Pedagogy and Practice: Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Thank you for trying out this pilot Anti-Racist Pedagogy Toolkit! Please feel free to provide feedback throughout - a short form is embedded in the right-hand column of each page..

The toolkit will be made up of two parts, Reflecting on Your Socialization and Worldview and Taking Action as An Educator. Currently, you can access the first part; part 2 is under development.

1. Reflecting on your socialization and worldview

• Self-Educate and Acknowledge Racial Trauma
• Interrogate Your Positionality and (Un)conscious Biases

2. Taking action as an educator

• Address Curricular Gaps with Intentional Course Design
• Foster a Compassionate Class Community and Meet Students Where They Are
• Engage the Wider Campus Community and Commit to Action Beyond the Classroom   

The following resources and tools for reflection and discussion are adapted from several sources, including:

• Columbia Univeresity CTL “Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps”

• Wheaton College (MA) “Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator”

• Cornell University “Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Classroom”

• Columbia University “Inclusive Teaching”

Online Resources for Inclusive Language

General

Inclusive Language Guide
https://collegian.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Inclusive-Language-Guide_10_30_18.pdf

Inclusive Style Guidelines
https://content-guide.18f.gov/our-style/inclusive-language/

U of Missouri inclusive language definitions and terms
https://diversity.missouri.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/inclusive-language.pdf

Ability

Extensive vocabulary and guidance on ability language
(purpose is for writing but is also useful in general)
https://ncdj.org/style-guide
About business but has a great infographic with terms about ability
https://buffer.com/resources/inclusive-language-tech

Coded Language

Coded language in regard to race and education
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/coded-language-race-education

Examples and discussion of how to change use of coded language
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/07/13/recognizing-that-words-have-the-power-to-
harm-we-commit-to-using-more-just-language-to-describe-places 

Gender

Vanderbilt Pronoun Guidance and Poster
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/lgbtqi/resources/pronoun-guidance

When Greeting Others Poster
http://qmunity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Gener-Inclusivity-Sheet_PDF-web.pdf

Making Mistakes
http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/Documents/HealthProf/Making_Mistakes.pdf

Inclusive Family Language
http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/Documents/HealthProf/Gender_Inclusive_Language_General.pd

Race and Ethnicity

Curriculum and Lesson Plans around Slurs and Biased Language
https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/slurs-and-biased-language