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Schreyer Institute programs are for anyone at Penn State who has an instructional role or is preparing for a future one. Our participants are typically faculty, graduate students, and postdocs. Academic administrators, instructional designers, staff members, and undergraduates in instructional roles are also welcome.
Building Your Classroom Discussion Repertoire: Writing as a Tool for Dialogue
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director and Associate Research Professor
Monday, 8/17/2026, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Rider Building Room 315
When writing precedes or structures conversation, it can lower the barriers to participation, surface a wider range of perspectives, and give students time to think before they speak. In this session of our workshop series on “Building your Classroom Discussion Repertoire”, participants will explore how writing-based strategies, ranging from brief reflective prompts to structured written exchanges, can serve as powerful on-ramps to richer classroom dialogue. Participants will experience several techniques, examine the pedagogical intentions behind each, and leave with strategies ready to adapt for their own courses and disciplines.
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