Linked ITW-to-ATW Series: Antiracist Pedagogy

This workshop will build on the themes and distinctions explored in the ITW: Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy—including the presence of structural racism in university settings and the core tenets of antiracist pedagogy—to discuss how these can inform concrete aspects of the course design process, from syllabus design to assessment and grading. We will continue to reflect on how race, power, and privilege manifest in different ways in different disciplines and how we as instructors can adopt an actively antiracist approach to create an optimal learning environment for our students. Participants will brainstorm discipline-specific techniques for confronting these imbalances and will leave the workshop with both a toolkit of short-term tools and techniques and a long-term framework for the iterative practice of antiracist pedagogy. Please email delfina.gonzalez@yale.edu or audrey.holt@yale.edu with any questions about this ATW or its partner ITW.

Series Description: Throughout this two-session linked ITW and ATW we will reflect how race, power, and privilege manifest in different ways in different disciplines and how we as instructors can adopt an actively antiracist approach to create an optimal learning environment for our students. In the first session, "Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy," participants will define structural racism and antiracist pedagogy, and consider how racism manifests in disciplinary and academic norms. In the second session, "Advanced Antiracist Pedagogy," participants will apply what they've learned about antiracist pedagogy to course design, syllabus-writing, and assessment/grading practices.

These sessions will count as one intermediate workshop and one advanced workshop.

Please note: The first session of this series does not presuppose any previous engagement with the topic, but will draw on topics mentioned in the Fundamentals of Teaching/the CIRTL MOOC. The second session will build upon the content introduced in the first.

For a refresher on key pedagogical terms you may have encountered in the Fundamentals or the CIRTL MOOC, please refer to our glossary: tinyurl.com/PedagogicalGlossary.

In this introductory workshop, participants will become familiar with structural racism, antiracism, and how they affect our academic disciplines and teaching practices. We will define structural racism and antiracist pedagogy and compare them with existing equitable and inclusive pedagogy. We will explore how racism manifests in our own disciplines and norms. Participants will begin to confront how this can impact their teaching by drafting and workshopping their own positionality statements. This exploration of our positionality as instructors as it relates to our disciplines and to our students will prepare us to delve into more concrete aspects of course design, syllabi, and assessment/grading practices in the ATW: "Advanced Antiracist Pedagogy'' which will be held in a following week on November 29th. If you plan to attend the ATW without attending this ITW or if you have any other questions, please email delfina.gonzalez@yale.edu or audrey.holt@yale.edu.

Series Description: Throughout this two-session linked ITW and ATW we will reflect how race, power, and privilege manifest in different ways in different disciplines and how we as instructors can adopt an actively antiracist approach to create an optimal learning environment for our students. In the first session, "Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy," participants will define structural racism and antiracist pedagogy, and consider how racism manifests in disciplinary and academic norms. In the second session, "Advanced Antiracist Pedagogy," participants will apply what they've learned about antiracist pedagogy to course design, syllabus-writing, and assessment/grading practices.

These sessions will count as one intermediate workshop and one advanced workshop.

Please note: The first session of this series does not presuppose any previous engagement with the topic, but will draw on topics mentioned in the Fundamentals of Teaching/the CIRTL MOOC. The second session will build upon the content introduced in the first.

For a refresher on key pedagogical terms you may have encountered in the Fundamentals or the CIRTL MOOC, please refer to our glossary: tinyurl.com/PedagogicalGlossary.