Teaching for Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity
Teaching for Inclusivity, diversity, and equity is a pedagogical mindset that embraces difference (e.g., racial, linguistic, cultural, gendered, sexual orientation, ability) as integral to learning, knowledge-making, academic achievement, and social change.
While institutions of higher education are becoming increasingly diverse, the racial disparity in persistence and college completion rates for African American and Hispanic students is noticeable and troublesome. As educators, alongside our students, at one of the largest HSIs in the US, we are in an ideal position to create inclusive, diverse and equitable teaching and learning spaces to ensure all students have opportunities to succeed in higher education and beyond.
The UTRGV Center for Teaching Excellence is committed to facilitating transdisciplinary conversations on teaching and learning to foster reflection and collaboration on evidence-based teaching and learning practices. By engaging in collaborative and introspective reflections on our teaching practices and values, we can explore how our pedagogies can challenge inequities in our educational context and commit to deliberate pedagogical shifts centered on inclusion, diversity and equity.
The purpose of Teaching for Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity is to create a space to find inspiration for enacting equity-minded and inclusive pedagogies across academic disciplines.
Our goals include:
- Learn about and reflect on inclusion, equity, and diversity in education.
- Identify inclusive and equitable pedagogies across academic disciplines.
- Facilitate sustained collaborative conversations on evidence-based inclusive and equitable pedagogies.
- Revise activities, readings, assignments, and assessments to reflect inclusive, diverse, and equity-minded pedagogies.
This page is intended to serve as a space where we can engage these goals through the following resources: