Brion-Meisels Clip 5

Instructional Themes: Sharing expertise; Questioning, listening and responding; Peer learning; instructor as participant; responding to students; engaging with small groups; student-centered activity; infusing energy; using the space

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: 9 minutes, 2 seconds (1:26:06-1:35:08)

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 90 minutes into the 3 hour, 10 minute class session as Brion-Meisels directs students into small discussion groups and then engages with these groups.