Creating a More Inclusive Classroom Environment
From Diversifying Economic Quality: A Wiki for Instructors and Departments
Some steps towards making classes more effective and inclusive
- Decide what you want your students to take away from your course, and use backward-design to accomplish your goals[1].
- Use active learning techniques
- Foster a growth mindset in your students.
- Modify and limit the effects of implicit biases.
- Understand and reduce stereotype threat.
- Provide wise feedback and opportunities for values affirmation.