Explicit and Implicit Contracts in the Classroom
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MIT’s Teaching and Learning Laboratory distinguishes between explicit and implicit classroom contracts.
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Faculty-student low-low contract
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Professor Chris Winship of the sociology department describes how reciprocity can also work against learning when instructors and students agree to mutual low expectation, defined as the “faculty-student low-low contract.”
Classroom Dynamics and Diversity (Bok Center)
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The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning provides insight into managing the distinctive classroom dynamics of student cohorts.
Defying the Standards/Empathy Tradeoff
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HBS Professor Frances X. Frei argues via HBR blog post that leaders can simultaneously support people while holding them accountable.
Knowing your Students
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HBS’s Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning delivers quick faculty video tips on getting to know students.
Research: Expecting to teach enhances learning and organization of knowledge in free recall of text passages
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Participants who studied a text passage in preparation to teach it to another student engaged in more effective learning strategies, and exhibited better recall, than participants who studied solely for an individual test, suggesting that instilling an...
Teacher/learner dependency: A classroom culture of reciprocity
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Katherine K. Merseth, Senior Lecturer on Education, creates a culture of reciprocity in her classroom where students and instructors are expected to both teach and learn. “The two words are often interchanged because they are inextricably linked –...