Engaged Pedagogy

Before taking this course with Anne and Peggy, I had had really minimal experience with an environment of engaged, critical, or collaborative pedagogy in a classroom. In a small class like we had with only 10 students and 2 professors. At the beginning of this course and more throughout the course, we talked about the communicative and collaborative efforts of the course in ensuring that all voices of the students, guests, and teachers were equally heard, included, and valued. I am incredibly grateful for this dynamic within the classroom as it allowed me to open up to others and be someone they could open up to.

I can’t speak for everyone in the class, but the style of the class ensured that I felt I was valued equally to everyone else. It was an awesome way to pull the valuable things each of us brought to the course and allow us to be receptive to the things we may not be super proficient in yet.