Strategies for Creating “Brave Spaces”
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Teaching Practices (Poster Only) – Analysis, synthesis, reflection, and discussion
Abstract
As students are more engaged in social and political issues, bold conversations are occurring in our classrooms. While these discussions are vital for our students to learn from other points of view and engage with individuals with which they disagree, it also can be a challenge as an instructor to navigate these uncomfortable and possibly confrontational conversations. I encourage the creation of a “brave space” classroom. A brave space is where individuals feel safe to be vulnerablewithout the fear of retaliation, ridicule, and dismissiveness. This poster seeks to provide strategies to create a brave space within the classroom.
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Poster
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Recommended Citation
van Montfrans, Veronica, "Strategies for Creating “Brave Spaces”" (2019). SoTL Commons Conference. 11.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2019/11
Strategies for Creating “Brave Spaces”
Poster
As students are more engaged in social and political issues, bold conversations are occurring in our classrooms. While these discussions are vital for our students to learn from other points of view and engage with individuals with which they disagree, it also can be a challenge as an instructor to navigate these uncomfortable and possibly confrontational conversations. I encourage the creation of a “brave space” classroom. A brave space is where individuals feel safe to be vulnerablewithout the fear of retaliation, ridicule, and dismissiveness. This poster seeks to provide strategies to create a brave space within the classroom.
