Inclusive Pedagogy

Making the classroom inclusive

The University of Chicago is dedicated to creating an environment where every student feels fully included in the classroom. It is a key component of Diversity & Inclusion and centers around the ways in which classroom activities, curricula, and assessments are designed and delivered to engage students in learning that is meaningful, relevant, and accessible. We do this through a partnership with the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning.

The Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning

The Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL) provides resources to help faculty navigate issues like diversity, stereotype threat, and bias in the classroom while developing more inclusive teaching strategies. The CCTL currently offers workshops, a reading group, and other programming designed to make the classroom more inclusive for all.

In addition, the CCTL supports the Race and Pedagogy Working Group, develops resources, and creates other opportunities for learning and practicing inclusion.

Inclusive Teaching Services at the Chicago Center for Teaching

Brown Bags

Brown Bag sessions provide opportunities for participants to discuss their concerns with colleagues in a low-pressure, exploratory manner. Inclusive teaching brown bags are meant to focus on what it means for classrooms to be inclusive spaces and how UChicago’s community can enhance learning by more fully engaging with diversity. Students, postdocs, and faculty are all invited to bring a lunch and participate in these informal gatherings.