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Long before Amy Chua’s provocative 2011 memoir,Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, raised the bar for tough-love parenting, psychologists at UC Berkeley were studying the effects of three kinds of child-rearing: authoritarian (too hard), permissive (too soft) and authoritative (combo). Now, with the recent release of Berkeley alumna Kim Wong Keltner’s memoir, Tiger Babies Strike Back, along with other scholarly works and testimonials, the results are in.
Tag: education
Chancellor No. 10, day No. 1
June 3, 2013:
After months of meetings and preparation, Nicholas Dirks arrived for work June 3 as Berkeley’s 10th chancellor. On a day that was all about connections, he received a warm welcome from staff in California Hall, and a loud serenade from the Cal Marching Band.
Birgeneau: ‘Ready for something new’
May 30, 2013:
As he prepared to hand over the reins to his successor as chancellor, Robert Birgeneau reflected on his nearly nine years in California Hall, and on his future as a member of the UC Berkeley faculty. And he explained why he’s “deeply worried about public higher education.”
Biology scholars thank Birgeneau, Breslauer
May 13, 2013:
More than 50 students and 30 alumni of Berkeley’s Biology Scholars Program gathered recently in the Durant Hall atrium to thank Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer for their support.
Chancellor looks back: ‘a period where leadership mattered’
April 26, 2013:
In an interview with NBC11, Robert Birgeneau talks access and excellence, Dreamers, and how — despite a budget model for UC Berkeley that has changed in response to severe state funding cuts during his time as chancellor — “we still spend our money, as we should, like a public university.”
From high school dropout to U.S. Gates Cambridge scholar
April 16, 2013:
Justin Park dropped out of high school, but he never lost his love of literature and learning. After 20 years as a bartender, bike messenger and military man, Park returned to school at UC Berkeley, graduated — and now has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, a top world honor.
For East Bay students, a visit from spirit of college futures
March 4, 2013:
Thousands of young people in and around Berkeley got a glimpse of their futures — and the role college could play in making those futures brighter — at Berkeley College and Career Day, a citywide celebration of higher education spearheaded by the UC Berkeley Center for Educational Partnerships and Berkeley Alliance and underwritten by the Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund.
Exploring the world of silence, charted or not
February 5, 2013:
Drawing its inspiration from John Cage, a six-week OLLI course delves into art, music, film, neuroscience, bliss, edginess, paradox and more in what Susan Hoffman, OLLI’s director, calls “an experiment” in experiential learning.
Prize highlights young economist’s steady, bold trajectory
January 16, 2013:
BERKELEY — UC Berkeley economist Ulrike Malmendier could have chosen any number of career paths. After all, she speaks six languages, is fascinated with Latin and Greek, and loves physics and math. While working on a Ph.D. in law, another focus of her eclectic interests, she took a modern-economics course and that changed everything. Malmendier set off to explore the [...]
Berkeley 2012 – the year in pictures
December 19, 2012:
New faces, new vitality, reflection and celebration — 2012 brought all that, and more, to UC Berkeley. Here’s a glance back at the year, in pictures.
Mexican American toddlers lag in preliteracy skills, but not in their social skills, new study shows
December 11, 2012:
Mexican American preschoolers fall behind their white counterparts in terms of early language and preliteracy skills, but the social competencies between the two groups are indistinguishable, according to a new UC Berkeley/UCLA study.
L&S ‘Big Ideas Courses’ aim to inspire faculty, students alike
November 30, 2012:
According to Executive Dean Mark Richards, the concept for the program grew out of long-range plans in L&S to enhance the undergraduate curriculum. Big Ideas Courses allow undergrads not only to delve into important issues from multiple viewpoints, but also to fulfill their requirements in new and interesting ways.
Survey shows program boosts Latino parents’ child knowledge, confidence
October 16, 2012:
Researchers at UC Berkeley report promising results from a five-year-old parenting program, Abriendo Puertas (“Opening Doors”), which significantly helps Latino parents prepare their young children to succeed in school.
UC Berkeley experts, events and Election 2012
September 19, 2012:
A host of upcoming events featuring UC Berkeley experts will explore various facets of the November election.
Deborah Berke awarded new Berkeley-Rupp Prize for advancing women in architecture, contributing to sustainability
September 10, 2012:
Deborah Berke, a New York City-based architect known for her design excellence and commitment to architectural innovation, is the first recipient of the College of Environmental Design’s inaugural Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize.
Where are the ‘job creators’? A Labor Day conversation
August 30, 2012:
Where you live has a lot to do with whether you’re employed, and how, says Enrico Moretti, author of The New Geography of Jobs. The UC Berkeley economist shares insights on employment, salaries, tax cuts and growing inequalities based on location.
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life fall programming announced
August 27, 2012:
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley’s Bancroft Library opens its fall season on Tuesday, Aug. 28.
Chancellor’s final back-to-school briefing has the ring of success
August 23, 2012:
Flanked by a half-dozen other campus leaders, Birgeneau made the case Thursday that despite massive cuts in state funding, the twin pillars of his eight-year tenure as chancellor — access and excellence — are thriving.
New study links LA Unified’s new schools to elementary student performance benefits
August 14, 2012:
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s ambitious construction of 131 new schools over the last decade has shrunk severely overcrowded campuses, giving elementary students (but not high schoolers) a major academic boost, according to a new study.
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online learning collaborative
July 24, 2012:
UC Berkeley today has joined edX, a not-for-profit online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and MIT and launched last May. The campus will collaborate with edX to expand the number of universities that offer their courses on the edX platform. In a press release issued by edX, Chancellor Birgeneau said the campus is “committed to excellence in online education and the dual goals of distributing higher education more broadly and enriching the quality of campus-based education.”
How Walter Alvarez’s collaboration with Microsoft led to ChronoZoom
June 12, 2012:
Geologist Walter Alvarez and his former student, Roland Saekow, are interviewed by Microsoft Research Connections about the fruitful collaboration that led to ChronoZoom, an online tool for traveling in time and experiencing Big History.
Environmental ed project teams Berkeley with global practitioners
June 6, 2012:
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UC Berkeley, as seen through Ansel Adams’ camera
June 1, 2012:
Legendary photographer Ansel Adams shot thousands of photos of Berkeley and the other UC campuses during the 1960s, and now a photo book based on the collection, “Fiat Lux,” is going out to all incoming students as part of the annual On the Same Page program.
Chancellor expresses concerns about proposed constitutional amendment
May 24, 2012:
Chancellor Birgeneau responds to a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would restrict the enrollment of out-of-state and international students on UC campuses.
Alumnus and Japanese-American WWII vet Kenji Sayama donates Congressional Gold Medal to Bancroft
April 25, 2012:
Kenji Sayama, who attended UC Berkeley in wartime and after, donated to Bancroft Library the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him and other Japanese-American soldiers from World War II.
Dignitaries dedicate campus’s renovated Matsui Center
March 14, 2012:
Students, faculty and state dignitaries lauded the Robert T. Matsui Center’s work promoting public service, policy research and education during a special event highlighting recent renovations.
ChronoZoom: A deep dive into the history of everything
March 14, 2012:
Working with eight UC Berkeley students and with resources from Microsoft Research Connections, geologist Walter Alvarez has created a new piece of Web-based software that allows students, researchers and the general public to cruise through cosmic timelines. Called ChronoZoom, it could help students visualize the sweep of history.
$3.5 million gift from Dow to develop sustainable chemistry education
February 24, 2012:
With the support of a $3.5 million gift from The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, the College of Chemistry will rebuild its aging undergraduate teaching labs and design a new curriculum based on the principles of sustainability and green chemistry.
Alan Schoenfeld awarded highest international distinction in math education
February 15, 2012:
Alan Schoenfeld, a professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education, has received the 2011 Felix Klein Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the International Commission on Mathematics Instruction.
Berkeley’s writing requirement? Bold vision, endless revision
January 31, 2012:
College Writing Programs, or CWP, has come a long way from its 19th-century origins, when students were schooled in Subject A, “Oral and Written Expression.” The 21st-century Berkeley program offers more than 20 courses in everything from public speaking, creative nonfiction and travel writing to new media.
