Inclusive Pedagogy

What is inclusive pedagogy?

Inclusive pedagogy is a pedagogy. It’s about making changes in the classroom to provide each student what they need to be successful. The course activities, assessments, assignments and even content used can help promote students’ sense of belonging and self-efficacy (Alfasi, 2003). Inclusion comes from building relationship with students and knowing who they are. An inclusive pedagogy is one that is relevant to the lives and aspirations of students.

These pages provide help with fostering active learning and student engagement, including teaching tips, techniques, and articles, as well as professional literature in the LTC print book collection.

Learn and Pronounce Names

Students tell us in campus forums, focus groups, and individual conversations how very important it is that instructors learn their names. A student’s name is an important part of their identity, heritage, family and culture.  This page offers strategies and techniques for getting to learn your students’ names.

Getting to Know Your Students

Learning about your students is foundational to developing an ethos of care in the classroom. It starts on the first day of each class. This page offers ideas for being intentional about designing introductory activities that will help you learn about your students, and just as importantly, for them to learn about each other.

Creating Relevant Spaces

To create culturally relevant spaces, begin by finding out what your students already know,  what they’re curious about, and how they learn best.  This page also offers suggestions for making your course content racially salient.

Reference:

Alfasi, M. (2003). Promoting the will and skill of students at academic risk: An evaluation of an instructional design geared to foster achievement, self-efficacy and motivation. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 30(1), 28–40.