Pedagogy & Practice News

This year marks the 19th cohort of the Bok Center’s Pedagogy Fellows Program, a collaboration between the Bok Center, academic departments, and the Office of Undergraduate Education. Each year, we train more than 25 Pedagogy Fellows (PFs) to be teaching...

As scholars, we are always developing our research, but how do we think about learning and growing as teachers? This spring, an interdisciplinary group of ten PhD students explored frameworks for teaching development to consider this question and become...

Did your EALC student submit his DAO letter by Fifth Monday? When you talked to ATG and ESS about AV support for your lecture in CGIS, did they ask for a 33-digit billing code? Can I print my paper at the SOCH on my way to the QRAC? Every university...

While some faculty come to the Bok Center for help in getting started on designing a new course or trying a new teaching technique, many of the 150+ faculty with whom we consult every year arrive already equipped with an ambitious plan informed by years...

Mehrin Faisal is a rising junior at Kirkland House, concentrating in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology with a minor in Global Health and Health Policy. She enjoys participating in social and cultural events and promoting cultural appreciation...

This year marks the 18th cohort of the Bok Center’s Pedagogy Fellows Program, a collaboration between the Bok Center, academic departments, and the Office of Undergraduate Education. Each year, we teach more than 25 Pedagogy Fellows to be teaching...

At our Bok Graduate Community Celebration on April 28, we were excited to honor this year’s Teaching Certificate recipients and all of the graduate students who engaged in our programming over the past year. Students from Bok Seminars, the Professional...

This spring semester we will mark a year since the Presidential Initiative on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery launched its landmark report, and while the university has already begun to take action on the report’s seven recommendations—to commemorate...

Planning a third revamped Fall Teaching Conference in three years, while challenging, really encouraged us to distill all of the lessons learned from previous conferences into what we hope will be the new template for the Fall Teaching Conference going...

As we close the books on the academic year, we are taking stock of what we’ve learned, and planning for the coming year. Our programs always strive to reflect the current moment, as we adjust to the needs of each year of teaching. 2021–22 was the year of...