Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching: by Topic
Below is a list of memorable lectures on teaching by outstanding Stanford faculty who have won teaching awards, organized by topic.
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Topics:
Case Method Teaching:
Teaching by the Case Method
Professor Mary Barth, Graduate School of Business
April 13, 2000
Teaching Strategies for Case-Based Learning: Environmental Problems in the Classroom
Professor Keith Loague, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
April 19 , 2001
Controversial Subject Matter in the Classroom:
Addressing Controversial Issues in the Classroom
Professor David B. Abernethy, Political Science
October 25, 2001
Controversy and Social Commitment in the Classroom
Professor Luis Fraga, Political Science
November 7, 1996
Moral Commitments, Emotional Identifications, & Historical Evidence: Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Professor Joel Beinin, History
January 30, 2003
Talking About Killing, Torturing, and Letting Die
Professor Christopher Bobonich, Philosophy
November 16, 2006
Course Design:
How to Design and Teach a New Course
Professor Russell Fernald, Psychology and Human Biology
May 1, 1997
Teaching as Learning: The Process of Designing a New Course
Professor Leonard Ortolano, Civil and Environmental Engineering
November 4, 1999
Critical Thinking:
Cultivating the Capability for Rigorous Critical Analysis: A Vital Pedagogical Task
Professor Robert McGinn, Science, Technology, and Society
January 22, 1998
Teaching Critical Thinking About Gender
Professor Laura Carstensen, Psychology
February 27, 2003
Discussion Leading:
Discussion Leading and Small-Group Methods
Professor John Rickford, Linguistics
November 21, 1996
How to Have a Good Class Discussion
Professor Mary Louise Roberts, History
April 22, 1999
Maximizing Participation in Classroom Discussions
Professor Susan McConnell, Biological Sciences
April 18, 1996
Working Rich Data
Professor Robert Gregg, Religious Studies
November 11, 2004
Diversity Issues in the Classroom:
Controversy and Social Commitment in the Classroom
Professor Luis Fraga, Political Science
November 7, 1996
The Difficulties and Benefits of Encouraging Diversity and Diverse Views in the Classroom
Professor Harry Elam, Drama
May 25, 1995
Engaging and Challenging Students:
Being a Machine vs. Being Curious: What Do Students Want?
Dennis Matthies, CTL
November 5, 1998
Confessions of a Converted Lecturer
Professor Eric Mazur, Harvard University, Physics and Applied Physics
October 30, 2008
Creating the Urge to Learn
Professor Sam Chiu, EES & OR
November 12, 1998
Cultivating the Capability for Rigorous Critical Analysis: A Vital Pedagogical Task
Professor Robert McGinn, Science, Technology, and Society
January 22, 1998
Dealing With an Eclectic Audience
Professor Brigitte Cazelles, French and Italian Languages
October 10, 1996
Encouraging Top Students in Large Courses
Professor Eric Roberts, Computer Science
November 18, 2004
Engagement in the Classroom
Professor Paul Moya, English
May 1, 2008
Galvanizing the Student Muse: Creative Work in an Academic Setting
Professor Jan Krawitz, Communication
February 15, 1996
Getting Inside Your Students' Heads
Professor Doug Osheroff, Physics
November 30, 1995
Letting Them Do It Themselves...In Groups!
Professor and President Emeritus Donald Kennedy, Biological Sciences
January 21, 1999
Managing the Dreaded Essay Assignment
Professor Roger Noll, Public Policy
November 13, 2003
Playing as Pedagogy
Professor Wanda Corn, Art History
May 4, 2006
Relating to Your Students
Professor Sanford Dornbusch, Sociology and Human Biology
January 25, 1996
Rethinking Liberal Arts
Professor Russell Berman, German Studies and Director, Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM)
February 14, 2008
Some Tricks of the Trade: Connecting With Your Students
Professor Brad Gregory, History
May 13, 1999
Students Helping to Change the Curriculum
Professor Sheri Sheppard, Mechanical Engineering
February 16, 1995
Tales from the Product Realization Lab: Learning Through Creation
Professor David W. Beach, Mechanical Engineering
November 20, 2008
Teaching a Project-Based Course
Professor Kristine Samuelson
November 29, 2001
Teaching Outside the Classroom – Making a Difference in Students' Lives
Professor Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and Political Science
October 31, 2007
Working Rich Data
Professor Robert Gregg, Religious Studies
November 11, 2004
General Teaching Effectiveness:
7 (Plus or Minus 2) Habits of Highly Effective Teachers: Conversations with Colleagues
Professor Anne Fernald, Psychology
May 2, 1996
Analyzing the Complex Task of Teaching
Dr. Kelley Skeff, School of Medicine
November 10, 1999
Back to the Basics: Presenting the Foundations of One's Discipline
Professor Peter Sells, Linguistics
February 24, 2000
Classroom Burn-out: Experiencing It, Dealing With It, and Learning From It
Professor Christina Maslach, UC Berkeley, Psychology
May 14, 1998
Do You Know What They Do Not Know?
Professor Umran Inan, Electrical Engineering
April 30, 2009
Is Teaching a Calling or a Profession: Teaching Literature in an Uncertain Age
Professor Seth Lerer, English and Comparative Literature
November 20, 2003
Learning From Teaching: What You Know, What You Don't Know, and How to Teach
Professor Estelle Freedman, History
November 20, 1997
Taking Risks
Professor James J. Gross, Psychology
April 24, 2008
Teaching American Foreign Policy
Provost Condoleezza Rice, Political Science
October 22, 1998
The Teaching Confessional: Things I Do but Shouldn’t Do; Things I Do and Should Do; Things I Don’t Do and Shouldn’t Do; Things I Don’t Do but Should Do
Professor Mark Applebaum, Music
May 12, 2005
Textbooks, Handouts, and Other Learning Materials: Which are Effective?
Professor Guenther Walther, Statistics
January 26, 2006
There are No Poor Speakers, Only Poor Listeners
Professor Emeritus James March, Political Science, Sociology, and Graduate School of Business
October 12, 1995
Interdisciplinary Teaching:
Standing at the Abyss: Teaching in an Interdisciplinary Context
Professor Donald Barr, Sociology
February 1, 2007
Teaching Across the Disciplines: Reflections of a Pedagogic Switch Hitter
Vice Provost Robert Weisberg, Law
April 29, 1999
Introductory Courses:
Introductory Courses: Some Teaching and Learning Ideas
Professor John Taylor, Economics
November 13, 1997
Principles and Practicalities for Honors Freshman Math
Professor Leon Simon, Mathematics
April 9, 2009
Large Courses:
Encouraging Top Students in Large Classes
Professor Eric Roberts, Computer Science
November 18, 2004
Large Project-Based Courses: It’s Not Impossible
Professor Clifford Nass
May 3, 2007
Running a Big Course
Professor Gil Masters, Civil Engineering
March 2, 1995
Lecturing:
Confessions of a Converted Lecturer
Professor Eric Mazur, Harvard University, Physics and Applied Physics
October 30, 2008
Five Essential Concepts for Successful Lecturing
Professor John Bravman, Materials Science & Engineering, and Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering
February 2, 1995
How to Give a Lecture
Professor David Kennedy, History
January 23, 1997
Preparing and Delivering the Lecture
Professor Lanier Anderson, Philosophy
May 26, 2005
Student-Friendly Lecturing
Professor John Perry, Philosophy
February 11, 1999
The Liberal Arts:
Engagement in the Classroom
Professor Paula Moya, English
May 1, 2008
In Praise of (Real) Classroom Presence
Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Comparative Literature, and French and Italian
January 31, 2002
Is Teaching a Calling or a Profession? Teaching Literature in an Uncertain Age
Professor Seth Lerer, English and Comparative Literature
November 20, 2003
Rethinking 'Liberal Arts'
Professor Russell Berman, German and Comparative Literature and Director, IHUM
February 14, 2008
Mentoring Students: the Liberal Arts. Also see Lerer, Berman, Moya, Gumbrecht above
Passing the Torch: Thoughts about History, Teaching, and Mentoring
(Transcript available Hoover Digest, no. 3 summer 2009)
Professor Norman Naimark, History
January 29, 2009
Reflections on Mentoring: A Crucial Part of the Teaching Role
Professor Robert M. Gray, Electrical Engineering
January 22, 2004
Teaching Outside the Classroom – Making a Difference in Students' Lives
Professor Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution
October 31, 2007
Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Teaching:
Active Learning, Peer Learning, Assessment-Driven Learning: How Do They Apply to Introductory Science Courses?
Professor Christopher E.D. Chidsey, Chemistry
May 20, 2004
Confessions of a Converted Lecturer
Professor Eric Mazur, Harvard University, Physics and Applied Physics
October 30, 2008
Do You Know What They Do Not Know?
Professor Umran S. Inan, Electrical Engineering
April 30, 2009
How Can Organic Chemistry Possibly Be Interesting? One Teacher's Answer
Professor Eric Kool, Chemistry
May 16, 2002
Image Isn't Everything, but in Teaching Fluid Mechanics it Sure Helps!
Professor Jeffrey Koseff, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Senior Assoc. Dean, School of Engineering
May 4, 2000
Listening to Students: Changing the Mathematics Curriculum at Stanford
Professor Brad Osgood, Mathematics
January 19, 1995
Maximizing Participation in Classroom Discussions
Professor Susan McConnell, Biological Sciences
April 18, 1996
Planning the New Core: Math, Science, and Technology for Non-Scientists
Professor Sandy Fetter, Physics
May 11, 1997
Principles and Practicalities for Honors Freshman Math
Professor Leon Simon, Mathematics
April 9, 2009
Problem Sets, Failure, and Learning
Professor David Freyberg
April 25, 2002
Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: Vertical Learning and Teaching Science
Professor Robert Waymouth, Chemistry
April 23, 1998
Soap Bubbles, Thermodynamics, and Engineering Science: Teaching the Ideas Behind All the Mathematics
Dean Franklin Orr, School of Earth Sciences
February 10, 2000
Strategies for Teaching Science to Non-Technical Majors
Professor Patricia Burchat
January 24, 2002
Tales from the Product Realization Lab: Learning through Creation
Professor David W. Beach, Mechanical Engineering
November 20, 2008
Teaching “Difficult” Subjects: Some Observations from Teaching Thermodynamics to Sophomores, Seniors, and Graduate Students
Professor Christopher Edwards, Mechanical Engineering
November 30, 2006
Teaching Outside the Walls
Professor Rob Dunbar, Geological and Environmental Sciences
May 18, 2006
Teaching Science: What Works
Professor Paul Wender, Chemistry
May 15, 2003
Teaching Through Problem Solving: Perspectives After 18 Years in the Trenches
Professor Patricia Jones, Biological Sciences
April 18, 1996
The Undergraduate Research Experience: Friend or Foe?
Professor Stacey F. Bent, Chemical Engineering
May 14, 2009
Understanding the Process of Discovery: Research as a Teaching Tool
Professor Deborah M. Gordon, Biological Sciences
January 20, 2005
The Value of the Laboratory Experience in the Sciences
Professor Richard Zare, Chemistry
February 3, 2000
Seminar Teaching:
Teaching a Freshman/ Sophomore Seminar
Professor James Sheehan, History
February 13, 2003
Service Learning:
Bringing Community Service into the Classroom
Professor Al Camarillo, History
May 22, 1997
Controversy and Social Commitment in the Classroom
Professor Luis Fraga, Political Science
November 7, 1996
Simulation:
Simulations and Simulation: Getting Students Interested in International Relations
Professor Scott D. Sagan, Politcal Science
May 13, 2004
Socratic Method:
The Power and the Pitfalls of the Socratic Method in Teaching
Professor Debra Satz, Philosophy
October 11, 2007
The Socratic Method. What It is and How to Use It in the Classroom
Professor Rob Reich, Political Science
May 22, 2003
Sophomore College:
How Teaching Sophomore College Changed My Life
Professor Coit (Chip) Blacker, Director, Institute for International Studies
February 10, 2005
What I Learned about Teaching and Learning in Sophomore College
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Ramon Saldivar, English
February 25, 1999
Teaching and Research:
Synergizing Your Teaching by Involving Students in Faculty Research
Professor William Durham, Anthropology
November 2, 1995
**Although this talk is not available on tape, a text version appears in the Winter 1996 (Vol.7, No.2) version of CTL’s newsletter “Speaking of Teaching.” Call 3-1326 for a copy or click here .
The Undergraduate Research Experience: Friend or Foe?
Professor Stacey F. Bent, Chemical Engineering
May 14, 2009
Understanding the Process of Discovery: Research as a Teaching Tool
Professor Deborah M. Gordon, Biological Sciences
January 20, 2005
Teaching in the Field:
Cowpies and Democracy: Teaching in the Field
Professor Jean Oi, Political Science
March 6, 2008
Teaching Outside the Walls
Professor Rob Dunbar, Geological and Environmental Sciences
May 18, 2006
Team Teaching:
Adventures in Collaborative Teaching
Professor Sylvia Yanagisako, Anthropology
February 13, 1998
Challenges and Rewards of Team-Teaching
Professor Joshua Landy, French
Professor Lanier Anderson, Philosophy
February 23, 2006
Reflections on the Experience of Team Teaching
Professor Emerita Barbara Gelpi and Professor Emeritus Al Gelpi, English
January 31, 2001
Technology in Teaching:
A Learning Tool: The Student-Produced Video as a Coursework Option
Professor James L. Gibbs, Jr., Anthropology
October 16, 1997
Creating Links Between Technology and Teaching
Professor Barbara Gelpi, English
April 17, 1997
History Wired: Technology-Enhanced Teaching
Professor Timothy Lenoir, History
November 15, 2000
In Praise of (Real) Classroom Presence
Professor Hans Ulrich "Sepp" Gumbrecht
January 31, 2002
Incorporating New Technologies into the Teaching Process
Professor Diane Middlebrook, English
February 12, 1998
Teaching in a Digital Age
Professor John M. Rick, Anthropological Sciences
February 12, 2004
Teaching in the Era of YouTube
Professor Tom Byers, Management Science & Engineering
February 22, 2007
Testing:
Designing the Exam: Necessary Evil or Opportunity?
Professor Paul Turner, Art
February 26, 1998
Writing and Its Role in Teaching:
Teaching through Writing in Humanities Courses
Professor Nancy Kollmann, History
February 2, 2006
* With the exception of Professor Christina Maslach of UC Berkeley and Professor Eric Mazur of Harvard, all speakers in the series have been Stanford faculty. Their titles reflect their position at the time that they gave their talk.
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