29 Dec 2020
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Instructional Workshop: Addressing Racism Through the Curriculum
• Anti-oppressive research: discussion of power in research, challenges connections between
how/what knowledge is produced, who is entitled to engage
• Anti-racist education: perspective that cuts across all subjects to address histories and
experiences of people left out of curriculum
o Teaches structural, economic, social roots of inequality, making room for other cultural
perspectives in classroom
• Four pillars of inclusive teaching…
o Classroom climate i.e. QTBIPOC to feel engaged and included
▪ Action steps – instructor commitment i.e. learner-centered syllabus; get to know
students; check yourselves and work together (self-assess)
o Curriculum i.e. western and Eurocentric ways of knowing
▪ Current curricula pay little attention to social context
▪ Action steps – deconstruction + reconstruction; teach in more languages; recover
past histories; safeguard QTBIPOC knowledge; critique western normative ways
of knowing/doing
o Indigeneity/identity i.e. importance of survival and co-existence with nature in IK
▪ Action steps
• Enculturation: students learn IK by making person connection
• Autonomous acculturation: students learn IK relevant to them
• Anthropological instruction: study what makes up Indigenous cultures
o Assessment i.e. transparency, clear expectations, detailed and consistent feedback
▪ Choice of assessment – most built in Eurocentric standards
• Culturally fair assessment includes opportunities to participate openly, to
demonstrate learning that indicates understanding
▪ Action steps – evaluate stereotypes within assessment; equity scanning of
instrument and items before use; employ specialist editors to examine language
of assessment