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Session 2: 4/8 and 4/10
In this session we considered a case on activities. In this case, a professor assigned a difficult readon on Marx and students were frustrated. One student, in particular, who had lived under communism, was angry. The professor used this student’s perspective to generate new questions to explain Marx, but became the sole knowledge base on […]
Session 2 (11/6 @ 12:40 and 3 pm) & 11/12 @ 12:40pm
Groups discussed two readings. One presented Ginsberg and Wlodkowski’s Motivational Framework. We asked participants to consider their course syllabus in light of this framework: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.466.6742&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=25 The second reading is by Django Paris who distinguishes “Culturally Sustaining” pedagogy from GLB’s “Culturally Relevant” framework. https://web.stanford.edu/class/linguist159/restricted/readings/Paris2012.pdf
Session 1 (Oct. 9, 22, 23) – three groups
At this first session, participants read three cases and considered the syllabus in light of the Motivational Framework and the following questions: What is the syllabus used for? Who is (or should be) the audience of the syllabus? How do instructors help students to engage with the syllabus, to understand why and how it serves […]
Session 5
June 25th: Meeting Notes Why CRT? CRT is an approach to teaching that puts students at the center by respecting their cultures and leveraging their experiences in the service of learning. Being culturally responsive involves Getting to know ourselves and the implicit biases we have that may impact our pedagogical choices (Harvard studies) Getting […]
Session 4
May 31st, 2018 So today we discussed a plan for working as well as some of the goals: Work Plan: We would work on this google site and we tentatively agreed to meet on the following Tuesdays at 11 am in M391: June 26th July 3rd July 24th Some Tentative Goals Creating modules to help […]
Session 3
May 9th and 10th Participants: Loretta, Jason, Stuart, Tara, Janine Here are some notes from Monday’s ATD meeting: We reviewed the subcommittee goal updates and discussed the possibility of creating an online CRT module for faculty, at the suggestion of John Acosta. I spoke with both Chris and John after the meeting because it occurred […]
Session 2
April 25th and 26th Participants: Dawn, Tara, Loretta, Jason, Janine For the most part, we used this meeting to update everyone and move the FIG forward. We also agreed that, for next time (May 9th at 3 OR May 10th at 11:30), we would “reply to all” on the CRT FIG email and send around […]
Session 1
March 22nd and March 28th Participants: Jason, Stuart, Midori, Loretta, Cathy, Stella, Dorina, Janine) Those of us who gave out student surveys re inclusion last semester shared our results. We also discussed changes we made to our courses based on last semester’s discussions as well as what we learned at Ginsberg’s workshop this winter. Given […]
Session 1B: 3 pm
Plan for next semester (Spring 2018): Pick up with Chapter 6 of this book to help implement ideas into our syllabus and using this as a starting point for discussion. 11/29/17 – Chapter 5 Participants: Lisa, Susan, Janine, & Tara Discussion about the assessment Practices Portfolios & Rubrics – Pros & Cons Self-reflective Assessment Make them student […]
Session 1A: 11AM
11/29/17 – Chapter 5 Participants: Elizabeth Dill, Janine Graziano, Stuart Parker The group worked on a potential student survey that we might give our students and this end of this term and plan to use the last chapter to help implement ideas into our syllabus and using this as a starting discussion for the FIG […]
