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Mandell Clip 7

Three graduate students each seated on their own side of a long table. Each has a name card representing the three countries, "Indocarta," "Fuji" and "Hawani"

Topics Covered

Closing class; Using humor; Case teaching; Challenging content; posing thought-provoking reflection questions; using humor to cut tension

  • Instructor: Brian Mandell, Mohamed Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 29 seconds (2:47:14-2:50:43)

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Mandell Clip 6

Three graduate students each seated on their own side of a long table. Each has a name card representing the three countries, "Indocarta," "Fuji" and "Hawani"

Topics Covered

Eliciting participation; Case teaching; Questioning, listening and responding; using simulation data as a discussion stimulus; soliciting student participation; distilling broader takeaways as the instructor; broad participation

  • Instructor: Brian Mandell, Mohamed Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 7 seconds (2:38:26-2:43:33)

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Mandell Clip 5

Three graduate students each seated on their own side of a long table. Each has a name card representing the three countries, "Indocarta," "Fuji" and "Hawani"

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; responding to students; distilling broader themes/concepts from their reflections; putting students into dialogue with one another; student creativity; just-in-time teaching

  • Instructor: Brian Mandell, Mohamed Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 6 seconds (02:31:26-02:33:32)

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Mandell Clip 4

Three graduate students each seated on their own side of a long table. Each has a name card representing the three countries, "Indocarta," "Fuji" and "Hawani"

Topics Covered

Eliciting participation; Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Case teaching; using simulation data as discussion stimulus; soliciting student reflections/participation; leveraging teaching fellows; time management; warm calling, deciding when to intervene; pushing for expanded reasoning; co-teaching

  • Instructor: Brian Mandell, Mohamed Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Clip Length: 5 minutes, 15 seconds (2:17:47-2:23:02)

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Mandell Clip 3

Three graduate students each seated on their own side of a long table. Each has a name card representing the three countries, "Indocarta," "Fuji" and "Hawani"

Topics Covered

Peer learning; Case teaching; Offering feedback; reflection; debriefing; student-centered learning; simulation; protocol; using disciplinary language

  • Instructor: Brian Mandell, Mohamed Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 53 seconds (2:17:47-2:22:40)

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Mandell Clip 2

Three graduate students each seated on their own side of a long table. Each has a name card representing the three countries, "Indocarta," "Fuji" and "Hawani"

Topics Covered

Peer learning; Case teaching; simulation; role playing; application; student-centered learning; time pressure

  • Instructor: Brian Mandell, Mohamed Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Clip Length: 8 minutes, 1 second (1:44:15-1:52:16)

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Mandell Clip 1

Three graduate students each seated on their own side of a long table. Each has a name card representing the three countries, "Indocarta," "Fuji" and "Hawani"

Topics Covered

Peer learning; Case teaching; simulation; role playing; application; student-centered learning

  • Instructor: Brian Mandell, Mohamed Kamal Senior Lecturer in Negotiation and Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Workshop in Multiparty Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
  • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 16 seconds (10:38-14:54)

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Kegan Clip 2

Students discussing in pairs

Topics Covered

Using humor; Eliciting participation; Peer learning; Case teaching; Questioning, listening and responding; Making thinking visible; setting up discussion; reading the room; disciplinary language; taking the temperature; pair share; engagement; time management; rephrasing; polling

  • 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: 10 minutes, 54 seconds (25:01-35:55)

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Cockrill Clip 5

Wide shot of four graduate students seated at a table facing eachother, 2 with tablets, 2 with computers. Around them the rest of the class is seated in similar formation.

Topics Covered

Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; Sharing expertise; Case teaching; providing personal experience from the field; creating flexibility for discussion; productive sidetracks; channeling expertise in the classroom; shared note taking; knowing your students

  • Instructor: Barbara Cockrill, Harold Amos Academy Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Medical School
  • Course: Homeostasis I
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 38 seconds

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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 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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