Brion-Meisels Clip 2

Instructional Themes: Building community; scaffolding assignments; using rubrics; personalization; differentiation

Profiled: Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education, teaches "Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice" to 23 students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Clip Length: 1 minutes, 25 seconds (12:41- 14:06)

Clip Context:

• “Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice,” a graduate course at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with 23 students enrolled.
• This course builds on Brion-Meisels’ research on school climate, school reform partnerships between students and adults, and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). She engages students in a variety of structured, active discussions to foster an environment in which everyone is both a learner and a teacher.
• This clip comes about 12-minutes into the 3 hour, 10 minute class session as Brion-Meisels gives students time to work on a piece of their final projects.