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From the days our mother told us, "no running in the house," we knew she was really saying, "Don't knock over the Ming vase please...
...tempting as it may be to buy into the drama, Wei-Ming refuses to compromise his course. "I am not going to sacrifice my time and the time of others to entertain," Wei-ming says. "If [students] say, 'I am here to be entertained,' it will not be helpful in the long run. The issues are too serious...
...hard to tell if Wei-Ming's students appreciate his pedagogy. While his CUE guide rating is-considerably lower than that of most big class professors and his score has been dropping in recent years-the enrollment in his course is on the rise...
...When Wei-Ming looks at his large Moral Reasoning audience, he does not see a beast. Rather, a gigantic learning opportunity. His philosophy seems to suggest that some disciplines don't lend themselves to performance...
...methodology for instruction, however, has generated some perceived negative results. An incident last year exemplified what sets Wei-Ming's class apart from other packed Cores. The information booth at the Holyoke Center originally called for a photograph of students watching one of his Sanders Theatre lectures. The project ran amuck when the photos revealed the students with strikingly expression-less faces. "Instead they [photographed] a music appreciation course. The responses in that class seemed much more animated," Wei-Ming admits...