(Minneapolis) Downtown Minneapolis could be a mess Wednesday morning with 9,000 extra drivers are expected in town to hear motivational speakers at the Target Center, Esme Murphy reports (1:38).
(Minneapolis) Organizers are expecting an extra 15,000 people downtown Wednesday due to the "Get Motivated" seminar at the Target Center, Jeanette Trompeter reports (2:19).
The massacre at Virginia Tech is raising questions about on-campus security. That topic was already on the agenda at a security seminar involving schools from the Atlantic Coast Conference when news filtered in about the shooting rampage. (April 16)
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Seminar
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A seminar is, generally, a form of academic instruction, either at a university or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to actively participate. This is often accomplished through an ongoing Socratic dialogue with a seminar leader or instructor, or through a more formal presentation of research. Normally, participants must not be beginners in the field under discussion (at US universities, seminar classes are generally reserved for upper-year students, although at UK universities seminars are usually used for all years). The idea behind the seminar system is to familiarise students more extensively with the methodology of their chosen subject and also to allow them to interact with examples of the practical problems that always crop up during research work. It is essentially a place where assigned readings are discussed, questions can be raised and debates conducted. It is relatively informal, at least compared to the lecture system of academic instruction.
Indeed, it is important to note that, in some European universities, a seminar may be a large lecture course, especially when conducted by a renowned thinker (regardless of the size of the audience or the scope of student participation in discussion).
[edit] Origins of the word
The word seminar is derived from the Latin word seminarium, meaning "seed plot."
[edit] See also
French mathematical seminars
Seminary (for religious training)
Seminal work
Lesson (the form of teaching prevalent in schools)
School and university in literature
Webinar (a World Wide Web based seminar)
Labinar (a combination of a laboratory and a seminar)
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