In a previous post, Transforming Your Syllabus with an Equity Mindset: The Role of Policy Statements, we explored the dilemma that boilerplate policy statements can make the syllabus feel like a transactional document, yet these very policies are designed to foster inclusion and to protect our most vulnerable students. Other aspects of the syllabus canContinue reading “Transforming your Syllabus with an equity-mindset: Part II”
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Transforming Your Syllabus with an Equity Mindset: The Role of Policy Statements
How do we Manage Policy Statements within an Inclusive Course Syllabus? Our Designing a Motivational Syllabus course, based on the book by the same name, guides college instructors through the process of re-thinking and re-inventing a course syllabus. Although many may view the course syllabus as a logistical document that is rarely used after theContinue reading “Transforming Your Syllabus with an Equity Mindset: The Role of Policy Statements”