The Harkness Difference

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  • @VittoIB
    @VittoIB 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    My class just started Harkness today and this is the video I'm showing my students. Every year I've used this I've seen comprehension and test scores get a boost. Most importantly, there's complete buy-in with this system and the students look forward to Harkness every week. What a beautiful way for learning to happen.

    • @Maske002
      @Maske002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you continued to use the Harkness Method? I began teaching in January and I want to start adopting Classical Education Philosophy next year.

    • @VittoIB
      @VittoIB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Maske002 As of right now, I'm not using Harkness, but just because it's difficult to implement in an online setting. I've had success in high school and some success with middle school students. Modeling and rehearsing are a must.

  • @maddyched768
    @maddyched768 7 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    This school seems like a dream.

    • @arshanking9416
      @arshanking9416 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      its not always

    • @gigia41
      @gigia41 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should read some reviews.

    • @bbsara0146
      @bbsara0146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it better be for over 50k per year.

    • @jeffreyhotchkiss9451
      @jeffreyhotchkiss9451 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great programs, yes. Also, very high pressure. Had its issues 50 years ago, don't know what it's like now.

  • @lauramoore2301
    @lauramoore2301 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really like using this method with kids. I teach seniors, and this way of learning is so beneficial, especially as they enter the world of work and college.

  • @deputyheadmaster3619
    @deputyheadmaster3619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the idea... from I teach to we learn...

  • @jpenneymrcoin6851
    @jpenneymrcoin6851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    There's no more than 15 kids in each of those rooms, and each room has 1 teacher. So Phillips is recommending a teacher/student ratio of 1/15. That's great. Let's spend the money to make that happen in public schools, and let's build enough 15-person rooms for all our public school kids, and then everyone can have this great education. I guess money DOES have something to do with improving education.

    • @jeffreyhotchkiss9451
      @jeffreyhotchkiss9451 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. And in my day at Exeter, average class size was even lower, more like 10-12. I chose to go there over all other prep schools on my list because of the Harkness system.

    • @jeffreyhotchkiss9451
      @jeffreyhotchkiss9451 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The school had and still has an enormous endowment fund. Any admitted student who needs financial aid, gets whatever they need to attend. While public schools have to scrape by. And kids in Indiana have to climb through parked freight trains to get to school.

    • @Denise-k3f
      @Denise-k3f 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, money is the key. Also, only accepting the top students. My students can hardly read. Despite my bringing books (which I paid for out of my own pocket) to entice them to pick up and read...not one sign of interest. Still, I soldier on.

  • @mrtromero
    @mrtromero 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Equality triggers a sense of security enabling a much more effective atmosphere to form

  • @dipocarew7249
    @dipocarew7249 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    How can this be done with a class of 30-35? Love this!

    • @VittoIB
      @VittoIB 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I have students move their desks to the walls and give them speaking limits. They can speak 3-5 times, but they have to make really insightful responses, ask important questions, tie the text to current/historical events, and quote the text. Bonus points for bringing shy students into the conversation. It'll take all period, and that's fine.

    • @mchobbit2951
      @mchobbit2951 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The way things like guided math in grade schools works. You divide the 30 students in groups of 10. One group goes Harkness, the others are assigned reading, research, writing or work on the computer for that time. So either every group has a full period of Harkness every third class or twenty minutes during each class.

  • @diegomunozledo1205
    @diegomunozledo1205 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    2:59 lookin mad scripted

    • @arshanking9416
      @arshanking9416 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no joke

    • @yunglettuce2906
      @yunglettuce2906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      bro it *all* looks scripted lol

    • @jaydengwinnup5147
      @jaydengwinnup5147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL dude every thing after that part is just cringe.

    • @Denise-k3f
      @Denise-k3f 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep. Also you can hardly hear what the students at the Harkness table are saying with all that loud music. I wish they would just show us the entire Harkness discussion.

  • @Pmac97islandfilms
    @Pmac97islandfilms 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great Video!

  • @KL-qb1bp
    @KL-qb1bp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Super rich brilliant students at the best prep school in America. Andrew Yang, the presidential candidate, went there!

    • @storm1086
      @storm1086 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      T L Andover is better.

    • @aveenburney7463
      @aveenburney7463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@storm1086 prove it

    • @aveenburney7463
      @aveenburney7463 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Storm did you get accepted?

    • @christianchan9947
      @christianchan9947 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@storm1086 No, i really don't think so.

  • @porschiashelton1429
    @porschiashelton1429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Has anyone found ways to transfer this to the distance learning environment? How do you build that sense of trust at the virtual Harkness "table"?

    • @shawnmccowan
      @shawnmccowan ปีที่แล้ว

      I've done this virtually for the past three years. We handle it the same way as we would in person. I encourage students to prep ahead of time and bring at least three comments/questions to the table. All cameras must be on and I give them a time limit for discussion. Some of the discussions have been really insightful!

  • @edmund6392
    @edmund6392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mathematics should be taught like this in all schools.. instead of the teacher just lecturing you.

    • @philip3707
      @philip3707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eh. People would probably just learn math wrong. Literature and things like sociology are all about the debate, so this makes sense. I would be curious to hear anyone’s experience learning math with this method.

    • @edmund6392
      @edmund6392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@philip3707 the teacher/professor is still there as a guide. He or she is just not lecturing through out the class period.

  • @romanamushtaq1293
    @romanamushtaq1293 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great

  • @megadudex4422
    @megadudex4422 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ouch that bell at the beginning blew out my eardrum.

  • @scottyneasbitt7628
    @scottyneasbitt7628 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope for the future

  • @Kyald
    @Kyald 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This looks great but I'm not too sure if Hardness works for students of different background.

    • @andrewlehman720
      @andrewlehman720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      well HARKness, is practically made for students of different backgrounds to come together, share their experiences and form their opinions based on that.

    • @jeffreyhotchkiss9451
      @jeffreyhotchkiss9451 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It precisely works for students of different backgrounds. That was the case 50 years ago when I went. Students from all over the country and the world.

    • @Fogo-Brava
      @Fogo-Brava 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can you offer a single rationale for why a discussion around a table in which kids are encouraged to learn together and from each other would be restricted a single background?

  • @joshzhang7041
    @joshzhang7041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When the girl said "charlatans" I was wondering why nobody made an Among Us Imposter joke until I saw the upload date.

  • @jimmyzeng998
    @jimmyzeng998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So basically dinner table

  • @liamdonahue6301
    @liamdonahue6301 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So it's just a Socratic Seminar, right?

  • @sv-xi6oq
    @sv-xi6oq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This only works with motivated students though. Never try this at any regular public school.

  • @jdminecrafter123shadowassa7
    @jdminecrafter123shadowassa7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I agree

  • @deflationsmc3301
    @deflationsmc3301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hype

    • @LA_HA
      @LA_HA 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope

  • @jesonliu4955
    @jesonliu4955 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    lol wut if the students are teaching the wrong thing to each other? so the mistakes carries on?

    • @felixyeung8844
      @felixyeung8844 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jeson Liu The teacher is still a member of the class-I’d be shocked to find a Harkness instructor that lets misinformation leave the classroom. There is joy in discovery, but this joy is collective. The students aren’t isolated in their pursuit of information.

  • @Dhebwhooahsb
    @Dhebwhooahsb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone from stuy here?

    • @Fogo-Brava
      @Fogo-Brava 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes

  • @jakealden2517
    @jakealden2517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Most of these students probably went on SparkNotes and regurgitated a few lines from the Internet in order to "contribute" to the discussion.

    • @christianchan9947
      @christianchan9947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've been to the summer program. They actually have really good insights and interesting opinions.

    • @jakealden2517
      @jakealden2517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christianchan9947 I'm sure they did, but students today are very skilled at regurgitating information from the Internet and making their professors think they've read.

    • @christianchan9947
      @christianchan9947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jake Alden you never know how the conversation is going to go it’s impossible to prepare beforehand

    • @jeffreyhotchkiss9451
      @jeffreyhotchkiss9451 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh man, the other students would never let you get away with that! Let alone the teacher.

    • @Fogo-Brava
      @Fogo-Brava 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is not hype.

  • @Zeta4
    @Zeta4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What the hell is harkness

    • @bebianbecolli1642
      @bebianbecolli1642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A teaching method where students learn from other students.

    • @bebianbecolli1642
      @bebianbecolli1642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Usually takes place at a round table.

    • @janethughes2775
      @janethughes2775 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harkness_table

  • @matthewyu4379
    @matthewyu4379 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    why u all smoke