Stanford’s Sam Wineburg observed scholars reading historical texts in his presence and argues that the cognitive processes by which a scholar or expert makes sense of material are powerful, underutilized teaching tools. Rather than exclusively sharing polished papers and lectures, instructors...

HBS’s Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning highlights brief instructor video tips on managing student participation and creating a learning environment that is fair, safe, and challenging.

Tools such as peer review discussions in Canvas, Harvard’s learning management system, help instructors get to know students and cultivate accountability. 

Tools such as roll call in Canvas, Harvard’s learning management system, help instructors get to know students and cultivate accountability. 

Tools such as profiles in Canvas, Harvard’s learning management system, help instructors get to know students and cultivate accountability. 

MIT’s Teaching and Learning Laboratory distinguishes between explicit and implicit classroom contracts. 

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.” 

The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning provides insight into managing the distinctive classroom dynamics of student cohorts. 

HBS Professor Frances X. Frei argues via HBR blog post that leaders can simultaneously support people while holding them accountable.  

HBS’s Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning delivers quick faculty video tips on getting to know students.

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 expectation to teach can be a simple and...