Faculty Development Program

Diversity in the Classroom

As a result of attending this workshop, faculty attendees will be able to:

• Critically assess myths of class, race, and gender that dominate in the US.
• Model a classroom environment that encourages healthy intellectual tension and discussion while defusing potentially volatile issues of cultural, sexual, religious and other types of diversity.
• Demonstrate three practices of establishing trust in the classroom.
• Model methods of active and empathic listening in polarized discussions that will assist students in understanding and accepting differences in the classroom.
• Develop collaborative group activities that address the issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and other issues.

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