Quote of the Day
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry B Adams
Jill Lepore Reflects on Speaking, Teaching, and Learning
Have a student that doesn’t speak up in class very often? You might be teaching the next Jill Lepore. Watch this video of Professor Jill Lepore reflecting on public speaking, intellectual authority, and capturing an audience. — Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard College. She is also the…
Bok Center Quick Tip: Think, Pair, Share
Here’s a quick teaching tip by Aubry Threlkeld for encouraging class discussion. Aubrey is the Bok Center’s Departmental Teaching Fellow for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Quote of the Day
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Suffering Fools Gladly?
by Pamela Pollock I’ve been thinking a lot about this David Brooks editorial I read last month. In the piece, Brooks discusses the dilemmas inherent in communicating with people we find foolish. He argues that it is not really a compliment to say that one doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and in fact it takes great…
Quote of the Day
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.” – Walter Cronkite
Typology of the Lecture, Part II
Last week we began to develop a taxonomy of lecture types, the idea being to outline a basic toolbox of tactics to use in class planning. Today we add a few more tools to the kit. (Like the first, credit for much of this post’s inspiration and execution goes to Peter J. Frederick, “The Lively…
Quote of the Day
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
Typology of the Lecture, Part I
Variety, as we all know, is the spice of life. It’s also the spice of education – as many studies have shown, few tactics awaken student attention as much as shaking things up, at least proverbially, in your classroom. To help plan your lessons in the new semester, we are gathering a (by no means…
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