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...concentrator even reported at the Curricular Review meeting that he was told in some concentration courses that in order to write well he should “forget everything [he] learned in Expos.” While different disciplines differ in their stylistic expectations, good writing tends to share core elements regardless of the subject...
...instruction is already offered through the Harvard Writing Project, albeit only on a case-by-case, voluntary basis. Professors should be encouraged to make writing instruction—not just writing practice and criticism—an integral part of their courses. And wherever possible, the language used in Core and departmental courses’ writing instruction and that used in Expos should be consistent, although it could stand to be revised and refined in both. Such continuity and improved quality across the curriculum would allow students to develop their skills continuously from the first day of Expos through their...
...concentrator even reported at the Curricular Review meeting that he was told in some concentration courses that in order to write well he should “forget everything [he] learned in Expos.” While different disciplines differ in their stylistic expectations, good writing tends to share core elements regardless of the subject...
...instruction is already offered through the Harvard Writing Project, albeit only on a case-by-case, voluntary basis. Professors should be encouraged to make writing instruction—not just writing practice and criticism—an integral part of their courses. And wherever possible, the language used in Core and departmental courses’ writing instruction and that used in Expos should be consistent, although it could stand to be revised and refined in both. Such continuity and improved quality across the curriculum would allow students to develop their skills continuously from the first day of Expos through their...
...Family published a paper by Melbourne academic Lawrie Moloney, who analyzed 22 of what he called "closely contested parenting judgments" made by the Family Court in the decade 1988-99. Moloney chose cases devoid of issues of violence or abuse, reasoning that these would be more revealing of judges' "core assumptions." He concluded that "presumptions about gender were an important aspect of judicial thinking . . . I found that mothers were likely to be successful if they appeared to conform to a maternal stereotype of self-sacrifice on behalf of their children. Generally, fathers were successful when mothers were judged...