An abridgment of what I extracted while an undergraduate at Harvard College, 1766-1769

The bound volume contains excerpts copied by Benjamin Wadsworth from books he read as a student at Harvard in the late 1760s. The volume includes almost no personal commentary on the readings. The excerpts are arranged by year of study for the academic years 1766-1769, beginning when Wadsworth was a sophomore. Each entry begins with a title indicating the book title and author for the passage, and there is an alphabetical index at the end of the volume. Wadsworth selected “extracts” from both religious and secular texts including several histories of England, American histories (with a focus on Puritans), the Bible, and in his senior year, “the Koran of Mohammed.” He also read several books on the art of speech and the art of preaching. There are few science texts included, though the final five-page entry is titled, “What I thought fit to note down from Mr. Winthrop’s experimental Lectures” and contains notes both on the content of Professor John Winthrop’s lectures as well as the types of experiments being performed in class. Wadsworth’s commonplace book offers a window on the state of higher education in the eighteenth century and offers a firsthand account of academic life at Harvard College.

Commonplace book of Nathaniel Freeman, 1786-1787

Nathaniel Freeman made entries in this commonplace book between 1786 and 1787, while he was an undergraduate at Harvard College. The book includes the notes Freeman took during three of Hollis Professor Samuel Williams' "Course of Experimental Lectures," and cover Williams' lectures on "The Nature & Properties of Matter," "Attraction & Repulsion," and "The Nature, Kind, & Affections [?] of Motion." These notes also include one diagram. The book also includes forensic compositions on the subjects of capital punishment, the probability of "the immortality of the soul," and "whether there be any disinterested benevolence." It also includes a poem Freeman composed for his uncle, Edmund Freeman; an anecdote about Philojocus and Gripus; an essay called "Character"; a draft of a letter to the Harvard Corporation requesting that, in light of the public debt, the Commencement ceremonies be held privately to lower expenses and exhibit the merits of economy; and an "epistle" to his father, requesting money. This epistle begins: "Most honored sire, / Thy son, poor Nat, in humble strains, / Impell'd by want, thy generous bounty claims."

The works of James William Gilbart ...

Each vol. has special t.p. added.

The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Half-title.

Histoire de la littérature, française classique (1515-1830)

Only pt. I-II of t. 1 had appeared before the author's death, the remaining volumes were based on the author's lectures and notes of pupils, revised by René Doumic and A. Chérel. cf., Pref., t. 4.

Collected essays.

V. 1. Heart of man and other papers.--v. 2. The torch and other lectures and addresses.--v. 3. Literary essays.--v. 4. Studies of a litterateur.--v. 5. Literary memoirs of the nineteenth century.--v. 6. Appreciation of literature.

Short course no.1 [-3] ...

Comprisees class lectures and summaries of the opening and graduation exercises for each course: no.1, Jan.-Apr. 1941; no.2, Apr.-July 1941; no.3, July-Sept. 1941.

Eusebiana; essays on the ecclesiastical history of Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea.

Based on material collected for courses of lectures, and in part reprinted from the Journal of Theological Studies, and Hermathena.

The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...

v. 1. Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy.--v. 2. Early miscellaneous papers from 1799 to 1805, with an introductory lecture and outlines of lectures on chemistry, delivered in 1802 and 1804.--v. 3. Researches, chemical and philosophical, chiefly concerning nitrous oxide ... and its respiration.--v. 4. Elements of chemical philosophy.--v. 5. Bakerian lectures and miscellaneous papers from 1806 to 1815.--v. 6. Miscellaneous papers and researches, especially on the safety-lamp, and flame, and on the protection of the copper sheathing of ships, from 1815 to 1828.--v. 7. Discourses delivered before the Royal society. Elements of agricultural chemistry, pt. I.--v. 8. Elements of agricultural chemistry, pt. II. Miscellaneous lectures and extracts from lectures.--v. 9. Salmonia, or Days of fly-fishing. Consolation in travel, or The last days of a philosopher.

Works.

On spine: Library edition.

Hill Auditorium

Located on North University Street was built in 1913 and seats 4,200 persons.The auditorium is used for music and dance presentations, lectures and academic gatherings. It contains the Frieze Memorial Organ and the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.

Complete works.

Preface signed: J.E. Cabot.

COORDENADORES PEDAGÓGICOS: FORMADORES DE PROFESSORES OU SUPERVISORES DE AÇÕES POLÍTICO-PEDAGÓGICAS DA ESCOLA?

O sistema educacional vem sofrendo influência direta das modificações ocorridas na sociedade, que está cada vez mais exposta a uma gama de informações que nem sempre são transformadas em conhecimento. Essas transformações vão desde uma nova postura do professor em sala de aula até a própria função social da escola, que ainda não responde às necessidades da sociedade. Nesse novo cenário faz-se imprescindível um professor mais preparado para orientar o aluno, ajudando-o a interagir com o outro, a selecionar as informações a que está exposto e a transformá-las em conhecimento, bem como a interagir com seus semelhantes. É importante considerar que aprendizagem do aluno está diretamente relacionada aos métodos de ensino aos quais está submetido. E, para garantir tal aprendizagem é necessário haver uma equipe mais preparada, mais coesa, ciente do trabalho que está desenvolvendo. Por isso a parceria do trabalho entre a coordenação pedagógica e os professores se torna indispensável. Mas será que o coordenador tem esse olhar? Para saber como o coordenador pedagógico atua na formação continuada dos professores, a pesquisa foi desenvolvida com uma parte teórica e uma parte prática. No referencial teórico estão Álvaro Marchesi, Vitor Henrique Paro e José Carlos Libâneo, por sua grande contribuição na área da gestão; Antônio Nóvoa, Cleide Terzi, Laurinda Almeida e Vera Placco, por seus trabalhos sobre formação de professores e de coordenadores pedagógicos, além de dissertações de mestrado e teses de doutorado sobre o tema. Na parte prática a pesquisa se organiza na perspectiva da metodologia quali/quantitativa, com entrevistas com nove coordenadores pedagógicos. Como a ênfase da dissertação está na construção do perfil desse profissional, foram entrevistados coordenadores de diversos segmentos (Educação Infantil, Ensino Fundamental e Ensino Médio) de diferentes escolas (rede particular e pública). No aspecto quantitativo da pesquisa, foi aplicado um questionário a dezesseis professores, para saber da atuação do coordenador pedagógico no aspecto formador. Os resultados mostraram que o coordenador pedagógico também precisa de formação. Ele desempenha tarefas específicas e que não são tratadas nem nas universidades nem nos cursos de especialização; precisa haver a parceria entre o coordenador pedagógico e o diretor pedagógico, para juntos decidirem os caminhos a serem seguidos dentro da escola; precisa haver um olhar mais direcionado para a formação da equipe, com reuniões, encontros, leituras e atividades planejadas, intencionais; há necessidade de devolutivas aos professores com mais frequência, estar mais perto, mais atuante; o coordenador pedagógico precisa repensar o trabalho coletivo, dar a seus professores autonomia para atuarem, dentro do que for possível. Mesmo os coordenadores pedagógicos que não têm autonomia dentro da escola podem fazer algo para deixar o trabalho com a marca do seu direcionamento; somente com um trabalho de parceria será possível resolver os conflitos e as tensões existentes e fortalecer a liderança, a confiança de seus pares, o trabalho em equipe. Dessa forma, as limitações do trabalho pedagógico com certeza diminuirão.

The UK MPharm (1) - are we over reliant on traditional teaching methods?

Introduction-The design of the UK MPharm curriculum is driven by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) accreditation process and the EU directive (85/432/EEC).[1] Although the RPSGB is informed about teaching activity in UK Schools of Pharmacy (SOPs), there is no database which aggregates information to provide the whole picture of pharmacy education within the UK. The aim of the teaching, learning and assessment study [2] was to document and map current programmes in the 16 established SOPs. Recent developments in programme delivery have resulted in a focus on deep learning (for example, through problem based learning approaches) and on being more student centred and less didactic through lectures. The specific objectives of this part of the study were (a) to quantify the content and modes of delivery of material as described in course documentation and (b) having categorised the range of teaching methods, ask students to rate how important they perceived each one for their own learning (using a three point Likert scale: very important, fairly important or not important). Material and methods-The study design compared three datasets: (1) quantitative course document review, (2) qualitative staff interview and (3) quantitative student self completion survey. All 16 SOPs provided a set of their undergraduate course documentation for the year 2003/4. The documentation variables were entered into Excel tables. A self-completion questionnaire was administered to all year four undergraduates, using a pragmatic mixture of methods, (n=1847) in 15 SOPs within Great Britain. The survey data were analysed (n=741) using SPSS, excluding non-UK students who may have undertaken part of their studies within a non-UK university. Results and discussion-Interviews showed that individual teachers and course module leaders determine the choice of teaching methods used. Content review of the documentary evidence showed that 51% of the taught element of the course was delivered using lectures, 31% using practicals (includes computer aided learning) and 18% small group or interactive teaching. There was high uniformity across the schools for the first three years; variation in the final year was due to the project. The average number of hours per year across 15 schools (data for one school were not available) was: year 1: 408 hours; year 2: 401 hours; year 3: 387 hours; year 4: 401 hours. The survey showed that students perceived lectures to be the most important method of teaching after dispensing or clinical practicals. Taking the very important rating only: 94% (n=694) dispensing or clinical practicals; 75% (n=558) lectures; 52% (n=386) workshops, 50% (n=369) tutorials, 43% (n=318) directed study. Scientific laboratory practices were rated very important by only 31% (n=227). The study shows that teaching of pharmacy to undergraduates in the UK is still essentially didactic through a high proportion of formal lectures and with high levels of staff-student contact. Schools consider lectures still to be the most cost effective means of delivering the core syllabus to large cohorts of students. However, this does limit the scope for any optionality within teaching, the scope for small group work is reduced as is the opportunity to develop multi-professional learning or practice placements. Although novel teaching and learning techniques such as e-learning have expanded considerably over the past decade, schools of pharmacy have concentrated on lectures as the best way of coping with the huge expansion in student numbers. References [1] Council Directive. Concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of certain activities in the field of pharmacy. Official Journal of the European Communities 1985;85/432/EEC. [2] Wilson K, Jesson J, Langley C, Clarke L, Hatfield K. MPharm Programmes: Where are we now? Report commissioned by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust., 2005.

Training Primary School Teachers to use E-Learning Technologies – A Pilot Study

In this paper we present a blended learning scenario for training of students in master program “ICT in primary school” carried out in South-West University “Neofit Rilski”. Our approach is based on “face to face” lectures and seminars, SCORM compatible e-learning content with a lot of simulation demonstrations, trainings and self assessment, group problem based learning. Also we discuss the results of the course and attitude of the participants in the course towards used methods and possibilities of application of e-learning in primary schools.