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Debate as Pedagogy

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Interested in learning more about how Harvard professors encourage debate in their classrooms? Read or watch these reflections from VPAL’s 2017 Debate as Pedagogy event featuring Charles Nesson.

Berkman Klein Center’s Nymspace Platform.

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Are you convinced and want to implement anonymous discussions in your classroom? Check out the Berkman Klein Center’s Nymspace Platform.

Leveraging digital spaces to enhance student engagement

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Rebecca Nesson, Dean for Academic Programs, SEAS, and Charles R. Nesson, William F. Weld Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, Founder of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and Principal Investigator of BKC’s Nymity project, have worked...

Vulnerability in the classroom: instructor's ability to build trust impacts the student's learning experience

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This study on “Vulnerability in the Classroom” uses the social, political, economic, legal, intercultural, and technological (SPELIT) environments, called the SPELIT model, and the Kruger Iceberg Change (2011) model to analyze the impacts of changing a...

Cultivating a convivial academic setting

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Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, teaches seminars on Buddhist and Tibetan intellectual history and literature at Harvard Divinity School and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Gyatso aims to “cultivate an experimental and convivial...

Witnessing and practicing open-minded conversation

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Aravinthan D.T. Samuel, Professor of Physics, created The Science of Optics in the Visual Arts, an interdisciplinary freshman seminar that explores the mystery behind Renaissance-era innovations in realism that reached the standard of modern photography...

The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies

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There is considerable research evidence that well designed and well-taught ethnic studies curricula have positive academic and social outcomes for students.

Toward an Ethnic Studies Pedagogy: Implications for K-12 Schools from the Research

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See Tintiangco-Cubales et al article in The Urban Review which provides recommendations for practice and research in the interest of preparing and supporting effective Ethnic Studies teaching in K-12 classrooms.

The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance: Evidence from an Ethnic Studies Curriculum

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Read Dee & Penner’s recent article in the American Educational Research Journal on the causal positive effects of culturally relevant pedagogy & ethnic studies classes in high school.

Identity, vulnerability, and courage in classroom discussion

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Christina “V” Villarreal, Lecturer on Education and Faculty Director of the Teacher Education Program, empowers, uplifts, and nurtures communities of students every year through her popular course Ethnic Studies and Education at the Harvard Graduate...