Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they see deficiencies--the lack of a class on some aspect of ancient or medieval history in Historical Study B,or the general dearth of courses in Science B, for example--they should create course proposals, find qualified instructors, and then do everything they can to convince professors to teach in the Core...
...subcommittees probably will succeed in coming up with new course ideas because most of their members recognize the Core's course development problems. The obstacle will be finding professors willing to teach in the Core. The burden of adding courses to the Core, therefore, also falls on those Faculty members who refuse to venture out of their departments. To provide students the widest range of choices in the Core, the subcommittees have to start raiding those departmental refuges. But at the same time professors must be more receptive when the subcommittees come knocking at their doors...
...school will appoint five full-time associates in the field in March for the academic year 1981-82. Their research will "integrate women's perspectives into the main curriculum," the foundation's newsletter said. In addition to publishing their research, the associates will design and teach seminars that will serve as models for future courses...
...once driven players to unconsciousness under the Texas sun hired an expert in tropical medicine to teach him about fluid intake, electrolyte balance and heat-humidity ratios. As the scandals recede in memory, his skills as coach have been increasingly appreciated...
...Midwest, attempts to test new teachers before they teach have not fared as well. State legislatures in Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin have let competency testing proposals die in committee. Teachers' unions are generally wary of licensing, and have sought to ensure that teachers themselves control licensing standards. Parent-teacher associations often are afraid that state wide professional boards set up to judge teachers will destroy local control of schools...