Category: Academics
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Sesame Street’s Partnership with Harvard
My work with Sesame Workshop through HGSE has been an experience of a lifetime that I will never forget.
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One Month In: New Insights for the Classroom
I never would have guessed how relevant being CEO of a cell phone company could be to working in education!
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A Day in the Life of an Ed.L.D student
No two days as an EdLD student are the same. Given the variety in the days, it’s best to take a weekly view at my schedule. Below is a snapshot of one of my weeks. All the teal blocks of time are my classes. This semester I am taking seven classes, one of which…
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Looking Back on my J-Term Experience
One of the courses I knew I wanted to take before I even arrived to campus was Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I. Taught by Joseph Kalt, professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School, NBI, as it’s informally called, “examines the challenges that contemporary Native American tribes and nations…
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What Does Cross-Registration Actually Look Like?
HGSE students have the option to cross-register at other schools during the the course of the year. This, of course, is dependent on being able to fulfill program requirements and also making sure that the majority of your classes are taken at HGSE. I didn’t cross-register at all during the fall because I was too…
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Informal Learning in J-Term
One of the advantages of HGSE which I wasn’t aware of before I came is the option of taking a J-term class. What on earth is that, I hear you ask? Well, the winter holiday break is so long (about six weeks) that HGSE offer the option of doing an intensive extra class during January…
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A J-Term Experience at the Harvard Kennedy School
As the end of the first semester came to a close, I was awash in new knowledge of development frameworks, data analysis, comparative international education literature, and applied action to tackle many of today’s greatest international education problems. However, one of the recurring thoughts in my mind as I worked through these complex issues is…
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Favorite Classes of the Semester
As finals have come to an end and students head home to take a well-deserved break and spend time with loved ones, they took the time to reflect on their favorite class of the semester. Here are some of their responses: “I am obsessed with my Negotiations Workshop class. The professors are really approachable and…
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My Favorite Class as an Ed.L.D. Student
On Wednesday, August 29th, I walked into the course preview for A608: Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning. The professor, Monica Higgins, opened up the course preview with a simple question, “What is entrepreneurial leadership?”. The question revealed its complexities as the conversation grew. Monica shared that through her course we would use case studies to explore…
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The Ph.D. student experience: it’s an ultramarathon, not a sprint
This summer marked the halfway point of my Ph.D. program. Somehow, in what simultaneously feels like the blink of an eye and a huge chunk of time, three years have elapsed. What my day-to-day looks like has changed — in years 1 and 2, most of my time was spent on coursework, whereas now it’s…
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