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Student Success & Equity with Dr. Christine Harrington

Dr. Al Solano

The focus of the episode is her book, Creating Culturally Affirming and Meaningful Assignments: A Practical Resource for Higher Education Faculty. 6:36:64: Ways to get to know your students. 7:57:50: Why giving student choice in culturally affirming assignments is critical. Scroll down to access the transcript.)

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Top ten Teaching Matters posts of 2021

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

8. “Podcast Series: Student Mental Health & Online Engagement” : [link] As the pandemic continues to challenge our models of effective and healthy learning and teaching environments, another sought-after conversation of 2021 revolved around the theme of mental health. . Jan 11, 2022

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Wellbeing matters. But how can we enhance wellbeing across the academic community?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

There is growing recognition that mental and physical wellbeing is of ever-increasing importance and concern to students in higher education. In a 2009 study , students across multiple countries rate the importance of wellbeing higher than money, and the desire to live a fulfilled life.

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An Ode to Academia in the post-pandemic era: Ableism, (un)Seen (dis)Abilities & access-ability of Online Teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

The latter always supersedes in an overly rationalist ableist higher education setting indicating the ‘endemic’ nature of ableist practices that shape academia ( Brown and Leigh, 2018 ). Ableism in academia: where are the disabled and ill academics? Disability & society , 33 , 985-989. Brown, N. & & Leigh, J.

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How to grow Peer Support, community and belonging for online students?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

For example, colleagues in Moray House School of Education and Sport and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies have designed evidence-led peer support programmes, developed over several years which are embedded in the student experience.