Resources for Inclusive Teaching in Biology

Inclusive Teaching Resources at UBC:

• Inclusive teaching resources for UBC Science Faculty (Skylight)
• Inclusive teaching at UBC (CTLT)
  • Browse the Resources for Faculty and enrol in the Inclusive teaching Canvas Hub

Biology-specific Resources:

• Dewsbury, B. & Brame, C. (2019).  Inclusive teaching guide. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 18:2.
  • Paper describing the resource can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-01-0021
• Hales, K.G. (2020). Signaling Inclusivity in Undergraduate Biology Courses through Deliberate Framing of Genetics Topics Relevant to Gender Identity, Disability, and Race. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 19:2

UBC Inclusive Teaching Spotlights:

• Getting to Know Diverse Scientists in BIOL 336
• Making Questions More Understandable For EAL (English as an Additional Language) Students
• Using Instructor Talk in the Classroom
• Adding a Sex & Gender Acknowledgement in BIOL 371

Books:

• Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom, By Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy
  • This book is a wonderfully rich resource about the practice of inclusive teaching. Additional links and resources associated with the book can be found here.
• What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching, By Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell and Mallory SoRelle
  • This book provides lots of great reflection questions and ideas to put into practice. Some key ideas the authors delve into are, “Inclusive Instructors…
    • Use principles of inclusive course design and teaching methods – (active learning, high structure, built-in flexibility and variety, inclusive and varied assessment with feedback,  student choice, and opportunities for students to give feedback)
    • Know the importance of making space for all students
    • Intentionally create a welcoming classroom
    • Build and maintain positive relationships and community
    • Respectfully acknowledge, accept (and leverage) student differences as assets

Websites and Blogs:

• The University of Michigan has great resources for inclusive teaching:
  • https://crlt.umich.edu/multicultural-teaching/inclusive-teaching-strategies
  • https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/
• Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning site contains great examples and recommendations for inclusive teaching: https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/InclusiveTeachingStrategies
• Christine Goedhart has written blogs on various inclusive teaching strategies in her Tips for Teaching series

Checklists and Inventories:

• Brief inclusive teaching checklist and list of resources (SFU Centre for Teaching and Learning)
• Inclusive teaching inventory (The University of Michigan)

Resource list curated by Marcia Graves and Christine Goedhart