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Thursday,
June 29, 2006
DOES
SPORTS PLAY a role in shaping the character
of a child? Some say that participation in
sports can teach children values such as
honesty, respect, empathy, responsibility
and fair play. Others argue that instead
of building character, sports develops characters
who learn, among other things, how to skirt
the rules in order to win at all costs or
who believe rules do not apply to them. Stepping
into the fray is Maureen R.
Weiss (left), professor and
director of the Sport and Exercise Psychology
Program in the University of Virginia’s
Curry School of Education, who testified
before a U.S. Congressional committee on
Wednesday that youth sports programs that
include a life-skills curriculum and coach
training have the potential to build character
in young people. Full
story.
A
jeep ride on the Golan Heights. Swimming
in the Mediterranean Sea at sunset. These
are just a few of the highlights of a recent
trip
taken to
Jerusalem by a group of Jewish students,
organized by U.Va.’s Hillel,
which sponsors such travels as part of
its mission
to enrich the lives of Jewish students
so that they may enrich the Jewish people
and the world. U.Va. Hillel sponsors Jewish
students who have never visited Israel
through “Taglit-birthright israel,” which
provides a free, 10-day, campus-based trip
to Israel for Jewish students, ages 18-26, who have never
traveled to the country on a group tour. See
the blog that chronicles the final days of their trip.
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University
of Virginia assistant professor of education
Scott Imig (left) took an idea from business
schools where the students work with real
companies on real problems and applied
it to his capstone course on contemporary
educational issues. Students in the class
spent two months conducting research at
Buford Middle School this year on how to
bridge the minority achievement gap, an
issue that prevails in most school systems.
The students’ ideas conveyed the message
that it’s
cool to be smart and do well academically,
and offered creative ideas that would
complement Buford’s school plan.
Not only did this project give the educators
new ideas,
it gave these future teachers new understandings
that will help guide their practice and
enhance the quality of teaching
in their classrooms, said Imig. Full
story.
Heritage
Repertory Theatre’s South Pacific
Through June 30, and July 1 • 8 p.m.,Culbreth Theatre • Tickets:
924-3376 • Sponsored by U.Va.’s Drama Dept.
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