Opportunity learning gaps can often result in students’ lack of academic and social success in college. This is particularly true for Black and Brown students, Muslim students, those that are economically disadvantaged, those whose first language is not English and those with a learning disability. The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity invites members of the Case Western Reserve University community to a lecture titled “Pedagogical Frameworks and Tools for Cultivating Just and Equitable College Classrooms” Wednesday, March 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event will feature H. Richard Milner IV, the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. He has secondary appointments in Peabody’s Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations and the Department of Sociology in Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science.
During this event, Milner will discuss how educators can address and respond to challenges students might face in order to optimize learning and development opportunities. The session is designed to support instructors in building principles, practices and imperatives that can propel learning opportunities. With an explicit focus on disrupting inequity and advancing justice, this workshop focuses on pedagogical frameworks and tools necessary to cultivate justice and equity in college classrooms and broader institutions.
The Office of the Provost, University Center for Innovation and Technology, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and Center for International Affairs will co-sponsor this event.