Principle 3: Inclusivity and Diversity
Develop and teach courses through inclusion of content from multiple perspectives, considering diversity in all its forms, as understanding differing experiences is critical for all students’ deep learning. Therefore instructors are encouraged to select content to support, facilitate, and interrogate barriers to inclusion.
Knowledge experts from across disciplines have discovered critical gaps in their disciplines’ advancement and understanding based on conscious or unconscious exclusion of diverse experiences and perspectives, and therefore in both research and teaching it is incumbent upon instructors to actively counter disciplinary and other habits of bias through systematic evaluation of course content and pedagogy for diversity: in viewpoints, population focus, as well as author identity.
Incorporating Diverse Perspectives in Course Materials
Understanding diverse experiences is critical for all students’ deep learning, so take time to select content to support, facilitate, and interrogate barriers to inclusion.
Employing Pedagogies of Inclusion
Using inclusive teaching strategies and cultivating an inclusive classroom climate helps all students learn and prepares them for the world beyond the University.
Cultivating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
Taking actions to support students’ appreciation for diversity and their experience of your class as equitable, inclusive, and one in which they belong can powerfully affect students’ learning.
Pedagogical Strategies for Intercultural Learning
Adapted from a talk by Prof. Milton Fuentes, these strategies will help you discuss equity, inclusion, and diversity (EDI) in the classroom, and apply an EDI-centered approach to course development.
Discussing Equity: Using Protocols to Deepen Conversation and Raise Intellectual Engagement
Adapted from a presentation by Prof. Patricia Virella, this guide will help you create an environment in which deep conversations about equity and other sensitive issues can flourish.
Mitigating Implicit Bias
Taking actions to recognize and mitigate implicit bias supports students’ sense of belonging and success.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Design and deliver all course elements for maximum accessibility to give every student equitable opportunities for success.
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