Inclusive Teaching Circles: Mechanisms for Creating Welcoming Classrooms

This essay examines the Inclusive Teaching Circle (ITC) as a mechanism for faculty development in creating instructional tools that embrace an inclusive pedagogy reflecting diversity, cultural competence and social justice. We describe one group's year-long participation in an ITC at a large, m...

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Published in:The journal of scholarship of teaching and learning 2010-01, Vol.10 (1), p.14
Main Authors: Moore, Sharon, Wallace, Sherri L, Schack, Gina, Thomas, M. Shelley, Lewis, Linda, Wilson, Linda, Miller, Shawnise, D'Antoni, Joan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classroom Environment
College Faculty
Consciousness Raising
Cultural Pluralism
Equal Education
Faculty Development
Group Activities
Inclusive Schools
Social Justice
Student Diversity
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Summary:This essay examines the Inclusive Teaching Circle (ITC) as a mechanism for faculty development in creating instructional tools that embrace an inclusive pedagogy reflecting diversity, cultural competence and social justice. We describe one group's year-long participation in an ITC at a large, metropolitan research university in the south. Next, we share several members' strategies for promoting more inclusive and equitable learning for students in our classrooms. Finally, we consider the implications of ITCs for its group participants and the professorate at large. (Contains 10 footnotes.)
ISSN:1527-9316
1527-9316