The Untapped Potential of Listening Over Speaking: A Funds of Knowledge Approach for Building Teacher-Student Relationships

How well do you know your students? How well do you listen to your students?

Funds of knowledge methodology is an approach to instruction that leverages students' home- and community-derived skills to advance curricular topics and build upon what students already know. In classrooms where diverse students are supported, the prospect of gathering funds of knowledge may be complicated by the fact that many teachers do not share the racial, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of their students. This webinar will introduce active listening as one aspect of intercultural communication that serves as a useful strategy for tapping into diverse student funds of knowledge.

PANELISTS:

Jalene Tamerat, Ed.D, (Wheelock’18) Dean, The Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education

Jennifer Lacroix, Instructor, researcher, and doctoral candidate at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development

When 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Thursday, April 15, 2021
Location Online/Zoom