself, its strength lies in a provision that designates $50 million in scholarships over the next two years for students who plan to go on to teach in either math or science. Such an approach at least attempts to make teaching more lucrative--in the long run the only way to replenish the profession's depleted ranks. Officials...
...crack the problem is a new strategy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, aimed at dealing with the dearth of science and math teachers in Massachusetts. The Ed School intends to set up a 15-month program for middle aged workers from the technological industries, retraining them to teach science and math. These people would retire early from their current jobs and bring infusion of skill and knowledge to the hurting high school curriculums. The plan is not meant as a panacea but as a model, since it will enroll only 25 "students" in this first stage...