Building Classroom Community and Engagement

This session was facilitated by former FCIP Co-Director Bridget Colacchio, FCIP’s 2023-24 Jesuit Identity Faculty Scholar Felipe de J. Legarreta, and FCIP’s 2023-24 Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy Faculty Scholar Paige Warren.

Part 1: Facilitators Bridget, Felipe, and Paige introduce the session by reviewing Loyola’s land acknowledgement and discussing the agenda and learning outcomes.

 

Part 2: The facilitators discuss quotes about the importance of establishing warm relationships with students.

 

Part 3: The facilitators delve into the science of building relationships with students. Before students can access critical thinking most effectively, they need to be well-regulated and have a sense of relationship.

 

Part 4: The facilitators explain how to use universal design to build relationships and engagement by tapping into students’ affective networks, recognition networks, and strategic networks.

 

 
Part 5: The facilitators discuss the importance of the Jesuit tradition in determining how to build relationships with students.

 

Part 6: The facilitators discuss the importance of anti-oppressive pedagogy in building relationships with students.

 

Part 7: The facilitators introduce the first key principle of student engagement: community. They then give examples of community-building activities and strategies.

 

Part 8: The facilitators introduce another key principle of student engagement: balancing curiosity and expectations.

 

Part 9: The facilitators discuss strategies for cultivating curiosity in students.

 

Part 10: The facilitators discuss strategies for communicating expectations to students.

 

Part 11: The facilitators introduce the final key principle of student engagement: learning.