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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...helicopters come at night and shoot projectiles that sound like trains passing overhead ending with explosions," he says, "But we continue to teach...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Slain Priests Had Ties to Harvard | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...after they have gone through introductory math and science courses here. Few people could be encouraged by the mediocre learning experiences they often find in these courses. Many of the introductory classes may have star professors with excellent subject knowledge and lecturing ability, but that does not suffice to teach students effectively. Sections are a large part of the learning experience in such courses, but many courses seem to dump teaching fellows indiscriminately on their students with little concern for the outcome. If the University wants people to enjoy and become interested in the sciences, there need to be more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Introductory Courses Cause Frosh to Leave Sciences | 12/12/1989 | See Source »

While some faculty members say that university education should be devoted solely to the analysis of ideas, others insist that colleges must teach the basic facts that secondary schools are failing to convey to their students...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Does High School Prepare for Harvard? | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard is not well-suited to help students without a solid grounding in history and science, since the Core Curriculum is designed to teach undergraduates modes of analysis rather than basic facts and figures...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Does High School Prepare for Harvard? | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

...cannot teach about a mode of thought without [students knowing] the content," said Professor of Government Jorge I. Dominguez, who chairs the foreign cultures subcommittee of the Core. "Though we do not like it, we may have to rethink Core courses...

Author: By Eric S. Solowey, | Title: Does High School Prepare for Harvard? | 12/9/1989 | See Source »

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