We’ve all been there: you’ve handed out the research assignment. Your students have begun working on it. But there’s a snag—the material isn’t as easy to find or as abundant as you thought; your students are missing crucial context; the instructions are ambiguous on a key point; you hadn’t anticipated what would happen when students …
Have a student that doesn’t speak up in class very often? You might be teaching the next Jill Lepore. Watch this video of Professor Jill Lepore reflecting on public speaking, intellectual authority, and capturing an audience. — Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard College. She is also the … Continue reading »
Here’s a quick teaching tip by Aubry Threlkeld for encouraging class discussion. Aubrey is the Bok Center’s Departmental Teaching Fellow for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Continue reading »
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading »
by Pamela Pollock I’ve been thinking a lot about this David Brooks editorial I read last month. In the piece, Brooks discusses the dilemmas inherent in communicating with people we find foolish. He argues that it is not really a compliment to say that one doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and in fact it takes great … Continue reading »
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” – Walter Cronkite Continue reading »
Last week we began to develop a taxonomy of lecture types, the idea being to outline a basic toolbox of tactics to use in class planning. Today we add a few more tools to the kit. (Like the first, credit for much of this post’s inspiration and execution goes to Peter J. Frederick, “The Lively … Continue reading »
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela Continue reading »
