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Bias-aware teaching, learning and assessment / Donna Hurford, Andrew Read ; edited by Joy Jarvis, Karen Smith.

By: Hurford, Donna [author.]Contributor(s): Read, Andrew [author.] | Jarvis, Joy [editor.] | Smith, Karen [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical practice in higher educationPublisher: St Albans : Critical Publishing, 2022Description: 1 online resource (96 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781914171901 (ePub ebook) :Subject(s): College teaching | Discrimination in higher education | Education | Education | Higher & further education, tertiary education | Educational strategies & policy | Teaching skills & techniques | Adult education, continuous learningAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 378.125 Online access: Open e-book
Contents:
Introduction -- -- Chapter 1Structural and institutional biases -- -- Chapter 2Interactions -- -- Chapter 3Course design and content -- -- Chapter 4Learning activities -- -- Chapter 5 Course assessment -- -- Conclusion
Summary: With the spotlight on diversity and inclusion, this book offers university teachers informed and practical strategies for raising awareness of bias in teaching, learning and assessment practices and provides approaches to eliminate, limit and mitigate the negative effects of bias on university students. This book offers university teachers informed and practical strategies for raising awareness of bias in teaching, learning and assessment practices. Conscious and unconscious biases influence judgements, perceptions, decision making and actions, and societal awareness has now turned the spotlight on how higher education (HE) is addressing bias at institutional and individual levels. The urgency to do so is evidenced through recent studies which reveal the extent of the effects of discrimination and exclusion experienced by individual students, groups of students and members of staff. It can be difficult to know where to start and how to sustain effective impact to achieve inclusion, equity and equality of opportunity. This book offers informed and practical strategies for raising awareness of bias in teaching, learning and assessment practices and provides approaches to eliminate, limit and mitigate the negative effects of bias on university students.
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Introduction -- -- Chapter 1Structural and institutional biases -- -- Chapter 2Interactions -- -- Chapter 3Course design and content -- -- Chapter 4Learning activities -- -- Chapter 5 Course assessment -- -- Conclusion

With the spotlight on diversity and inclusion, this book offers university teachers informed and practical strategies for raising awareness of bias in teaching, learning and assessment practices and provides approaches to eliminate, limit and mitigate the negative effects of bias on university students. This book offers university teachers informed and practical strategies for raising awareness of bias in teaching, learning and assessment practices. Conscious and unconscious biases influence judgements, perceptions, decision making and actions, and societal awareness has now turned the spotlight on how higher education (HE) is addressing bias at institutional and individual levels. The urgency to do so is evidenced through recent studies which reveal the extent of the effects of discrimination and exclusion experienced by individual students, groups of students and members of staff. It can be difficult to know where to start and how to sustain effective impact to achieve inclusion, equity and equality of opportunity. This book offers informed and practical strategies for raising awareness of bias in teaching, learning and assessment practices and provides approaches to eliminate, limit and mitigate the negative effects of bias on university students.

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