Building on our earlier consideration of trauma-informed pedagogy and practices, read Venet’s chapter on unconditional positive regard from her book Equity-Centered Trauma-informed Education (sent by email). In the comments below, reflect on the following:
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When considering and enacting asset pedagogies, such as open pedagogy and culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP), we often focus on single classrooms rather than systems/structures. CSP acknowledges and addresses “communities who have been and continue to be damaged and erased through schooling” (Paris & Alim). Equity-centered trauma-informed education, as conceived by […]
What are struggles in your courses? For you? For your students? Disengagement? Burn out? Lack of reading? Other? Post your reflection on this topic as a comment below.
Reflect on where joy is in your course(s) (or kindness or love) and post your thoughts as a comment below. (Click on linked words for articles exploring joy, kindness, and love in higher education.)
Watch Read Read Chapter 1: Surfacing Backward Design from Small Teaching Online. Come to the next session ready to discuss using the backward design process in redesigning your course with OER. The link above goes to the e-book chapter in one of our Library databases. Let us know if you have trouble logging […]
To be completed before Wednesday, June 5, Zoom session. Culturally sustaining pedagogy and trauma-informed pedagogy, like open pedagogy, are asset-based pedagogies. As we discussed, asset-based practices focus on strengths of our students and their communities, rather than deficits. Before our next Zoom session: Read about culturally sustaining pedagogy; Read Mays Imad’s […]
View Explore Explore the information and resources available at UDL Guidelines. Write Share your thoughts in the comments below in response to these prompts:
Continue to identify OER and other no-cost materials for your course, using the backward design process if it is helpful. Post a comment below with responses to following questions:
