McCarthy Clip 3

Instructional Themes: Questioning, listening and responding; Challenging content; when to intervene; pushing student thinking; redirecting discussion with textually specific questions

Profiled: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature, teaches "Stories of Slavery & Freedom" to 16 students at Harvard College.

Clip Length: 3 minutes, 56 seconds (14:11-18:07)

Clip Context:

• “Stories of Slavery & Freedom,” an undergraduate seminar with 16 students enrolled.
• This course critically examines prevailing narratives of slavery and enslaved people through careful reading of archives and primary sources that speak to the experiences of enslaved people, free African-Americans, and abolitionist allies. McCarthy uses a broad range of pedagogical techniques to facilitate generative, student-centered discussions in this seminar.
• This clip comes about 15 minutes into the 2-hour class session as McCarthy listens and responds to students in the discussion.