Brion-Meisels Clip 6

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

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: 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.