Partnering with Faculty to Create Transformative Experiences

"When you’re putting together a course, you need to draw on more minds than your own." Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Prof. of History
Creating a Community of Graduate Student Teachers

The Bok Center offers graduate students more than professional development—it offers them a home beyond their departments.
Connecting Undergraduate Education to the World

The Bok Center's socially-engaged outreach programs help students take their coursework beyond the classroom.
Where Students Design their Own Educations

In the Learning Lab, undergraduates and graduates create experiences that are as magical as they are meaningful.
Seeing Across the Curriculum

The Bok Center's Research and Evaluation team helps a wide spectrum of clients measure and enhance their programming.

Faculty Lunch on Learning - March 5

Faculty are invited to participate in Faculty Lunch on Tuesday, March 5th at 12:00pm. Erika Bailey will be leading an interactive workshop on "Embodied Learning: Introducing Vocal and Physical Exercises into your Teaching." RSVP

Current News

Teaching Outside the Box: Learning Lab Fellow Featured in Colloquy

February 14, 2019

Caitlin Schmid, Bok Learning Lab Graduate Fellow and former Pedagogy Fellow in Music, is featured in the Winter 2019 edition of Colloquy. Check out the article... Read more about Teaching Outside the Box: Learning Lab Fellow Featured in Colloquy

Life Sciences Outreach featured in the Crimson

January 31, 2019

The Life Sciences Outreach program was featured in the Crimson, in an article that profiles programs that build partnerships between Harvard and local high school students. Susan Johnson, the Bok Center’s assistant director for socially engaged learning, co-leads the Life Sciences Outreach program,... Read more about Life Sciences Outreach featured in the Crimson

Spring Programming Heats up at Winter Teaching Week

January 28, 2019

The 2019 Winter Teaching Week may have ended, but another semester of Bok Center programming has just begun!... Read more about Spring Programming Heats up at Winter Teaching Week

Upcoming Events

2019 Mar 01

Exploratory Seminar on Fostering an Inclusive Environment in the Classroom (Part 2)

11:00am to 1:00pm

Location:

Lamont Library Forum Room

Friday, February 8, 2019 11:00am-1:00pm
Friday, March 1, 2019 11:00am-1:00pm

This seminar explores ways in which faculty can make their courses welcoming to low-income and first-generation students. Rather than thinking about how to “acclimatize” students to the specific culture of Harvard, this two-part seminar asks how Harvard can remake its own pedagogical culture to foster a better learning environment for all students, in keeping with the recommendations set forth in the Spring 2018 report from the Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging. We will discuss...

Faculty Lunch: Embodied Learning: Introducing Vocal and Physical Exercises into Your Teaching

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location:

50 Church St. Room 308

Erika Bailey, Head of Voice and Speech at American Repertory Theater and Lecturer on Theater, Dance & Media

2019 Mar 16

Spring Recess

Sat Mar 16 (All day) to Sun Mar 24 (All day)

2019 Apr 01

Faculty Lunch: How can you develop your own effective style for visual aids in teaching?

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location:

50 Church St. Room 308

Rachelle Gaudet, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Teaching is, among many other...

2019 Apr 15

Faculty Lunch: Title TBD

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location:

50 Church St. Room 308

Soyoung Lee, Landon and Lavinia Clay Chief Curator, Harvard Art Museums

More event details coming soon!

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Partnering with Faculty to Create Transformative Experiences

Creating a Community of Graduate Student Teachers

Connecting Undergraduate Education to the World

Where Students Design their Own Educations

Seeing Across the Curriculum

Faculty Lunch on Learning - March 5

Current News

Teaching Outside the Box: Learning Lab Fellow Featured in Colloquy

Life Sciences Outreach featured in the Crimson

Spring Programming Heats up at Winter Teaching Week

Upcoming Events

Exploratory Seminar on Fostering an Inclusive Environment in the Classroom (Part 2)

Location:

Faculty Lunch: Embodied Learning: Introducing Vocal and Physical Exercises into Your Teaching

Location:

Spring Recess

Faculty Lunch: How can you develop your own effective style for visual aids in teaching?

Location:

Faculty Lunch: Title TBD

Location:

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