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A handbook for international faculty and
teaching assistants to help teachers adjust to the
culture of the American classroom. It treats topics
such as the assumptions of American students,
giving presentations that students can understand,
providing direction and continuity in discussions,
and understanding nonverbal communication.
Appendices include essentials of the first day of
class, issues in science teaching, and grading
problem sets.
Essays from a Bok Center seminar for teachers
early in their academic careers. Topics include:
effective teaching techniques, students' and
teachers' motivation, discussion in the classroom,
collaborative learning, lecturing, diversity,
grading and feedback, and balancing teaching and
professional concerns.
A collection of essays covering topics such as:
preparing for the first day of class, lecturing,
holding discussions, questioning, leading sections,
teaching essay writing, grading and evaluating, and
using the rhythms of the semester.
Teaching and resource information for Teaching
Fellows at Harvard University. A basic overview of
how to secure a teaching appointment, teaching
skills and strategies, evaluating and improving
teaching. An appendix includes tips on how to
create a course section evaluation questionnaire,
sample guidelines for oral reports, writing letters
of recommendation, and a bibliography of useful
books on teaching. Published annually,
approximately 90 pages. The Teaching Fellows Handbook can be downloaded in PDF format from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences' Web site.
The following two videotapes are available only from the Bok Center, not from Anker Publishing.
Teaching Elementary French, Volume One.
Developed in collaboration with Harvard
University's Department of Romance Languages, this
tape will acquaint new teachers of French with a
variety of effective teaching techniques. Drawing
on actual classroom examples and on students'
perspectives, the tape illustrates how to create an
environment that fosters active learning -- where
students feel comfortable taking risks, and learn
through using the language. The tapes follow the
sequence of topics in a normal lesson plan.
Volume One addresses effective ways for
beginning class: creating a transition into a
French world through warm-ups, dialogues and
different types of pronunciation drill. Teaching Elementary French, Volume Two.
Continuing the lesson plan and the active
learning approach of the previous tape, Volume
Two addresses successful ways for building
grammar and vocabulary skills, and for creating
activities and discussions based on literary texts.
It ends with examples of effective
warm-downs
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The Act of Teaching |
The Act of
Teaching:
Part 1, Theatre Techniques for
Classroom Presentations. Teachers can learn
to convey ideas more powerfully by improving their
presentation skills. In this video, Nancy Houfek,
Head of Voice and Speech for the American Repertory
Theater at Harvard University, directs a workshop
that stresses the importance of communication with
the whole self in order to reach an audience more
effectively.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 42 minutes.
The Act of Teaching: Part 2, Physical and
Vocal Exercises. Exercises designed to
prepare teachers for the physical challenges of the
classroom. In three parts, this video stresses the
importance of warming up your body and voice so
that you can be fully present to your audience as
you begin to teach.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 15 minutes.
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The Art of
Discussion
Leading: |
Professor C. Roland "Chris" Christensen, who has
taught for nearly fifty years at the Harvard
Graduate School of Business Administration,
initiates a group of apprentice teachers into the
challenges of discussion leading. Under his
guidance, the group analyzes a teaching case.
Includes classroom scenes, reflections on teaching
by Professor Christensen, and interviews with
participants.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 30 minutes.
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The Art of the
Lecture: |
Much can be learned about a good lecture by
observing Michael Sandel, a popular professor of
government at Harvard. Students find his lectures
elegant, witty, and articulate. Professor Sandel
also involves students in their own learning by
giving them a voice. Justice shows how a
traditional lecture style can be successfully
combined with a more interactive approach to
teaching.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 28 minutes.
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From Questions to
Concepts |
This video features the preparation and delivery
of a lecture by Harvard University Professor Eric
Mazur in his innovative elementary physics course.
Using the techniques of peer instruction and
just-in-time learning, Mazur demonstrates how
lectures and active learning can be successfully
combined and how students can monitor their own
understanding of class material and offer feedback
to faculty. The result is a practical introduction
to two valuable techniques whose use extends far
beyond physics alone.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 29 minutes.
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How to Speak: Lecture Tips from Patrick Winston. |
In this skillful lecture, Professor Patrick
Winston of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology offers tips on how to give an effective
talk, cleverly illustrating his suggestions by
using them himself. He emphasizes how to start a
lecture, cycling in on the material, using verbal
punctuation to indicate transitions, describing
"near misses" that strengthen the intended concept,
and asking questions. He also talks about using the
blackboard, overhead projections, props, and "how
to stop."
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 45 minutes.
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Race in the Classroom: The Multiplicity of Experience. |
Five vignettes depicting moments in college
courses when the race or culture of participants, a
race-related topic, or racial dynamics become a
major factor in teaching and learning. Each
vignette is based on an actual classroom incident.
These scenes do not offer specific answers, but are
intended instead to spark discussion on these
important and difficult issues. Co-produced with
the Harvard Office for Race Relations and Minority
Affairs. (Includes a 60-page Facilitator's
Handbook)
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 19 minutes.
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Teaching in America: A Guide for International Faculty. |
Practical advice on the culture of the American
classroom, student expectations, and techniques for
successful teaching. Interviews with more than
twenty international faculty members and teaching
assistants at Harvard University deal with topics
ranging from language problems to how to keep
discussions lively. Classroom scenes from courses
in anthropology, economics, and physics with an
analysis of successful teaching strategies adopted
by international faculty. (Includes the handbook
Teaching American Students.)
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 38 minutes.
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Teaching Poetry with Helen Vendler
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How does a master teacher introduce students to
poetry? What critical choices can be made to help
students read with greater pleasure and
understanding? As part of the Bok Center series
Reflections on Teaching, poetry critic and scholar
Helen Vendler (Arthur Kingsley Porter University
Professor at Harvard) answers these questions as
she guides students through a reading of William
Butler Yeats's masterpiece, "Among School Children"
(1928). The video records an actual lecture
delivered to an undergraduate audience and is
interspersed with Professor Vendler's reflections
on the challenges and pleasures of making poetry
come alive for undergraduates.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 39 minutes.
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Thinking Together: Collaborative Learning in Science. |
Three models of collaborative learning -- an
introductory physics lecture, a lesson in celestial
navigation, and a section in physical chemistry --
taped in Harvard classrooms. In each class,
students discuss problems and devise solutions with
the help of their instructors and peers. Includes
interviews and classroom scenes.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 18 minutes.
Blue Ribbon Winner, 1993 American Film and Video
Festival.
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What Students Want: Teaching From a Student's Perspective. |
Teachers make assumptions about what motivates,
excites, and frustrates their students. But how do
students themselves view teaching? What do they
find exciting and frustrating in the classroom? To
help answer these questions, the Derek Bok Center
for Teaching and Learning interviewed over forty
Harvard undergraduates in the spring of 1992.
What Students Want presents their
reflections on what facilitates learning,
definitions of good and bad teachers, and the
nature of the student-teacher partnership.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 24 minutes.
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Women in the Classroom: Cases for Discussion. |
Five short vignettes depict classroom moments
when the role of women is an issue, either because
of the gender of the teacher or students, or
because of the topic under discussion. The examples
can be used to initiate discussions about how
gender issues affect learning, with an underlying
goal of making classrooms more open for women. The
problems illustrated include gaining authority,
gendered modes of expression, male and female
dominance, race and gender conflicts, and faculty
responsibility. A Facilitator's Guide is
included with each tape.
1/2 inch VHS tape. Running time: 27 minutes.
Order videos online from Anker Publishing.
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