{"id":10642,"date":"2022-09-19T19:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T19:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-tufts-provost.pantheonsite.io\/celt\/?page_id=10642"},"modified":"2022-11-04T18:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T18:58:21","slug":"what-is-inclusive-and-equitable-teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/inclusive-and-equitable-teaching\/what-is-inclusive-and-equitable-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Inclusive and Equitable Teaching?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11158\" src=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/files\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-360x240.jpg\" alt=\"An-Hoa Giang, M17, right, shares a moment with a classmate during an anatomy lecture at the Tufts University School of Medicine on January 24, 2014. (Alonso Nichols\/Tufts University)\" width=\"325\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/140117_12917_tusmstock096-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>Inclusive and equitable teaching are essential to support student learning. \u201cInclusive teaching involves deliberately cultivating a learning environment where all students are treated equitably, have equal access to learning, and feel welcome, valued, and supported in their learning. Such teaching attends to social identities and seeks to change the ways systemic inequities shape dynamics in teaching-learning spaces, affect individuals\u2019 experiences of those spaces, and influence course and curriculum design.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/crlt.umich.edu\/overview-inclusive-teaching-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 2016<\/a>). Inclusive teaching \u201cdismantles the historic notion that culture and other differences among students make them in some way deficient as learners\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/styluspub.presswarehouse.com\/browse\/book\/9781642671933\/What-Inclusive-Instructors-Do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Addy, Dube, Mitchell, &amp; SoRelle, 2021<\/a>). Inclusive teaching highlights the role of the learning environment on students\u2019 educational experience.<\/p>\n<p>Equitable teaching refers to all students \u201creceiving what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalequityproject.org\/education-equity-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Equity Project, n.d.<\/a>). This is different from equality, which means providing the same resources and support to all students. Equitable teaching requires that instructors recognize structural barriers that some students face. In order to do this, we must be willing to consider our current assumptions and educational structures, and examine the ways they may be creating barriers and exacerbating inequities. It requires that we fight for a just system to support all of our students (<a href=\"https:\/\/wwnorton.com\/books\/9780393714739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venet, 2021<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3><b>Why is Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Necessary?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Colleges and universities, particularly predominantly white institutions, have historically been and continue to be spaces that inflict harm upon many students of marginalized backgrounds. This includes what happens inside of the classroom. (<a href=\"https:\/\/wvupressonline.com\/node\/823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gannon, 2020<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/No-Study-Without-Struggle-P1632.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel 2021;<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/styluspub.presswarehouse.com\/browse\/book\/9781642671933\/What-Inclusive-Instructors-Do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Addy et al., 2021<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Inclusive and equitable teaching practices recognize that students\u2019 emotional well-being cannot be separated from learning. (<a href=\"https:\/\/wvupressonline.com\/node\/642\">Cavanagh, 2016<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wwnorton.com\/books\/9780393714739\">Venet, 2021<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Creating an inclusive learning environment benefits all students, and particularly marginalized and underrepresented students. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/How+Learning+Works%3A+Seven+Research+Based+Principles+for+Smart+Teaching-p-9780470484104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ambrose, Bridges, DiPietro, Lovett, &amp; Norman, 2010<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Inclusive teaching practices maximize student learning outcomes for all students. (<a href=\"https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/Page?handle=hein.journals\/pepplr35&amp;div=32&amp;g_sent=1&amp;casa_token=FubrtXU-rTsAAAAA:tUCWnqBLfMHDJDCyv__ErxHIPqRpoyFyUIah0BxsiO0t8veNlUJUHbCMsKR-wVGz6egX6Oq2&amp;collection=journals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clayton-Pedersen &amp; Clayton-Pedersen, 2007<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Inclusive teaching practices foster equity by striving for all students to feel empowered in the classroom. (<a href=\"https:\/\/styluspub.presswarehouse.com\/browse\/book\/9781620363409\/Race-Equity-and-the-Learning-Environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuitt, Haynes, &amp; Stewart, 2016<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%\">\n<h3>Additional Resources:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/inclusive-and-equitable-teaching\/\">Return to Inclusive and Equitable Teaching Landing Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/inclusive-and-equitable-teaching\/how-do-my-identities-and-experiences-impact-how-i-teach\/\">How do my identities and experiences impact how I teach?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inclusive and equitable teaching are essential to support student learning. \u201cInclusive teaching involves deliberately cultivating a learning environment where all students are treated equitably, have equal access to learning, and feel welcome, valued, and supported&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/celt\/inclusive-and-equitable-teaching\/what-is-inclusive-and-equitable-teaching\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":11100,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wide.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Inclusive and Equitable Teaching? 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