Word: teaching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first step in preventing "a separation of our faculty into those who teach and those who carry on creative work," President Conant has sent out a questionnaire which asks each instructor how much time he spends with his tutees, how much on the lecture platform, and how much in the laboratory or research library...
...mind if I stay here all summer. . . . "I have come back with all sorts of new lessons which I learned from barracuda and sharks. I am a tough guy. So, if you will come down and see me as often as you possibly can, I will teach you some of the stunts I learned...
Since the purposes of Economics A is to teach the beginner the economic way of thinking, economic questions of the day are considered in a purely subsidiary light. It is the general outlines of economic theory, rather than the details of its structure, which are presented the student. Although he may develop during the year the desired line of attack, he is apt to feel that he has learned less about economics than he wished...
...adjunct with the Tutorial system the one supports the other. An advocate of large classes for the purpose of instruction, Hutchins scored the Tutorial system as a reflection of the "small class" idea. But though the youthful president is unaware of the fact, the tutors, far from endeavoring to teach or coach students in a small class, are striving to give students a complete mastery of a special field of learning and an opportunity for intellectual expansion and creativeness. Understanding must be the criterion for future higher education and not ability to amass unrelated facts without any continuity of purpose...
Frequently graduate students are assigned to direct section meetings or conduct laboratories, and the result in most cases is disastrous for the student. It is a necessity that a man be able to teach well and to conduct classes efficiently. Many of these instructors, because of their unfamiliarity with Harvard methods or pure lack of native ability, fail miserably in this most important part of college education. The solution lies in selecting men who can devote full time to their work, giving them a fair salary and opportunity for advancement. An instructor who knows he is only teaching temporarily with...