Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

2014

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2014) 33(2)

http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/tia.17063888.0033.206

Comments

Copyright 2014, the authors. Open access

License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

This article explores how mapping patterns of student participation in classroom discussion can both illuminate and complicate the dynamic relationships among identity, physical position in the classroom, student engagement, and course content. It draws on the perspectives of an undergraduate in the role of pedagogical consultant, a faculty member who worked in partnership with that student, and the coordinator of the program through which this collaborative exploration unfolded. The authors provide multiple angles of vision on the impetus behind, approach to, results of, and interdisciplinary possibilities of mapping classrooms and offer recommendations and cautions regarding the use of mapping.

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