TEACHING SKILLFULLY TO ENGAGE STUDENTS Stephen Brookfield Distinguished

TEACHING SKILLFULLY TO ENGAGE STUDENTS Stephen Brookfield Distinguished University Professor University of St. Thomas

ASSUMPTIONS OF SKILLFUL TEACHING • Sincerity of Our Teaching is Not Correlated with Students’ Goodwill • Good Practice = Whatever Helps Students Learn • Best Teaching is Critically Reflective • Most Important Pedagogic Knowledge How Students Experience Learning • Context Changes Everything

CIQ Most Engaged Moment n Most Distanced Moment n Most Helpful Action n Most Puzzling Action n What Surprised You Most n

WHY CIQ’s? • Problems Warned • Grounds Actions • Student Reflectivity • Builds Trust • Diverse Methods • Critical Thinking

CIRCLE OF VOICES u. Begin with a minute’s quiet thought u. Go round the group & have each person speak their thoughts on the topic for up to a minute – NO INTERRUPTIONS ALLOWED u. Move into open conversation – but you can only talk about what someone else said in the opening round

QUESTION • What would you like your students (or colleagues) to say about your class when they were out of your earshot?

CREDIBILITY l. Expertise l. Experience l. Rationale l. Conviction

AUTHENTICITY £Congruence £Full Disclosure £Responsiveness £Personhood £Error

EMOTIONAL LEARNING u. What would you say to someone who is starting to teach about the emotional ups and downs they can expect in their work?

CIRCULAR RESPONSE u. Pose a question u. Each person in the group has the floor for 1 minute – NO INTERRUPTIONS. However, whatever you say MUST respond to/build on the previous speaker’s comments u. Once all have spoken move into open conversation with no ground rules

EMOTIONAL REALITY CHECK u. Impostorship u. Cultural Suicide u. Lost Innocence u. Resistance as Normal u. The Perfect Ten u. Limits & Inevitability of Power u. Informed Muddling Through

RESOURCES • THE SKILLFUL TEACHER: On Technique, Trust & Responsiveness in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2006 (2 nd. Edition) • Home Pages • www. stephenbrookfield. com • www. the 99 ersband. com