The mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning is to foster a collaborative faculty community, building on current best pedagogical practices across all disciplines and teaching modalities at Pratt: classroom, studio pedagogy, experiential learning, group-work, field-trips and more. The Center aims to create an interdisciplinary and reflective learning environment to address importation and often difficult issues in a diverse classroom. The CTL's guiding values are Community, Reflection and Action.
The Center is ultimately guided by a commitment to promote a contemplative and reflective teaching to support social justice through critical, inclusive and embodied practices with teachers who are passionate not only about their course content but also intentional about how they teach the ‘whole’ student.