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Closings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

timing during the term. Misconceptions about Closure David Garvin Professor Garvin explains that closure does not always require that the discussion reach a consensus of opinion. Transcript Summarizing Content at the End of Class Tom... View Details

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Board Use - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

the discussion should be recorded on the board during class that makes it possible for the process to be both organized and spontaneous. Blackboard use David Garvin Professor Garvin explains why and how he uses blackboards. Transcript... View Details

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Transitions - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Garvin Professor Garvin explains three techniques that signal “we are done and it's time to move on.” Transcript Using Summaries To Transition David Garvin Professor Garvin uses "running summaries" to wrap... View Details

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Developing Instructor Style - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

instructors who they perceive to be well prepared and passionately committed to their learning, despite a lack of case teaching experience. Four Things Great Teachers Do Tom DeLong Professor DeLong describes the four things that great... View Details

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Instructor Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

In the meantime, instructors can continue to develop their teaching effectiveness through openness to feedback, and learning by doing in an on-going process of experimentation. Meeting Class Objectives David Garvin Professor Garvin... View Details

05 May 2017
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Harvard Business School Professor David A. Garvin Dies at 64

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

About the Center The C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning was established in 2004 to promote and support teaching excellence and innovation within Harvard Business School. It also provides leadership and expertise about... View Details

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Knowing Your Students - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

C. Roland Christensen once noted that the art of case method teaching is the ability to ask the right question of the right student at the right time in the right way—a virtually impossible aspiration without deep knowledge of one's... View Details

24 Mar 2010
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Three Harvard Business School Professors Win McKinsey Awards

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Questioning, Listening & Responding - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Material Providing Assessment & Feedback Sample Class “It would be hard to name a more valuable pedagogical accomplishment than the mastery of questioning, listening, and response: three teaching skills as linked, though distinct, as the panels of a triptych.” C.... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy

1999. (See sidebar.) “Since its founding, HBS has been committed to case-method teaching,” observes HBS professor David A. Garvin, who will be the faculty director of the new center. “Teaching is a vital part of our culture here. The... View Details

Keywords: C. Roland Christensen; Chris Christensen; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Planning a Class Session - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

questions, the instructor will be better positioned to design and execute a plan that allows the "forest" to emerge from the "trees" of the class discussion. Planning Skills David Garvin Professor Garvin discusses four critical planning... View Details

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Shaping the Learning Environment - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

transition to participant-centered learning can be difficult for both teacher and student. It is critical to create a climate of empathy that encourages students to share their ideas. Transcript The Learning Contract Jim Heskett Professor... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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HBS Career Highlights

Christensen gladly gave up the certainty of planned lectures for the ambiguity of free-flowing discussion driven by his students. HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION, BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 1943 Earns his MBA 1953 Earns DCS... View Details

Keywords: Roland Christensen; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

26 Jan 2020
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Clayton M. Christensen, Kim. B. Clark Professor of Business Administration, Acclaimed Author and Teacher, Dies At 67

01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor

Clayton M. Christensen has a joint appointment in the Technology and Operations Management and General Management units. His research focuses on the management of technological innovation, developing organizational capabilities, and... View Details

August 1978 (Revised December 1986)
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Assistant Professor Graham and Ms. Macomber (A)

By: C. R. Christensen

A student takes a position on a case which is in conflict with the other students' conclusions. The professor believes the student's answer is correct but does not indicate so in class. As a result, the student withdraws from further class participation. View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Leadership Style; Emotions; Education Industry

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