Documents tagged "Harvard Graduate School"
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023452.txt
The document describes an educational initiative by Harvard Graduate School of Education and other organizations that combines the study of poetry with science, environment, and visual arts. Key topics include the exploration of various natural landscapes like oceans, ponds, marshes, mountains, forests, and coral reefs. The initiative features a diverse range of experts including poets, economists, historians, conservationists, scientists, and educators from Harvard University. Notable locations included in the study are Cape Cod, Nantucket, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Jamaica, Aspen, California, Papua New Guinea, and Harvard's Houghton Rare Book Library.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023435.txt
The Poetry in America program aims to provide online graduate-level professional development courses for middle and high school teachers who have never had the opportunity to advance their careers online. These courses will be designed to strengthen classroom practice while accumulating credits toward advanced degrees in education. The initiative will also produce classroom-ready video content that enables teachers to engage and educate students, meeting English Language Arts standards and providing professional development opportunities. The program is a collaboration between Elisa New and Programs in Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with courses such as Poetry of the City already in active development.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023416.txt
This document describes an initiative by Harvard Graduate School of Education, HarvardX, and WGBH that combines poetry study with science, environment, and visual arts. Materials include archival images and live footage from various locations such as Cape Cod, Nantucket's Whaling Museum, and Emily Dickinson's home in Amherst, Massachusetts. Notable guests for this initiative include author Michael Pollan, economist Lawrence Summers, Vice President Al Gore, eco-critic Lawrence Buell, Harvard students and Boston area school teachers, Martin Espada, David Coleman, Ray Dalio, Jane Pickering, Peter Galison, Walter Isaacson, Walt Mossberg, David Malan, Richard Dawkins, and Harrison Ford. Future planned conversations include discussions on computer language and poetry, evolution and probability, and a conversation with actor Harrison Ford about "The Fish".