[bioundgrd] Fwd: ug seminar on alternative education (SP.249)

[Janice Chang]

>
>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.
>Thank you
>Patti Christie
>
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>Spring Term 2005:
>SP.249 Alternative Education (6 units p/f credit)
>Instructors:  Dr. Patti Christie (patti at mit.edu), Experimental Study 
>Group, MIT
>Meeting time:  Mondays from 2 to 4 pm
>Location:  24-622
>Prereq: N/A
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>For more information contact Dr. Patti Christie (patti at mit.edu)
>
>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.
>--
>Patricia D. Christie, Ph.D
>Biology and Chemistry Staff Member
>Experimental Study Group
>24-604, MIT
>77 Mass Ave.
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>Phone: 617-324-1945
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