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Levy Clip 5

Professor Levy teaching in class

Topics Covered

Instructional technology; Using humor; Exercising flexibility; tech trouble; rapport with students

  • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 45 seconds

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Levy Clip 4

Professor Levy teaching in class

Topics Covered

Using humor; Building community; regulating energy; reading the room; when to break; attending to affective elements

  • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Clip Length: 49 seconds

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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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Flehinger Clip 5

Professor Flehinger teaching in class

Topics Covered

Using humor; Questioning, listening and responding; asking for evidence; pushing students to clarify thinking; modeling disciplinary thinking

  • 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, 5 seconds

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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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Levy Clip 1

Professor Levy teaching in class

Topics Covered

Opening class; Using humor; Instructional technology; Making thinking visible; differentiation; learning objectives; attending to affective elements; polling; soliciting pre-conceptions; making pedagogical choices visible

  • Instructor: Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Kennedy School
  • Course: Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Clip Length: 3 minutes, 46 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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