Looking for support for your teaching outside of our scheduled events? The Bok Center offers a variety of different support to instructors, including individual consultations and custom workshops for courses, departments, and teaching teams…
Working on a video essay, podcast, web project, data visualization, or research presentation for a course you're enrolled in? The Learning Lab offers weekly drop-in office hours to support students and graduate researchers developing these
For over a decade, the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning has mentored the PhD students chosen to participate in the Harvard Griffin GSAS Harvard Horizons program. These remarkable scholars take on the challenge of turning their dis…
The Bok Center's required Pedagogy in Practice workshop introduces TFs and TAs new to teaching in the FAS to the key role that they will play as part of a teaching team. In January 2026, Pedagogy in Practice will be held daily on January 22…
By the end of your course, what will students be able to do? We offer resources for thinking about different ways of measuring and assessing cumulative knowledge that students have gained over the course of the semester. How will students t…
The Bok Center is currently developing new programming and new resources for the FAS community. Thank you for your patience as we revise our website to reflect these changes. The Bok Center is currently developing new programming and new re…
Blue Canoe: Eligible PhD students can request a subscription for the Blue Canoe pronunciation app! Learn and master the sounds and rhythm of English through daily practice. Request a subscription. Jump to: Training Opportunities | Consultat…
Friday, January 30, 12-1:30pm: Teaching Statement Workshop Thursday, February 19, 2-3:30pm: Sample Syllabus Workshop Wednesday, March 11, 3-4:30pm: Teaching Statement Workshop Thursday, April 9, 10-11:30am: Sample Syllabus Workshop Monday,
Good course design always begins with clarity about your basic commitments and responsibilities as an instructor. In our experience, all courses, regardless of their discipline, size, or position within the curriculum, share the following f…
Laboratory sessions (or “labs”) provide experiential learning sessions for students outside of the lecture hall. In labs, students work in small teams as they practice and develop procedural skills necessary to explore a phenomenon, conduct…
Encouraging open and constructive dialogue on campus is a key priority of the FAS and the University. The Open Inquiry and Constructive Dialogue Working Group’s Report (2024) urges instructors to “cultivate habits of mind, social norms, and…
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