Authentic communication is key to effective pedagogy. But if students don't feel comfortable to fully interact with their peers and instructor, authentic communication may remain elusive at best. How can an instructor foster inclusivity from the start?

Creating Community

in the Classroom

A Center for Teaching and Learning Graduate Student Workshop

convener: Bridget Swanson, CTL Graduate Fellow, German

featuring:

Dr. Kathryn Hellerstein 

Associate Professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

and 

Dr. Yasemin Dayioglu-Yücel 

DAAD Visiting Professor, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures

Date and Time: Tuesday, September 10, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. 

Location: The Max Kade Center, Room 329 A

3401 Walnut St.

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Authentic communication is key to effective pedagogy. But if students don't feel comfortable to fully interact with their peers and instructor, authentic communication may remain elusive at best. How can an instructor foster inclusivity from the start? What activities best create a supportive learning environment? Finally, how does an instructor reach the many members of his/her diverse student body? In this year’s first departmental CTL workshop, Associate Professor Kathryn Hellerstein and DAAD Visiting Professor Yasemin Dayioglu-Yücel will lead a discussion of the various strategies they employ to cultivate inclusivity, acceptance, and a supportive learning environment in both language and content courses. Specifically, they will provide us with examples from classes they have taught on sensitive subjects – such as gender, racial, cross-national and political identities – in order to help us develop our own tools for creating classroom community.

*****Pizza and refreshments will be served*****