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What are some factors that influence the choices faced by teachers and students in educational settings?
What are some factors that influence the choices faced by teachers and students in educational settings?
Factors include personal preferences, the vast array of options available, and the potential lack of alternatives.
How does Peter Lindsay's observation about students relate to the challenges of understanding diversity in a classroom?
How does Peter Lindsay's observation about students relate to the challenges of understanding diversity in a classroom?
Lindsay's observation highlights the difficulty of appreciating diverse personas, indicating that superficial judgments can hinder understanding.
According to the United Nations, what are some characteristics that define diversity?
According to the United Nations, what are some characteristics that define diversity?
Diversity includes characteristics such as age, personality, race, religion, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, gender, and caregiving responsibilities.
What role do social, economic, political, and gender attributes play in classroom dynamics?
What role do social, economic, political, and gender attributes play in classroom dynamics?
Why is it important to recognize factors that shape classroom experiences?
Why is it important to recognize factors that shape classroom experiences?
Flashcards
What is the definition of diversity?
What is the definition of diversity?
The concept of diversity is multifaceted, relational, and often elusive. It encompasses both similarities and differences in various characteristics like age, personality, race, religion, sexuality, disability, values, ethnicity, gender, hierarchies, caregiving responsibilities, work styles, and individual roles.
Why is diversity important?
Why is diversity important?
The idea of diversity is important because it helps us understand the complexities and nuances of human interactions and experiences. It also emphasizes the importance of respecting and valuing people from various backgrounds and perspectives.
What are some challenges of diversity in education?
What are some challenges of diversity in education?
The presence of diversity in educational settings often presents challenges in understanding and appreciating all students. It can be difficult to navigate the differences in perspectives, experiences, and needs of a diverse group.
How do personal histories influence classroom dynamics?
How do personal histories influence classroom dynamics?
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How can we engage in knowledge co-creation in a diverse classroom?
How can we engage in knowledge co-creation in a diverse classroom?
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Study Notes
Diversity Definition and Naming
- Diversity is multifaceted, relational, and elusive.
- Teachers and learners face challenges related to choices (ideal student/professor, satisfaction with school, thriving in role).
- Diversity permeates all experiences, campus and beyond.
- Peter Lindsay (2018) highlights the difficulty of understanding all students.
- Diversity includes similarities and differences (age, personality, race, religion, sexuality, disability, values, ethnicity, gender, hierarchies, caregiving responsibilities, work styles, and individual roles).
Diversifying the Classroom
- Every class has teachers and students with varying social, economic, political and gender attributes.
- Personal histories shape perceptions (culture, spatiality, biology, economics).
- Factors influencing learning can either hinder or enable.
- Classroom dynamics are shaped by various factors, leading to knowledge co-creation.
- Ideal classroom environments are often unattainable, especially in large classes.
- Examples include introductory sociology classes at the University of Calgary with over 1500 students. Classes have students with varying learning needs and backgrounds, including international, Indigenous students, and those needing accommodations.
Making Diversity Work
- Instructors adapt available resources (e.g., Taylor Institute at the University of Calgary).
- Instructors design syllabi and course content that reflects engaging pedagogy.
- Instructors should tailor strategies to the unique characteristics of each learning environment.
- Adaptive pedagogy provides opportunities to employ existing or new strategies for planning, delivering, engaging and evaluating student performance.
- Integrating digital technology and fostering creativity in teaching and learning is increasingly important.
- Questions should be asked about student demographics, how to encourage student participation to showcase strengths, and appropriate methods of evaluating student learning.
Additional Information
- United Nations defines diversity.
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