What Inclusive Instructors Do: Book Chapters Discussion √ §

How can you make your courses more inclusive? The authors of the book, What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching (Addy et al., Stylus Publishing, 2021), surveyed hundreds of instructors as part of a national study exploring this question. We invite you to join your colleagues as we discuss some of their key findings. While participants are welcome to explore the book in its entirety, our large group discussion will center on the following chapters:

• Chapter 2 - “What do [instructors] know about being inclusive?,” pp. 24-44,
• Chapter 5 - “How do [instructors] conduct class inclusively?,” pp. 105-136, and
• Chapter 6 - “Using a tool to support inclusive teaching,” pp. 139-149.

A few goals of this book discussion are to acknowledge that many of us already have what it takes to be inclusive (Ch. 2), to inventory those inclusive strategies we already implement while refreshing our approach with new strategies (Ch. 5), and to consider one or more new tools to aid our inclusive practices (Ch. 6) during this semester and beyond.

Participants may access the ebook online at any time through the AOK library in advance of the session using the following step-by-step instructions:

1. Log into myUMBC
2. Go to the AOK Library Website
3. In the AOK OneSearch box, type the book title (not the chapter title) and press Search
4. Locate the ebook, and click on the link to Online Access under the descriptive information

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