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This book explores theory and best practices to improve teaching and learning to promote equity in the classroom in specific disciplinary areas including STEM, healthcare, and the humanities. Each chapter includes actionable pedagogical or curricular recommendations such as course assignments and le...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ozaki, C. Casey (Editor), Parson, Laura (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:
Higher education.
Teaching.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Education.
Higher Education.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Education, general.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Courageous Conversations about Race in an Online Education Course
  • 3. Promoting a Social Justice Orientation Among Students of Color in Psychology
  • 4. Ecological Writing Processes to Promote Environmental and Social Consciousnesses
  • 5. Incorporating culturally relevant education (CRE) in STEM gateway courses
  • 6. Teaching Social Justice Through Project-Based Learning in Engineering
  • 7. Social Justice and Physics Education
  • 8. A Critical Feminist Approach for Equity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Biology Education
  • 9. Teaching Race and Racism in Social Work Education
  • 10. Teaching and Learning for LGBTQ Justice: An Examination of a Professional Learning Series for Faculty Development in Health and Helping Fields
  • 11. Problematize, Theorize, Politicize, and Contextualize: A Social Justice Framework for Postsecondary Integrated Reading and Writing Instruction
  • 12. What is My Educational Experience? The Use of Autoethnography as an Instructional Tool in an Online Introduction to Educational Leadership Course
  • 13. Narratives of Bystanding and Upstanding: Applying a Bystander Framework in Higher Education
  • 14. Incorporating Antiracist Education Using Aspects of Asian American Studies to Teach about Race and Discrimination
  • 15. Open Educational Resources as Tools to Foster Equity
  • 16. The Role of Power and Oppression in the Classroom: Actualizing the Potential of Intersectionality in Teaching and Learning
  • 17. Conclusion.