Teaching a diverse student body – a proposed tool for lecturers to self-evaluate their approach to inclusive teaching
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Cunningham, S. 2013. Teaching a diverse student body – a proposed tool for lecturers to self-evaluate their approach to inclusive teaching. Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 8 (1), pp. 3-27.
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Title | Teaching a diverse student body – a proposed tool for lecturers to self-evaluate their approach to inclusive teaching |
Authors | Cunningham, S. |
Abstract | Higher education moved from elite to a mass system in England over the last two decades under New Labour’s policy of developing social mobility and knowledge economy. As participation in HE almost reached the target 50% it resulted in greater diversity and associated demands on institutions of the needs of diverse students. The increasing need for university lecturers to be cognisant of and responsive to such diversity is increasingly important. Research indicates that lecturers who practice inclusively benefit all students’ not just specific groups yet there remains variable practice in some areas a dissonance between espoused versus actual practice for inclusive teaching. This article describes the background and stimulus for development of a Self Reflective Tool which emerged from part of a doctoral project examining lecturers’ perceptions of WP and diversity and their pedagogical approaches. The proposed tool is mapped with the UK Professional Standards for teaching and supporting learning dimensions and encourages consideration of the context, |
Keywords | Inclusive Practice; Reflection; Diversity; Pedagogy |
Publisher | Open Journals System |
Journal | Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education |
ISSN | 1750-8428 |
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Apr 2013 | |
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Deposited | 02 Jul 2013 |
Output status | Published |
Copyright Statement | Open Access Journal published under Creative Commons licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) |
Web address (URL) | http://www.pestlhe.org.uk/index.php/pestlhe/article/view/148/245 |
Language | English |
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https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/84223
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