Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to
Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom
Equity

Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to
Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom
Equity

Undergraduate Biology Education

Kimberly Tanner argues that the way in which classrooms are structured plays a pivotal role in shaping both student equity and engagement. Tanner offers 21 specific teaching strategies (such as think-pair-share, random calling, and structured opportunities for participation) that help ensure that all students have opportunities to contribute, rather than having a few confident students dominate discussions. Although the article is grounded in biology education, the strategies the article highlights are applicable across all teaching disciplines, showing that even small structural changes can affect how equal opportunities in class participation and learning are distributed.

Dr. Kimberly D. Tanner

CBE—Life Sciences Education

https://www.lifescied.org/

Published 13 October 2017

English