Inclusive Pedagogy; Post: Sep 30; Comment:Oct 4
I find Boostrom’s idea of ‘brave space’, elucidated by Brian Arao and Kristi Clemens (Arao and Clemens 2013, 141) particularly compelling in thinking about the issue of microaggression. Brave space is set up for accommodating/facilitating an open and assertive attempt at addressing the issues of discrimination and privilege in the pedagogical spaces. As most of […]
I have been thinking very deeply about inclusive pedagogy throughout my Ph.D. degree program in Rhetoric and Writing. My views of inclusive pedagogy is not just understanding that we have implicit biases or that we are complicit in the system that we aim to deconstruct. I was hoping to understand how I have implicit biases …
As I was reading this weeks’s material on inclusive pedagogy, I started reflecting on my own experience as a student through the undergraduate level until today. As I was processing the ideas in from Arao and Clemens [1] and from The Teaching Commons I found myself listing the most memorable classes where the classroom felt like … Continue reading Inclusive Pedagogy
Not Again. This is my second time taking two implicit bias tests in a row. Both times I took the disability test the second time. Both times my results indicated a strong preference for abled bodies of disabled bodies. How…
As I have read through readings and blog posts for this class, other classes, perused news articles and listened to conversations and debates recently, one thing has stood out to me. Everyone, whether by choice or involuntarily, is placed into groups by people from all sides. These groups are based on a vast number of …
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I spend a lot of time thinking about names, partly because I’m terrible at remembering them, partly because I’ve had trans friends with strong feelings about acceptable names and nicknames even before I knew what the word trans meant, and partly because I’m very aware of how much it makes me feel personally known when […]
Society, by common definition, is the aggregate of people living together for a particular purpose. A society also follows customs…
Inclusivity is vital more now than ever. A learning environment should be a safe space. My intent as an educator is to create a learning environment characterized by a positive outlook. I, too, am concerned about our world and our society, and am deeply disturbed by what I see. However, I have made the personal … Continue reading How To Adopt Inclusive Pedagogy?
While I was reading the article of Ladson-Billings about culturally responsive teaching, the reaction of teachers to her advice made me think: what is good teaching? Culturally responsible teaching is good teaching, but is it “just good teaching”? Is good teaching equivalent to culturally relevant teaching? Does culturally relevant teaching require more than “just good teaching”? […]
I wanted to start this post by addressing a video I just saw: ‘How microaggressions are like mosquito bites‘. Too often, I find that discussions of ‘sensitive topics’ (or insert your other favorite euphemism) happen in this uncomfortable sort of somber monotone. As if the very nature of these topics somehow necessitates a level of …
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