#  Gretchen Brion-Meisels 

 



##  Gretchen Brion-Meisels 

**Lecturer in the Prevention Science and Practice Program**  
**Harvard Graduate School of Education**

Gretchen Brion-Meisels is a lecturer in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research concerns improving school climate, examines school reform partnerships between students and adults, and uses Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR). Just as student voice motivates Brion-Meisels’s scholarship, it similarly permeates her Partnering with Youth on Educational Research and Practice course. Students in the course engage in a variety of structured, active discussions. A close-knit classroom culture fosters an environment in which everyone is both a learner and a teacher.



 

 

 

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  [### Norm-Setting at the Beginning of the Semester

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   ![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."](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/bm_008.jpg?itok=KPsApd3y) 

 



 

 

   [### Prioritizing unheard voices and perspectives

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   ![Five graduate students seated at a table in discussion. Projected on the screen behind them are slides that read "Grappling with Big Questions" and then smaller texts beneath.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/bm_006.jpg?itok=hYK-5dIR) 

 



 

 

   [### Using discussion protocols

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   ![Five graduate students seated at a table with papers, snacks and drinks. One student is speaking.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/bm_004.jpg?itok=qwuiCoTn) 

 



 

 

   [### Making thinking visible

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   ![Close up of hand writing "awareness of 'false general--' with a purple white board marker in a box on a white board wall. Other boxes with writing in them surround it.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/bm_003.jpg?itok=V_wKXSGs) 

 



 

 

   [### Fostering an environment where everyone is a teacher and learner

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   ![Close up of graduate student in a small group of other students, with clip board and pen, head tilted and listening.](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/bm_002.jpg?itok=x8nHbt9P) 

 



 

 

   [### Mixing students up in small discussion groups

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   ![Graudate standing in groups of 4 discussing. Slide projected on screen behind them reads "Tensions & Reflections."](/sites/g/files/omnuum10466/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/instructionalmoves/files/bm_001.jpg?itok=tQNjixD4) 

 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

## Full Class Session

Watch the full class session featured in this instructor’s move videos to observe and reflect on teaching practices as they unfold. Click below to find a breakdown of all the class activities, with accompanying timestamps and descriptions. The video is also chaptered according to featured instructional moves, allowing you to see how these vignettes fit into the larger context of the session.

[Class Activity Breakdown](/file_url/836)



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

##  Course Documents 

 



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 [### Partnering With Youth Syllabus

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 [### Community Norms Activity

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 [### Partnering With Youth Class Slides

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