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<blockquote type="cite" cite>This seminar is being run entirely at MIT
this year and we are going to generate a proposal for a Science and
Technology High School in New Hampshire.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thank you</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Patti Christie</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Spring Term
2005:</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">SP.249 Alternative
Education (6 units p/f credit)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Instructors: Dr.
Patti Christie (patti@mit.edu), Experimental Study Group,
MIT</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Meeting time:
Mondays from 2 to 4 pm</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Location:
24-622</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Prereq:
N/A</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">This
six-unit pass/fail seminar is open to all students at MIT and
Wellesley. Students will explore innovative approaches to education
with a focus on experimental undergraduate programs, and how this can
apply to high school programs. The seminar guides students
through a critical examination of alternative colleges, with
particular emphasis on student life, how classes are taught, how
colleges differ from one another, and unique elements of their
curricula. The seminar will include guest speakers from
colleges with alternative programs and structures. Some of the
Colleges that we will be looking at include; Olin College, Hampshire
College, St. John's College, Deep Springs College, Evergreen State
College, College of the Atlantic, Berea College, and Blackburn
College.<br>
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The seminar will culminate in a final project through which students
will design an alternative high school that implements a learning
style that best suits student' needs. This final project will be shown
to a panel that is designing a new science and technology school in
New Hampshire.<br>
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</font><font face="Arial">For more information contact Dr. Patti
Christie (patti@mit.edu)</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Dr. Christie has
taught chemistry and biology at ESG and at MIT for the past five years
and has initiated a seminar on Kitchen Chemistry (SP.287) that is
residence-based. She is interested in how people learn best and views
this seminar as an opportunity for students to explore their own
learning styles.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Patricia D. Christie,
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77 Mass Ave.<br>
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