Course Mission
This faculty course is designed to raise awareness of potential inequities both faculty and students face when engaged in the process of teaching and learning. Through dialogue and self-reflection, participants will interrogate traditional approaches to teaching and learning in effort to reshape their own teaching practices. This course aims to help faculty identify and develop one to two instructional changes to address a specific student learning need in their course context and/or curriculum. A wide range of teaching frameworks, stories, and perspectives will be presented by guest speakers, short readings, and explorations of student learning data from UC Berkeley contexts. Participants will have the opportunity to practice inclusive and equitable teaching techniques with a group of their peers using collaborative learning strategies like peer review of instructional materials, low-stakes teaching demonstrations, and arts-based learning exercises.
This course will be offered in Spring 2025 and enrollment is limited to 20 Senate faculty, which includes both faculty in the Professor and Teaching Professor series. Senate faculty from all ranks are invited to apply. Applications will be accepted until Friday, November 22, 2024. The Center for Teaching & Learning will notify applicants of their acceptance in early December. Any questions about the program or application can be directed to teaching@berkeley.edu