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    Nurturing voices that challenge the dominant narrative

    Students' racial and gender identities can influence the extent to which they participate in discussions. Having safe and open environments to wrestle aloud with difficult conversation topics can be both essential and empowering.  In this video, Christina “V” Villarreal and her students discuss the participation dynamics in a seminar which covers challenging conversation topics.  

    Battilana Clip 1

    Close up of Professor Battilana listening with her hands together.

    Topics Covered

    Opening class; connecting to the broader course; framing the discussion

    • Instructor: Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation (Harvard Kennedy School)
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Power and Influence
    • Clip Length: 1 minute, 54 seconds (0:08-2:02)

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    Battilana Clip 2

    Close up of Professor Battilana listening with her hands together.

    Topics Covered

    Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; Making thinking visible; cold calling; follow-up questions; pushing student to clarify thinking; using the board for notes

    • Instructor: Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation (Harvard Kennedy School)
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Power and Influence
    • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 8 seconds (2:03-7:11)

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    Levy Clip 1

    Professor Levy teaching in class

    Topics Covered

    Opening class; Using humor; Instructional technology; Making thinking visible; differentiation; learning objectives; attending to affective elements; polling; soliciting pre-conceptions; making pedagogical choices visible

    • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
    • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 46 seconds

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    Battilana Clip 3

    Close up of Professor Battilana listening with her hands together.

    Topics Covered

    Questioning, listening and responding; Eliciting participation; asking questions; wait time

    • Instructor: Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation (Harvard Kennedy School)
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Power and Influence
    • Clip Length: 35 seconds (12:23-12:58)

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    Battilana Clip 4

    Close up of Professor Battilana listening with her hands together.

    Topics Covered

    Questioning, listening and responding; Eliciting participation; Case teaching; putting students' contributions into dialogue; cold calling; follow-up questions

    • Instructor: Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation (Harvard Kennedy School)
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Power and Influence
    • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 4 seconds (33:45-35:49)

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    Battilana Clip 5

    Close up of Professor Battilana listening with her hands together.

    Topics Covered

    Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; Making thinking visible; extending dialogue with a single student; pressing students for expanded reasoning/evidence; intellectual rigor; using the board

    • Instructor: Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation (Harvard Kennedy School)
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Power and Influence
    • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 32 seconds (37:48-42:20)

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    Battilana Clip 6

    Close up of Professor Battilana listening with her hands together.

    Topics Covered

    Closing class; Case teaching; concluding the case discussion; summing up and relating case discussion to relevant theory; offering reminders of where students are in the course trajectory; key takeaways; just-in-time lecture; putting students’ contributions into dialogue; bringing expertise

    • Instructor: Julie Battilana, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration (Harvard Business School), Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation (Harvard Kennedy School)
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Power and Influence
    • Clip Length: 6 minutes, 27 seconds (51:10-57:37)

    Go to Battilana Clip 6

    Levy Clip 4

    Professor Levy teaching in class

    Topics Covered

    Using humor; Building community; regulating energy; reading the room; when to break; attending to affective elements

    • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
    • Clip Length: 49 seconds

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    Rakoff Clip 1

    Professor Rakoff lecturing in front of students

    Topics Covered

    Opening class; offering reminders of where students are in the course trajectory; connecting to prior topics covered

    • Instructor: Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Law School
    • Course: Legislation & Regulation
    • Clip Length: 1 minute, 33 seconds

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    Levy Clip 5

    Professor Levy teaching in class

    Topics Covered

    Instructional technology; Using humor; Exercising flexibility; tech trouble; rapport with students

    • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
    • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 45 seconds

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    Rakoff Clip 2

    Professor Rakoff lecturing in front of students

    Topics Covered

    Eliciting participation; Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; cold calling; asking follow-up questions; Socratic method; intellectual rigor

    • Instructor: Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Law School
    • Course: Legislation & Regulation
    • Clip Length: 1 minute, 34 seconds

    Go to Rakoff Clip 2

    Levy Clip 6

    Professor Levy teaching in class

    Topics Covered

    Closing class; Peer learning; Using humor; Instructional technology; Exercising flexibility; polling; time management

    • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Kennedy School
    • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
    • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 16 seconds

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    Rakoff Clip 3

    Professor Rakoff lecturing in front of students

    Topics Covered

    Eliciting participation; Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; Using humor; pushing students to clarify points; cold calling; wait time; staying grounded in the text

    • Instructor: Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Law School
    • Course: Legislation & Regulation
    • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 15 seconds

    Go to Rakoff Clip 3

    Rakoff Clip 4

    Professor Rakoff lecturing in front of students

    Topics Covered

    Questioning, listening and responding; Using humor; Case teaching; Eliciting participation; Socratic discussion; moving around the room; pressing for clarification; intellectual rigor

    • Instructor: Todd Rakoff, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Law School
    • Course: Legislation & Regulation
    • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 13 seconds

    Go to Rakoff Clip 4

    Brion-Meisels Clip 1

    Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

    Topics Covered

    Opening class; Building community; student announcement

    • Instructor: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
    • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
    • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 16 seconds

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    Brion-Meisels Clip 2

    Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

    Topics Covered

    Building community; scaffolding assignments; using rubrics; personalization; differentiation

    • Instructor: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
    • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
    • Clip Length: 1 minute, 25 seconds

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    Brion-Meisels Clip 3

    Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

    Topics Covered

    Peer learning; Making thinking visible; framing the day's lesson through "big questions"; using graphic organizers to structure students' learning; communal learning; learning objectives

    • Instructor: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
    • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
    • Clip Length: 3 minutes

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    Brion-Meisels Clip 4

    Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

    Topics Covered

    Peer learning; Eliciting participation; Making thinking visible; Sharing expertise; small group discussion; sharing out; using the board; just-in-time teaching

    • Instructor: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
    • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
    • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 33 seconds

    Go to Brion-Meisels Clip 4

    Brion-Meisels Clip 5

    Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

    Topics Covered

    Sharing expertise; Questioning, listening and responding; Peer learning; instructor as participant; responding to students; engaging with small groups; student-centered activity; infusing energy; using the space

    • Instructor: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
    • Student Group: Graduate
    • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
    • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
    • Clip Length: 9 minutes, 2 seconds

    Go to Brion-Meisels Clip 5

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