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"The Art of Discussion Leading" - by the Late Professor C. Roland "Chris" Christensen HBS ("Legend of the Classroom")

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom, April 2008

Professor C. Roland ("Chris") Christensen was the maestro of Harvard Business School's case method of teaching. Over a career spanning half a century, Christensen made his colleagues better teachers, and his students better leaders. From the HBS Alumni Bulletin...

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In The Art of Discussion Leading, Professor C. Roland "Chris" Christensen, who taught for nearly fifty years at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, initiates a group of apprentice teachers into the challenges of discussion leading. Under his guidance, the group analyzes a teaching case centering on how much help an instructor should provide a student.

Christensen's own mastery of discussion leading provides a powerful model for anyone involved in this difficult mode of teaching.

Gates Foundation study: We’ve figured out what makes a good teacher

The Washington Post, January 8, 2013

Even as most of the nation’s 15,000 public school districts roll out new systems to evaluate teachers, many are still struggling with a central question: What’s the best way to identify an effective educator?

After a three-year, $45 million research project, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation believes it has some answers.

The most reliable way to evaluate teachers is to use a three-pronged approach built on student test scores, classroom observations by multiple reviewers and teacher evaluations from students themselves, the foundation found...