Increasingly, instructors at the college level are called upon to create classroom learning experiences that can be characterized using terms like academically rigorous, accessible, differentiated, trauma-sensitive, inclusive, culturally relevant,…
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In Effective Classroom Management
How to Build Inclusive Practices in Education
August 19, 2019 Reinard Valentine, MEd, and Melissa Brevetti, PhD
Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape in order to improve student learning. Democratic principles are rooted in inclusion, and faculty and staff have a responsibility to…
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What Two Students Want You to Know About Inclusive Teaching
June 10, 2019 Tracie Addy, PhD, MPhil, Ayat Husseini, and Anna DeVault
Inclusive teaching involves creating equitable and welcoming educational environments for the diverse learners in our classrooms. Such approaches may involve, but are not limited to: designing educational experiences informed…
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In Effective Classroom Management
Seven Bricks to Lay the Foundation for Productive Difficult Dialogues
October 16, 2018 Annie Soisson EdD
There are three basic ways that I hear faculty talk about difficult dialogues—in-class dialogues that were planned but did not go particularly well; in-class hot moments that were not…
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The graduation gap continues to exist between traditional and nontraditional students. Although the classroom experience has not been the focus of most institutions’ retention and persistence efforts, faculty can…
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Responding to Microaggressions in the Classroom: Taking ACTION
April 30, 2018 Tasha Souza, PhD
The term “microaggression” was coined in 1970 to name relatively slight, subtle, and often unintentional offenses that cause harm (Pierce, 1970). Since then, a substantial body of research on…
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Inclusion by Design: Tool Helps Faculty Examine Their Teaching Practices
September 18, 2017 Carl S. Moore, PhD, Edward Brantmeir, PhD, and Andreas Brocheild, PhD
Are there barriers to inclusion lurking in your courses? After meeting at a diversity and inclusion session of the 2013 Professional and Organization Development Network (POD Network) Conference in…
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An Inclusive Classroom Framework: Resources, Onboarding Approach, and Ongoing Programs
August 4, 2017 Ann Marie VanDerZanden, PhD, and Laura Bestler, PhD
We all face the challenge of making our classrooms more inclusive. At Iowa State, a series of training opportunities helps guide faculty and academic leaders to the most effective…
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In Effective Teaching Strategies
The Importance of Learning Students’ Names
August 2, 2017 Maryellen Weimer, PhD
Names … why do we have such trouble learning them? For those of us who struggle with names, it never gets easier, no matter how many tricks we try.…
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Activities for Building Cultural Competencies in Our Students and Ourselves
June 9, 2017 Melissa Gomez, EdD
“Who am I to speak about diversity and inclusion? I am a middle-aged white woman from an upper-middle-class family. I have been afforded numerous opportunities many of my students…