Distinguished Teaching Awards announced UC Berkeley, CA - 5 hours ago ... and has lectured in the statistics department for nearly 10 years. "I really wish I could be Professor Snape from Harry Potter.". ...
Article: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/04/25_teachingaward.shtml&cid=0&ei=IwFPRNTQJq-wwQG7n6y1Cw -- http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/04/25_teachingaward.shtml Distinguished Teaching Awards announced ...cutted... Ani Adhikari Department of Statistics A bit of theatrics, a few jokes, perhaps some confrontation, and intimate engagement with students is Ani Adhikari's key to enlivening the dry subject of statistics. "Students like a sharp-tongued professor, if the sharp tongue is not directed towards them," said Adhikari, a native of Calcutta, India, who received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and has lectured in the statistics department for nearly 10 years. "I really wish I could be Professor Snape from Harry Potter." Eschewing electronic media like Powerpoint, she writes and sketches on the blackboard and draws students into statistical problems with drama and a bit of suspense, even in the 250-student "Introduction to Statistics," or "Stat 2," classes. But she is uncompromising about honesty. "Even at the highest levels, people tend to dazzle you with not very well-founded statistical arguments," she said. "I do not allow any student to hide behind jargon or calculations or formulas." "Adhikari's teaching methods are a tradition that should be passed down," said her former student, Sadhana Nathan. "I decided to sit in on her 'Statistics 2' lectures last fall because I had learned so much in her class, and I wanted to pass on her teaching techniques to the high schoolers that I was working with in the statistics classes at Berkeley High. Her style ... still makes me nostalgic every time I think of her class." Adhikari almost didn't make it to UC Berkeley. Turned down by the Graduate Division because she attended a three-year program at the Indian Statistical Institute, she was surprised to receive a cable from one of the legends of statistics, the late UC Berkeley professor Lucien Le Cam: "Please disregard Graduate Division letter. Department recommends highly." "It was like receiving a cable from the Beatles," she said. After obtaining her Ph.D. in 1986 and teaching at Stanford University, she returned to teach at UC Berkeley in 1996. Since then, she has been instrumental in developing a pedagogy course for graduate student instructors who are teaching assistants in statistics courses. "I did my degree at this university and I learned from this department," she said, "and I am having a ball returning what was given to me. It keeps me young." ...cutted... -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Milis Penggemar Harry Potter Indonesia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-harrypotter ---------------------------------------------------------- *Menghubungi moderator Indo-HarryPotter? email ke: indo-harrypotter-owner @ yahoogroups . com *Friendster Indo-HarryPotter? Add email ini: indoharrypotter @ yahoo . com ---------------------------------------------------------- ***Indo-HarryPotter juga bisa diklik pada link ini: http://kelontongsihir.com http://indoharrypotter.blogspot.com http://www.geocities.com/hogwarts_chronicles http://wap.harrypotterindonesia.com http://www.friendster.com/useropen.php?uid=7233008 ---------------------------------------------------------- Webhosting SUPER MURAH !!! Dengan Gopek/bln website Anda sudah bisa online: http://www.c211.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Launching DVD/VCD HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE kerjasama bareng Vision Interprima Pictures Sabtu, 6 Mei 2006 @ EX Plaza Indonesia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-harrypotter/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
