Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education
International Perspectives on Equity and Inclusion
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Part I: Concepts and PrinciplesIntroduction to Strategies For Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education; Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger, Jaimie Hoffman, And Mandla MakhanyaPart II: Global Practices and Challenges Chapter 1. Global Perspectives on Academic Integrity; Constance Bygrave and Özen Aşık Chapter 2. Valuing Knowledge(S) and Cultivating Confidence: Contributions of Student-Faculty Pedagogical Partnerships to Epistemic Justice; Alise De Bie, Elizabeth Marquis, Alison Cook-Sather, and Leslie Patricia Luqueño Chapter 3. Cultural Mediation Pedagogy and Its Ability to Enable Bridge-Building Between Two Coexisting Groups That Do Not Meet; Philippe Gagné and Maria Popica Chapter 4. A Framework for Academic Outreach in Widening Participation in Australia: The Minimal Link of a Thing In Common; Melissa Jane Hardie And Kieryn Mckay Chapter 5. Decolonizing the Classroom in Social Justice Learning: Perspectives on Access and Inclusion For Participants Living With Disabilities; Pamela Johnson, Bridget Houston, and Wendy Kraglund Gauthier Chapter 6. Rethinking the Support Programmes for the Marginalised Students in Higher Education Through the Lens of Social Justice; Shuti Steph Khumalo Chapter 7. Innovating Curriculum: Integrating Global Citizenship & Equity Education For Student Success; Punita Lumb, Yasmin Razack, Shaila Arman, And Tatiana Wugalter Chapter 8. An Equity-Based Model of Teaching and Learning: Bridging the Academic Literacy Skills Divide in the English Classroom in South Africa; Tracey Millin And Mark Millin Chapter 9. Service-Learning as a Methodology to Promote Equity and Inclusion: Best Practice Experience in Ecuador; Nascira Ramia and Karla Díaz Chapter 10. The Role of Educational Technology in Promoting the Inclusion of Rural Clinical Schools For Ophthalmology Teaching Using Virtual Patients; Tony Succar and John Grigg Chapter 11. Toward A Transformative Transition: A Critical Pedagogical Approach to Social-Psychological Interventions in First-Year Seminar; Gina English Tillis Chapter 12. Considerations For Using Critical Pedagogy as the Vehicle to Promote Social Justice in Higher Education; Steven Tolman Chapter 13. Online: A New 'Geography' Of Learning That Supports Female Access to Higher Education; Dionisia Tzavara and Barbara Wilczek Chapter 14. Adopting The International Standard "Becoming A Human-Centred Organization (Iso 27500)" Supports a Strategic Approach to Internationalization; Helen Vosper Chapter 15. Improving Inclusive Learning Through Technology Mediated Co-Inquiry; Thushari Welikala
In recent years as a result of global changes researchers and educators in higher education are looking for various pedagogic strategies that help them cope with new challenges. The book "Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classroom in Higher Education" exposes the readers to innovative strategies and practical pedagogy which they can implement during teaching-learning sessions with diverse students. These strategies would help to remove obstacles and enable students express their personal and unique voices while providing equal opportunities for learning and integration: Cultural Sensitivity pedagogy that brings together dominant groups and minorities, Integration and Inclusion pedagogy for students with special needs, socially marginalized students and international students, Pedagogy based on technology, sharing and research.
This edited book provides unique perspectives, evidence based practices and strategies that fosters accessibility, creates inclusive classroom and nurtures success for all participants in higher education. It appropriately addresses the multiple realities and many challenges learners in the 21st century face. The contributing authors to Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education have brilliantly covered the common issues, discussed key strategies and provide a thoughtful synthesis that can be universally applied to diverse learners across higher educational institutions.
Reflective practitioners and researchers from across the globe explore issues of equitable access, diversity, inclusion and transformative learning in Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education. A refreshing focus on the "student voice, student capital and the lived experience" as a framework to improve culturally relevant pedagogy and student success.
This book consists of 15 chapters that describe case studies and interventions from around the world for fostering inclusiveness and diversity in classrooms in higher education. Scholars working in education and other fields at universities across the globe address culturally relevant teaching strategies for international students, collaborations and partnerships with faculty, cultural mediation pedagogy, a faculty-driven outreach program, social justice learning in relation to people with disabilities, support programs for students with visual impairments, integrating global citizenship and equity education, academic literacy interventions, service learning, educational technology, social-psychological assignments and activities, critical pedagogy to promote social justice, online learning to support women's access to higher education, the International Organization for Standardization Standard 27500 for becoming a human-centered organization and its implementation in educational institutions, and Voice over Internet Protocol technology.