TALKING ABOUT TEACHING is a University-wide seminar that explores pedagogical connections across disciplines and Schools. Designed by faculty for faculty, this seminar series showcases the work of Harvard master teachers through demonstrations of their pedagogy and discussions of its broader applications.
In multiple sessions, participants from across the University experience the pedagogy of Harvard master teachers, followed by a discussion – led by a faculty member from a different School – in which the seminar’s participants explore uses of the demonstrated method in their own classrooms. Each year’s seminar series is focused around a pedagogical theme. Previous years have included case teaching, experiential learning, and bringing the world into the classroom.
Spring 2014 Talking About Teaching series
Hosted at HLS Wasserstein. All sessions will meet on Wednesday afternoons from 4:00-6:00.
Theme: Feedback for learning
The three seminars in the Feedback for Learning series will progress as a sequence from feedback to individual students, to larger group feedback dynamics, ending with how instructors can incorporate feedback from student learning.
March 5, 2014
Session theme: Individual feedback
Presenters:
Hisa Kuriyama, Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History; Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Laura Frahm, Assistant Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts & Sciences
March 12, 2014
Session theme: Group feedback
Presenters:
Keith Baker, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
William W. Fisher, WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Faculty Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School
Joel Katz, Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
March 26, 2014
Session theme: Instructor feedback
Presenters:
Karen Brennan, Assistant Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education
Dimitar Sasselov, Phillips Professor of Astronomy; Director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative, Faculty of Arts & Sciences