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Grotzer Clip 5

Professor Grotzer joining in on small group discussion. Graduate students in foreground and background engaged in discussion.

Topics Covered

Sharing expertise; Building rapport; just-in-time-teaching; lecturette; connecting student ideas to research; connecting different session activities; using analogy

  • Instructor: Tina Grotzer, Principal Research Scientist in Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Applying Cognitive Science to Teaching and Learning
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 3 seconds (1:03:06-1:06:03)

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Brion-Meisels Clip 6

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

Questioning, listening and responding; Building rapport; instructor as a learner/participant; making oneself vulnerable with students; sharing experience

  • 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: 2 minutes, 38 seconds

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Mansbridge Clip 4

Jane Mansbridge guiding discussion

Topics Covered

Using humor; Building rapport; showing vulnerability; sharing personal experience; responding to students; authenticity

  • Instructor: Jane Mansbridge, Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Value
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Democratic Theory
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 17 seconds (50:50-54:07)

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Kegan Clip 5

Students discussing in pairs

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Building rapport; responding to student questions; modeling response; sharing personal experience

  • Instructor: Robert Kegan, William and Miriam Meehan Research Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Adult Development
  • Clip Length: 1 minute, 57 seconds (1:27:58-1:29:55)

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Villarreal Clip 4

Students in class

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Offering feedback ; Building rapport; Challenging content; responding to students; connecting student comments; brave community; vulnerability; affirming students; mentoring; sharing personal details

  • Instructor: Christina “V” Villarreal, Lecturer on Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Ethnic Studies and Education
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 24 seconds (1:11:56-1:17:20)

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Villarreal Clip 1

Students in class

Topics Covered

Opening class; Building rapport; connecting to prior sessions; technological difficulties; authenticity

  • Instructor: Christina “V” Villarreal, Lecturer on Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Ethnic Studies and Education
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 56 seconds (0:08-3:04)

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Levy Clip 3

Professor Levy teaching in class

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Using humor; Instructional technology; Building rapport; using handouts; moving in the room; taking notes; learning objectives; knowing your students; asking follow-up questions; wait time; teaching diverse students; eliciting preconceptions

  • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Clip Length: 9 minutes, 56 seconds

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Flehinger Clip 3

Professor Flehinger teaching in class

Topics Covered

Using humor; Building rapport; Exercising flexibility; Questioning, listening and responding; modeling humility

  • Instructor: Brett Flehinger, Lecturer in History
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: American Populisms: From Thomas Jefferson to the Tea Party + Trump
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 23 seconds

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Flehinger Clip 2

Professor Flehinger teaching in class

Topics Covered

Using humor; Building rapport; using analogy; drawing on student expertise

  • Instructor: Brett Flehinger, Lecturer in History
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: American Populisms: From Thomas Jefferson to the Tea Party + Trump
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 1 second

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