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2016 Dec 07

Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom Series: "DiversAbility & the Inclusive Classroom"

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Eileen Berger (Access and Disability Services Administrator & Assistant Director Office of Student Affairs, School of Education) and Thomas Hehir (Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professor of Practice in Learning Differences, School of Education)

Students arrive in the classroom with a wide range of abilities, as well as things that can hold them back if the instructor isn’t aware of both. This session will give TFs concrete strategies for planning inclusive sections. In addition, the speakers will explain the idea of universal design and show...

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2016 Nov 02

Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom Series: "Culture, Class, and Academic Engagement"

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Anthony Jack (Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows; Assistant Professor, School of Education; Shutzer Assistant Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study)

How do thinking about the ways in which a diverse group of undergraduates engage college officials? What are the (un)written rules of engagement? In this talk, Dr. Jack will speak on his research on lower-income undergraduates at an elite university that investigates how undergraduates with disparate precollege experiences differ in their orientations.

“Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in...

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2016 Oct 26

Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom Series: "Unconscious Bias in the Classroom"

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Jack Cao (Ph.D Candidate, Department of Psychology)

As educators, we want to teach in a fair way that's consistent with our values. But sometimes that doesn't happen. Why? Implicit biases may play a role. Jack Cao will discuss these biases, how they may play out in the classroom, and what might be done about them.

“Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom” is sponsored by the Bok Center and American Studies, with major funding from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and additional funding from African and African American Studies,...

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2016 Oct 03

Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom Series: "The Bilingual Mind in the Classroom"

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Science Center Rm. 418D. 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

Aurora Sanfeliz and Niti Seth (Academic Counselors, Bureau of Study Counsel)

TFs encounter students who come from diverse language backgrounds; several may be bi or tri-lingual. This panel will explore the cognitive processes underlying bilingualism and the assets and challenges it creates for learning and communicating. Strategies for reading, writing, and public speaking/presentation in academic settings will be discussed as they relate to students’ experiences.

“Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom” is sponsored by the...

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2016 Sep 28

Inclusive Teaching & Diversity in the Classroom Series: "Supporting Queer and Trans Students in the Classroom"

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall Basement Seminar Room, 35 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Susan Marine (Director of the Higher Education Master's Program at Merrimack College)

In this interactive workshop, we will discuss the most recent research on what factors support and inhibit LGBTQ student flourishing in the college classroom and campus. Strategies for building an inclusive classroom environment will be shared, including syllabus development, curricular integration of LGBTQ identities and issues, and concrete ways to foster an empowering classroom climate for queer and trans* students from the very first day.

Sponsored by the Bok Center...

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