Harkness table
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The Harkness table is a large, oval table used in a style of teaching, The Harkness Method, wherein students sit at the table with their teachers. This teaching method is in use at many American boarding schools and colleges. It encourages classes to be held in a discursive manner. Developed at Phillips Exeter Academy, the method's name comes from the oil magnate and philanthropist Edward Harkness, a graduate of St. Paul's School (Concord, NH) who presented the school with a monetary gift in 1930. It is used in many states and has dramatically changed education. Harkness described its use as follows:
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| Harkness Tables Harkness Tables www.harknesstable.com/about.html - Web |
| 'Edward S. Harkness, 1874-1940' 'Edward S. Harkness, 1874-1940' www.exeter.edu/documents/Harkness_Niebling.pdf - Web |
| Wellington College Wellington College www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/page.aspx?id=7098 - Web |
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| Cape Henry Collegiate School Cape Henry Collegiate School www.capehenrycollegiate.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1 - Web |
