{"id":7615,"date":"2011-12-09T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=7615"},"modified":"2011-12-15T08:45:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T14:45:38","slug":"friday-factoid-professor-excellence-and-improvement-at-hbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/friday-factoid-professor-excellence-and-improvement-at-hbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Factoid: Professor Excellence and Improvement at HBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard Business School (HBS) is well known for\u00a0using the case method, through which\u00a0virtually all of the school&#8217;s classes\u00a0are taught. Rather than resting on their laurels with regard to teaching the case method, however, HBS faculty members work hard to stay at the top of their respective games. Complementing the school\u2019s tradition of faculty-to-faculty mentoring, in 2004, HBS established the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning (named for the late HBS professor) to promote and support teaching excellence and innovation. The center conducts research on pedagogical innovation and teaching effectiveness related to gender and diversity issues, and helps faculty members refine their teaching styles and techniques. The center also offers professors classroom observations and the opportunity to do pre-class planning, receive within-term troubleshooting\/post-term feedback and conduct case and course development.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on\u00a0Harvard Business School\u00a0or\u00a014 other leading MBA programs, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\">mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard Business School (HBS) is well known for\u00a0using the case method, through which\u00a0virtually all of the school&#8217;s classes\u00a0are taught. 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