Teaching When Listening Comes First: What I’ve Learned About Engagement in Indigenous-Serving Classrooms

Teaching When Listening Comes First: What I’ve Learned About Engagement in Indigenous-Serving Classrooms

Faculty training in higher education often emphasizes verbal participation as the primary indicator of student engagement. In graduate preparation, instructors learn to value quick interaction, frequent discussion, and other visible forms of participation. An “active” classroom commonly means one in which students speak often. Over time, these expectations become the norm and shape course design, participation policies, and judgments about teach…