Excellence in Teaching
b'What separates a good teacher from a great one? How are digital technologies challenging traditional teaching methods? And are there distinctions between top-notch science instructors and their counterparts in humanities or social science? Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky, Weisskopf Professor of Physics Alan Guth and MIT biology professor Hazel Sive\\u2013all honored teachers\\u2013will explore these issues with Literature professor and Communications Forum director emeritus David Thorburn.\\n\\nDavid Thorburn is an MIT Literature professor, director emeritus of the Communications Forum, and a past winner of MIT\\u2019s MacVicar award for exemplary contributions to undergraduate teaching.\\n\\nRobert Pinsky is a three-term US Poet Laureate. He is a recipient of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the PEN American Center.\\n\\nAlan Guth is MIT\\u2019s Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics, pioneer of the inflationary model of the universe and recipient of the MacVicar award for exemplary contributions to undergraduate teaching.\\n\\nHazel Sive is a biology professor at MIT, a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and a recipient of the MacVicar award for exemplary contributions to undergraduate teaching.'