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Professor Christine Hockings Institute for Learning Enhancement University of Wolverhampton

What Works Conference (HEFCE/ PHF) University of York 28-29 March 2012. Inclusive learning and teaching: Engaging students, engaging teachers (workshop). Professor Christine Hockings Institute for Learning Enhancement University of Wolverhampton. Outline.

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Professor Christine Hockings Institute for Learning Enhancement University of Wolverhampton

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  1. What Works Conference (HEFCE/ PHF) University of York 28-29 March 2012 Inclusive learning and teaching: Engaging students, engaging teachers (workshop) Professor Christine Hockings Institute for Learning Enhancement University of Wolverhampton

  2. Outline • Outline some of the principles of inclusive and engaging learning and teaching (ESRC WP project) • Illustrate these principles using video clips from authentic classroom practice (OER OMAC project) • Explore with colleagues how these principles and resources could be used to engage staff and students (Embedding project)

  3. Research questions • How do teachers academically engage all students within diverse groups? • How can we facilitate development of inclusive learning environments? • What are the implications for policy and practice in university teaching? Learning and teaching for social diversity and difference in HEwww.wlv.ac.uk/teaching4diversity

  4. Principles in practice • Create safe, inclusive spaces • Get to know students as individuals • Establish ground rules for collaborative learning • Harness students’ experience and knowledge • Start with what students know, then apply theory (biographical turn) • Connect with students’ lives and future aspirations • Facilitate uncertainty, confusion & difference • Encourage public articulation of thinking & problem solving • Teach reflexively and with sensitivity to differences • Mindful of impact of own beliefs and identity on student learning • Coordinate interaction, mixing different students (with a purpose) • Anticipate, prepare & respond flexibly to different and emerging requirements and interests Play video Play video Play video

  5. Teaching teachers to engage all students • 3 units • Content, activities, forum, assessment, links to other resources, etc. • Over 100 video clips in a range of subjects. All subtitled. • Module developed in Xerte for accessibility • Available via OU Labspace or via UoW website. • Down load and repurposing guide with video tutorial • Currently embedded in UoW Learning to Teach Inclusively Module www.wlv.ac.uk/LTImodule

  6. Discuss & feedback • In what ways is your teaching, or your colleagues’ teaching, engaging and inclusive? How do you know? • What changes could you make to your existing practice / CPD programmes to encourage engagement and improve retention of all students? • What role could the LTI module and video resources play in developing engaging and inclusive L&T in your institution?

  7. Embedding Project – engaging teachers • PG Cert in Academic Practice • CPD in L&T ‘bite size’ on line or blended • Transnational partner CPD – distance • Bespoke workshop programme • Equality & diversity training • Policy, strategy, action plans, how to guides, session plans, etc. • How can we help each other?

  8. Laying the foundations for engagement and retention Craft & principles of engaging L&T Community of Artisan Teachers Safe space for reflection & development Voice to influence policy and practice, co-ordination & change If we can all become artisan teachers, we will retain and engage more students in learning that is relevant and meaningful to them.

  9. References and links Hockings, C., Brett, P. & Terentjev, M. (forthcoming) Making a difference: inclusive learning and teaching in HE through open educational resources (OERs). Special issue of Distance Education: Fostering social inclusion through open educational resources (OER) Hockings, C (2011) Hearing voices, creating spaces: the craft of the ‘artisan’ teacher’ in a mass higher education system. Critical Studies in Higher Education 52 (2) 191-205 Hockings, C. (2010). Inclusive learning and teaching in higher education: a synthesis of research. York HEA. Hockings, C., Cooke, S., & Bowl, M. (2010). Learning and teaching in two universities within the context of increasing student diversity: complexity, contradictions and challenges. In M. David (Ed.), Improving learning by widening participation. London: Routledge. OER module Learning to Teach Inclusively www.wlv.ac.uk/LTImodule OER Learning to Teaching Inclusively Project website www.wlv.ac.uk/teachinclusively

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