1. Inclusive Pedagogy School of Rehabilitation Therapy
Equity and Human Rights Offices
What, Why & How?
Gender Studies
Erin Clow

2. What is Inclusive Pedagogy?
Inclusive pedagogy is a student-centered approach to teaching that pays attention to the varied background, learning styles and abilities of all the learners. It is a method of teaching in which instructors and students work together to create a supportive and open environment that fosters social justice and allows each individual to be fully present and feel equally valued.
Adapted from the Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship
So what is inclusive pedagogy?
Definition adapted from the Centre for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship (READ)
In essence for me inclusive pedagogy is about acknowledging and responding to the varied backgrounds, learning styles and abilities of all students.
It is a student-centered approach.
It is about working together to create an environment that allows each student to be full present and equally valued.
It is about challenging power dynamics and hierarchy in the classroom to create a space that is student-centered.
More than anything I think that inclusive pedagogy is about making conscious choices in our curriculum and classrooms that create a welcoming space where all students have the opportunity to flourish.
* Caveat is that most of this techniques were utilized in a classroom of 60 or few students. While some are scalable others may not be.

3. Syllabus Statements Preferred Name & Pronouns
Inviting students to share names and pronouns with you
Sharing your own with them
Inclusion in the Classroom
Respect for each other
Intent to be inclusive
Encouragement of student engagement
Washroom Locations
Recognition of barriers that gendered washrooms presents for some individuals
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So one of the things that I think can really set the tone for inclusion is including some specialized statements on the syllabus:
If we think about the syllabus as a contract between the instructor and students – this is a pretty strong message that is being sent.
Go through each of the different types of syllabus statements

4. Syllabus Statements – OnQ Name Changes
STEP 1
STEP 2
onQ and name changes – many reasons that students may have a different name which they prefer to use in the classroom.
Go through step to change a name via onQ.

5. Peer-to-Peer Learning
Positioning students as educators/teachers
Deconstructing the power dynamic in the classroom
Exercises in class where students are encouraged to bring their backgrounds, experiences, previous learning to the discussion (case study, policy/process experts, Q & A, contemporary stories)
Assignments where students are invited to share their knowledge and experiences with each other (peer-review of essay outline*, in-class presentation)
*essential to have clear guidelines for the peer review
Tools to Support Peer Review: Aröpa
During the course, I find one of the best ways to engage in inclusive pedagogy is to prioritize peer-to-peer learning.
The use of peer-to-peer learning values the experiences, backgrounds of a all students and provides them with the space in the classroom to bring these ideas to the table.
Two ways in which peer-to-peer learning is prioritized in my classrooms:
Exercises in class where students are encouraged to bring their backgrounds, experiences, previous learning to the discussion (case study, policy/process experts, Q & A, contemporary stories)
Assignments where students are invited to share their knowledge and experiences with each other (peer-review of essay outline*, in-class presentation)
-with a peer review assignment, as I am sure many of you know, it is essential to have clear guidelines/rubric for students to use while engaging in the exercise.
* Tool like Aropa, which was discussed earlier today, allows for this type of peer-to-peer learning to be scaled to a large group.

6. Student Feedback/Course Design
Attendance – feedback each week (I like/How About) Anonymous Exit Ticket (bi-weekly) Do you find the discussion slides helpful (i.e. power point slides)? Do like small group work, large class discussion and/or case studies/real life examples? Any other activities you want to try in class? Today we discussed the group presentation photovoice project, do you feel like you have a clear understanding of this assignment?
Student feedback is paramount in creating a responsive and student centered learning environment.
Attendance and feedback in one. I must say this idea is taken from Richard Ascough who suggested that they had used this in a course previously. It worked really well and accomplished to crucial aspects of the course.
EXPLAIN WHAT THE DOCUMENT LOOKS LIKE
The only potential downfall to this type of course feedback is that it isn’t anonymous and as much as I stressed to students that I would not be evaluating comments, they felt much more comfortable having an option of an anonymous form of feedback. So in response to this I created a bi-weekly exit ticket. Questions on these exit tickets were very targeted and really designed at gauging level of understanding/improvements to the course.

7. Inclusive Pedagogy in Practice
Meeting students where they are
Student focused and centered
Consciously challenging the power dynamics in a classroom
Learning from one another
Responding to students needs throughout the course
Continual learning and change
No one size fits all approach to inclusive pedagogy.
Many strategies and techniques.
These to me are the key elements of practicing inclusive pedagogy – the form will differ but the central elements will be consistent.