Strategies for Building Classroom Community:
A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation with
Pulitzer Prize-Winner Marcia Chatelain
February 9, 2024
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom
Faculty and students alike benefit from a vibrant classroom community. Join us for a moderated conversation with Dr. Chatelain followed by Q&A with Syracuse faculty colleagues addressing these questions:
- Whether you teach a large, medium, or small course, what can community building look like in your classroom?
- How can it help you as well as your students?
- What practical steps can you take to make it happen in your course?
If you are interested in learning more about Marcia Chatelain’s approach to community building, you can watch a 2022 talk she gave at Wake Forest University here. A time-line of the major topics is provided below.
- 00:00-02:52 Introducing Dr. Marcia Chatelain
- 02:52-06:31 Lessons from COVID on classroom relationships
- 06:31-13:03 Theory of teaching: what is teaching?
- 13:03-01:01:03 Steps to closing the gap between teacher’s intellectual commitment and student’s intellectual curiosity
- 01:01:33-01:20:32 Q&A