High-tech gadget transforming college teaching - and learning
9.13.10 - Freshman Sarah Speicher stared down at her syllabus in the bookstore at Temple University, considering her next purchase. "Clicker?" she asked out loud. "What's a clicker?"
'The lecture is dead'
9.13.10 - The problem with college, mused Harvard's Eric Mazur, is the architecture of the classroom. All those desks facing the front encourage a medieval approach to teaching. ...
Colleges and universities turn a page, allow students to rent textbooks
9.13.10 - Around the country, about 1,500 four-year college and university bookstores offer students the option of renting textbooks, up from 500 in just a year. This semester, the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Missouri joined the trend. ...
Teacher in troubled school likes Rhee's impatience
9.13.10 - Anthony Priest decided teaching math would be more interesting than his big business career, so he accepted an assignment at one of the most chaotic public schools in the region, Spingarn High in Northeast Washington. Since then, he says, he has had many adventures, including a first-hand look at the inspiring and results-oriented (at least to him) management practices of D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. ...
Concerned about rising tuition? Look at the coaches' salaries
9.13.10 - Colleges and universities must do more to reduce costs and thereby relieve tuition burdens on parents. The first place to look should be excessive salaries to sports coaches.... |
