ERIC Number: EJ882122
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jan
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 17
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1527-9316
Inclusive Teaching Circles: Mechanisms for Creating Welcoming Classrooms
Moore, Sharon; Wallace, Sherri L.; Schack, Gina; Thomas, M. Shelley; Lewis, Linda; Wilson, Linda; Miller, Shawnise; D'Antoni, Joan
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v10 n1 p14-27 Jan 2010
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.)
Descriptors: Social Justice, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Classroom Environment, Inclusive Schools, Student Diversity, Cultural Pluralism, Equal Education, Consciousness Raising, Group Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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