ERIC Number: EJ1290932
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 30
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A Mandatory Diversity Workshop for Faculty: Does It Work?
Dwyer, Heather; Smith, Joyya
To Improve the Academy, v39 n2 p183-212 Fall 2020
This article explores the effectiveness of a mandatory training workshop for faculty. Our center for teaching and learning (CTL) was charged with designing and implementing a diversity training workshop for all full-time faculty. The workshop included an introduction to diversity and inclusion, analysis of microaggressions, discussion of inclusive teaching strategies, and practice responding to difficult situations using realistic classroom scenarios. Data were collected on participants' familiarity and comfort level with diversity and inclusion concepts and situations via identical pre- and post-assessment. A year later, a follow-up survey was administered, which included the original assessment. Assessment and survey responses indicated positive short-term and long-term gains in awareness and use of inclusive teaching strategies.
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Workshops, Training, Student Diversity, Inclusion, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Program Effectiveness, Consciousness Raising, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Racial Bias, Ethnic Diversity, Equal Education, Sexual Orientation, Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, College Faculty
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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