Jazz and TBL: A Workshop in Improvisation Skills for Facilitating Great Sessions

With the 2023 TBLC Meeting just around the corner, we would like to bring attention to one of our featured workshops: Jazz and TBL: A Workshop in Improvisation Skills for Facilitating Great Sessions. This session will be presented by Chris Burns, Paul Haidet, and Richard Plunkett. We hope you enjoy this session!

Title: Jazz and TBL: A Workshop in Improvisation Skills for Facilitating Great Sessions
Presented by: Chris Burns – University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Paul Haidet – Penn State College of Medicine
Richard Plunkett – University of British Columbia
Date & Time: Monday, March 13, 2023, 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern

Click on the video above for an exclusive feature of this session!

The act of teaching is an improvisational activity. This holds true regardless of pedagogy. TBL facilitators encounter uncertainty, complexity, and change in their daily teaching activities. Like jazz musicians, they need to improvise, managing a tension between the structure imposed by the learning objectives and the freedom necessary to meet learners where they are. This workshop will draw upon traditions of jazz education to help facilitators explore their voice, an important developmental task in improvisation. Voice incorporates facilitation skills into one’s own style, conveying authenticity and fueling synergy and harmony in human relationships. Teachers who have developed an authentic voice are more likely to create memorable experiences in the classroom, and to reach learners and help them navigate the difficulties of learning new material. These skills will benefit instructors teaching in any discipline, at any level, and with diverse student groups.

We hope you enjoy this and our other exciting workshops.