Do you need a sample syllabus for the job market? If you’ve been offered a faculty position, do you need to start preparing courses to teach in the fall? As you transition from Teaching Fellow to Instructor of Record, how do you shift from section planning to course design? In this seminar, we will explore student-centered learning techniques known as “backwards design” to help you align your teaching interests with setting measurable student outcomes. In addition to introducing your students to what they need to know (i.e. the content of your course), you...
GSAS PhD students with a passion for teaching and learning are invited to apply to the Bok Center’s Fellows programs (applications will open on February 1):
Pedagogy Fellows enhance training and support for teaching fellows within their departments and across the FAS. They lead pedagogy seminars and workshops, consult with TFs, and develop resources on teaching and professional development for their peers. Applications are open for Pedagogy Fellows based in departments...
Led by Flavia Peréa, Director of the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship and Lecturer in Sociology, and Caitlin Schmid, Assistant Director of Engaged Scholarship, Harvard College, Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship
How can teaching and learning connect “the rich resources of the university to our most pressing social, civic, and ethical problems?” (Boyer, 1996). Engaged Scholarship is a field that encompasses both teaching and research,...
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed May 08 2024 .
11:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Online, see the zoom link in the description
Drop in to have the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and Academic Technology for FAS answer any of your questions about Canvas, Zoom, or technology in teaching.
What strategies—inside and outside of the classroom—help students retain information and apply their knowledge to new situations? In this seminar, we will explore how students learn, drawing on neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and educational research. We’ll examine topics including motivation, metacognition, growth mindset, and retrieval practice, and discuss how to apply this knowledge to our own teaching. Based on the science of how students learn, we’ll also identify some of the possible benefits and challenges of generative AI in...
How can you approach writing a diversity statement, considering your discipline, personal experiences, and social identities? Though an increasing number of search committees ask for diversity statements, guidance about how to compose an effective statement—indeed, even about what they are and why they are valuable to institutions and candidates’ own professional development—remains scarce. In this seminar, we will explore our own beliefs and ideas, examine diversity statement samples and rubrics, as well as engage in inclusive and equitable teaching...
In the best learning experiences, feedback between students and instructors happens early and often. Many writing assignments, by contrast, only involve feedback “after the fact,” with the understanding that the feedback can only be implemented on the next assignment. In this seminar we’ll offer a better model for writing assignments, where feedback is ongoing and the writing is scaffolded, well-sequenced, and iterative. Using real-life models and evidence-based approaches to learning to write / writing to learn, we’ll unpack what “doing a writing...
This seminar has been cancelled. Learn more about Bok Seminars.
Led by Pamela Pollock and Rebecca Miller Brown
How do you prepare to be a Teaching Fellow? How do you plan a section? How do you know if students are learning? In this seminar, you will learn what you need to know to start teaching, explore resources available to you as you begin your teaching career, and build confidence in the process!... Read more about CANCELLED - Bok Seminar - Preparing to Teach: A Seminar for New TFs
Drop in to have the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and Academic Technology for FAS answer any of your questions about Canvas, Zoom, or technology in teaching.
As a teacher and a scholar, you are called to speak in a variety of contexts, which can be daunting for anyone but may be even more complicated if you speak English as an additional language. What strategies can you use to make it easier for others to understand you and stay engaged in what you are saying? In this seminar, we will practice concrete strategies to improve public speaking skills across contexts, including classrooms, conferences, and a range of personal and professional interactions. By using presentation, pronunciation, and theater techniques...
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