Brion-Meisels Clip 6

Four graduate students and Instructor Brion-Meisels standing together in a small group in discussion. There is a section of a projected slide visible behind them that reads "Tension & Reflections."

Topics Covered

Questioning, listening and responding; Building rapport; instructor as a learner/participant; making oneself vulnerable with students; sharing experience

  • InstructorGretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education
  • Student Group: Graduate
  • School: Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • Course: Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice
  • Clip Length: 2 minutes, 38 seconds

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Instructional Themes

Questioning, listening and responding; Building rapport; instructor as a learner/participant; making oneself vulnerable with students; sharing experience

Instructor

Gretchen Brion-Meisels, Lecturer on Education

Student Group

Graduate

School

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Course

Partnering with Youth in Educational Research and Practice

Clip Length

2 minutes, 38 seconds (1:42:30-1:45:08)

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 1 hour, 42 minutes into the 3 hour, 10 minute class session as Brion-Meisels shares a personal story with students during a small group discussion.