Diversity and Inclusion Teaching and Instruction Resources
Teaching Strategies
- Reducing Stereotype Threat: Strategies for Instructors (Washington University)
- Promoting a growth mindset about intelligence
- Providing feedback that motivates students to improve
- Fostering a sense of belonging
- Accommodation Chart for Faculty: (Washington University)
- Included on separate document
- Inclusive Teaching Frameworks and Strategies (University of Michigan)
- This chart gives strategies for inclusive teaching from multiple viewpoints:
- Student-student interactions
- Instructor-student interactions
- Content and process
- Community building can be thought about from multiple viewpoints:
- This chart gives strategies for inclusive teaching from multiple viewpoints:
- Creating Inclusive College Classrooms (University of Michigan)
- Choosing course content
- Increasing awareness of problematic assumptions/examples of these assumptions
- Planning considerations
- Getting to know the students
- Strategies to Create an Inclusive Course (Iowa State University)
- Includes checklist for:
- Course design
- Teaching strategies
- Evaluation practices
- Student feedback
- Includes checklist for:
- How to provide a multicultural education (Baylor University)
- Tips for incorporating multicultural education strategies in the classroom
- Overcoming challenges for educators
- How to incorporate multicultural education in the classroom
Challenging Conversations Strategies
- “Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom” article from Derek Bok for the Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University: https://www.elon.edu/u/academics/catl/wp-content/uploads/sites/126/2017/04/Managing-Hot-Moments-in-the-Classroom-Harvard_University.pdf
- “Handling Student Pushback” section in Teaching Newsletter for The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/teaching/2020-07-23
- “Facilitating Challenging Conversations in the Classroom” page from the Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington University in St. Louis: https://teachingcenter.wustl.edu/resources/inclusive-teaching-learning/facilitating-challenging-conversations-in-the-classroom/
- “Difficult Dialogues” page from the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/difficult-dialogues/
- “Getting Started with Managing Classroom Conflict” page from the Center for Teaching Innovation at Cornell University: https://teaching.cornell.edu/resource/getting-started-managing-classroom-conflict
- “The Art of Having Difficult Conversations” article by Aisha Langford from Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/06/12/advice-how-have-difficult-conversations-essay
Syllabus Checklists for Inclusive Education
- Learner-Centered Mindful Syllabus (Iowa State University)
- Checklist for learner-centered syllabus
- Checklist of Inclusive Excellence in Syllabi (University of Denver)
- TILT Higher Ed: Examples and Resources
- Videos describing transparency in learning and teaching
- Resources for TILT
Accessibility
Ableism
- Classroom Ableism
- This might be written for earlier education; but has some good information about ableism in the classroom and schools
Professional Development/Training
- Teaching Tolerance’s Critical Practices for Anti-Bias TeachingA self-paced, four part, professional development learning program
Last updated: 8/4/2022