Join us for a CLTR Teaching Table focused on exploring structuring class discussions for equity.

Class discussions are a common pedagogical approach used to surface student thinking, engage multiple perspectives, and simply to vary the flow of class activities. Providing a clear structure or format for class discussion can help to ensure more equitable distribution of space or “air time” for the participants in a discussion. In this teaching table, faculty are invited for open conversation about their approaches for structuring class discussions in equitable ways. The session will be facilitated as a “Conversation Cafe,” which is a Liberating Structure format. Liberating Structures are intentionally designed to re-structure conventional group interactions and discussions in ways that can be more equitable for all participants.

A short presentation will start this session, so that participants can eat lunch before engaging in the Conversation Cafe.

Lunch will be available, beginning at 11:45 a.m. To help us plan for an appropriate amount of food, we kindly ask you to register for this event.