McCarthy Clip 5

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; Challenging content; responding to students; providing further insight/expertise; connecting student comments; non-verbal affirmation

  • InstructorTimothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 26 seconds

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Instructional Themes

Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; Challenging content; responding to students; providing further insight/expertise; connecting student comments; non-verbal affirmation

Instructor

Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature

Student Group

Undergraduate

School

Harvard College

Course

Stories of Slavery & Freedom

Clip Length

5 minutes, 26 seconds (1:17:34-1:23:00)

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 a little more than 1 hour, 15 minutes into the 2-hour class session as McCarthy shares some expertise during the discussion.