ERIC Number: EJ1256240
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
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An In-Depth Look at a Comprehensive Diversity Training Program for Faculty
Hudson, Nancie J.
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v14 n1 Article 3 2020
This ethnographic research project examines a five-month diversity training program that 16 faculty participated in voluntarily at a university in the western United States. In addition to reviewing diversity issues and challenges in higher education, this article provides information about the program, describes my participant-observer experience, and provides evidence that assesses the program's effects on teaching practices. This annual program includes learning, reflection and application and helps the participants develop new inclusive teaching strategies for the courses they teach. A post-program survey of the participants indicates that the majority felt that the program had a lasting beneficial effect on their teaching practices, and the results include specific inclusive teaching strategies that faculty can use in the classroom.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Training, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Awareness, Diversity, Program Effectiveness, Multicultural Education, Racial Bias, Participant Observation, Teaching Methods, Inclusion, Transformative Learning, Instructional Improvement
Centers for Teaching & Technology at Georgia Southern University. IJ-SoTL, Georgia Southern University, Henderson Library 1301, Statesboro, GA 30460. e-mail: sotlij@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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