Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education

by Jaimie Hoffman (Editor), Patrick Blessinger (Editor), Mandla Makhanya (Editor)

Overview

Higher education institutions continue to address an increasingly complex set of issues regarding equity, diversity and inclusion. Many institutions face mounting pressure to find innovative solutions to eliminate access, participation, and achievement barriers as well as practices that impede retention and graduation rates in higher education. This volume provides educators with a global understanding of the challenges associated with the growing diversity of student identities in higher education and provides evidence-based strategies for addressing the challenges associated with implementing equity and inclusion at different higher education institutions around the world.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161283837
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing
Publication date:	02/04/2019
Series:	Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning , #16
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Jaimie Hoffman, Ed.D., is a Higher Education Leader with expertise and experience in student affairs, technology, and university teaching. She is the Director of Student Affairs at Noodle Partners, and an associate lecturer at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse.
Patrick Blessinger, Ed.D., is an adjunct Associate Professor of Education at St. John's University, a Math and Science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and Chief Research Scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the UN).
Mandla Makhanya, Ph.D., is the Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of South Africa (UNISA) and President of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association.

Editorial Reviews

In recent years as a result of global changes researchers and educators in higher education are looking for various pedagogic strategies that help them cope with new challenges. The book "Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classroom in Higher Education" exposes the readers to innovative strategies and practical pedagogy which they can implement during teaching-learning sessions with diverse students.

Head, Excellence Program, Levinsky College of Education. Tel Aviv, Israel - Eliyahu-Levi Dolly

This edited book provides unique perspectives, evidence based practices and strategies that fosters accessibility, creates inclusive classroom and nurtures success for all participants in higher education. It appropriately addresses the multiple realities and many challenges learners in the 21st century face.

RP (CRPO), George Brown College, Canada - Jaswant Kaur Bajwa

Reflective practitioners and researchers from across the globe explore issues of equitable access, diversity, inclusion and transformative learning in Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education. A refreshing focus on the "student voice, student capital and the lived experience" as a framework to improve culturally relevant pedagogy and student success.

Associate Professor/Department Chair, Department of Health Promotion and Wellness, School of Education, State University - Sandy Bargainnier