Exeter+Humanities+Institute

Exeter Humanities Institute takes place on the Campus of Phillips Exeter Academy and is dedicated to exploring the Harkness disicussion based teaching method. Having worked with the EHI staff here at Ransom several years ago, the program provided me with the ability to brush up on some of the techniques that I currently employ, but also some new ones that I took away from the workshop. I came away from the Institute with a renewed focus and vigor towards discussion-based learning and also with the renewed understanding that having an intelligent discussion is a learned skill. I have already employed some of the exercises from the workshop with my middle school classes in order to teach them how to have productive discussions. EHI is an excellent opportunity to get more familiar with the Harkness method, as well as in intellectually stimulating way to spend a week in the summer.