#  Paola Arlotta 

 



##  Paola Arlotta 

**Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology**  
**Harvard University**

Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, transforms traditional lecture courses into environments of active inquiry, experimentation, and brainstorming. Her ambitious featured course, *Got (New) Brain?: The Evolution of Brain Regeneration*, explores evolutionary changes in the nervous system regeneration of various organisms, introducing students to innovative experiments and the latest theories on cellular reprogramming. In this video, Paola and her students describe the course context and the broad range of content it covers.



 

 

 

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  [### Asking questions that push students to discover information for themselves

 ](/asking-questions-push-students-discover-information-themselves) 

   ![Arlotta posing question to class](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.3.1.jpg?itok=Q1_YVzI5) 

 



 

 

   [### Building on Student Comments to Teach Academic Concepts

 ](/building-student-comments-teach-academic-concepts-5) 

   ![Professor Arlotta teaching in class](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.2.4.jpg?itok=1fn4rUtV) 

 



 

 

   [### Capturing students’ contributions on the board

 ](/capturing-students%E2%80%99-contributions-board) 

   ![Paola Arlotta writing on the whiteboard](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.1.8.jpg?itok=yMArIiav) 

 



 

 

   [### Creating a safe environment for wrong answers

 ](/creating-safe-environment-wrong-answers) 

   ![Student speaking in class](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/1.0.7.jpg?itok=H89fTDOF) 

 



 

 

   [### Modeling discipline-specific thinking through application

 ](/modeling-discipline-specific-thinking-through-aplication) 

   ![Professor Arlotta teaching in class](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.3.3.jpg?itok=EEcbV3Kx) 

 



 

 

   [### Planning ahead to facilitate the inclusion of student contributions

 ](/planning-ahead-facilitate-inclusion-student-contributions-0) 

   ![Student sharing ideas in class](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.1.2.jpg?itok=sibeghOd) 

 



 

 

   [### Sequencing materials to build student energy and excitement

 ](/sequencing-material-excite-and-challenge-students) 

   ![Students raising hands](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/2.1.1.jpg?itok=cM1KD9lv) 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

## Full Class Session

Watch the full class session featured in this instructor’s move videos to observe and reflect on teaching practices as they unfold. Click below to find a breakdown of all the class activities, with accompanying timestamps and descriptions. The video is also chaptered according to featured instructional moves, allowing you to see how these vignettes fit into the larger context of the session.

[Class Activity Breakdown](/file_url/831)



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Course Documents 

 



 book 

 [### "Got (New) Brain?" Syllabus

 ](/resource/syllabusscrb182updated-2pdf) 

 

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 [### "Got (New) Brain?" Lecture Slides

 ](/resource/arlottalecturenotespdf)