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Closing class

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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McCarthy Clip 7

Tim McCarthy chiming in during discussion

Topics Covered

Closing class; Peer learning; Challenging content; last word; role of the provokers; challenging topic, attending to affective elements

  • Instructor: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature
  • Student Group: Undergraduate
  • School: Harvard College
  • Course: Stories of Slavery & Freedom
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 6 seconds

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Brion-Meisels Clip 9

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

Closing class; Building community; Instructional technology; application; student-centered activities; leveraging video

  • 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: 3 minutes, 27 seconds

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Mansbridge Clip 5

Jane Mansbridge guiding discussion

Topics Covered

Closing class; priming students for their next reading; take-aways/summary; scaffolding

  • 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, 54 seconds (1:00:25-1:04:19)

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Levy Clip 6

Professor Levy teaching in class

Topics Covered

Closing class; Peer learning; Using humor; Instructional technology; Exercising flexibility; polling; time management

  • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Clip Length: 4 minutes, 16 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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