IM Live Session #3: Including More Student Voices in the Conversation
IM Live Session #3: Including More Student Voices in the Conversation
In this session, Gretchen Brion-Meisels leads participants through a World Café protocol in a demonstration lesson. Over three rounds, participants move between small groups for discussion about participation. Gretchen moves between groups to listen and share ideas.
After the demonstration, Gretchen and Monik Jiménez discuss the way the activity was scaffolded to encourage participation, as well as other strategies Gretchen uses in her classroom to bring in student voice. (Date: February 28, 2023)
Featured Faculty
Gretchen Brion-Meisels
Lecturer on Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Faculty Discussant
Monik Jiménez
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Discussion Questions
- How could you imagine using the World Café protocol, or a similar protocol, in your own classroom?
- How does Gretchen engage with the small groups? How might this style of engagement encourage student participation?
- Gretchen reflects on how she carefully decides when, what, and how she asks her students to share. How might you apply this kind of thinking to your own practice?
- How does this session help you think about the many forms that participation can take? What do you want “participation” to mean in your classroom?
- How does this session help you think about the underlying conditions and culture that need to exist to encourage students to participate?