In essence, she showed that having both teacher and student emotionally and personally invested in the topic leads to fulfilling moments in class. She suggested evaluating your own goals, not just as an instructor, but as a human being.
Some students do well with lots of structure, other students do better with more ill-defined tasks.
Carol Tavris gave a tremendously engaging lecture on gender, culture and biology . And she made some interesting points that kept you thinking after the lecture. There were, of course, many other interesting presentations, and failure to mention one here does not indicate that I have a negative opinion of it.