Innovative Practice

Appreciative Pedagogy in the First-Year Seminar

Author

• • Annie C. Kelly
  • University of Cincinnati

Abstract

Appreciative Pedagogy is an integrated approach towards designing, developing, and delivering asset-based curriculum where students and instructors serve as co-creators and learners. The article seeks to both honor and expand Bloom et al.’s (2011) groundbreaking work on Appreciative College Instruction through proposing this new definition of Appreciative Pedagogy. Subsequently, each of the six Appreciative Advising phases are reintroduced with updated definitions, characteristics, and concepts reflective of recent pedagogical practices and learners in a post-COVID era.

Keywords: Appreciative Pedagogy, Appreciative College Instruction, first-year seminar, Appreciative Education Conference

How to Cite: Kelly, A. C. (2026) “Appreciative Pedagogy in the First-Year Seminar”, Journal of Appreciative Education. 13(1). doi: https://doi.org//jae.1744