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Sign up for ?LGBTQ Teaching Incubator: Care, Dare , Share?? A Montréal 2010 PDW (August 7)

  • 1.  Sign up for ?LGBTQ Teaching Incubator: Care, Dare , Share?? A Montréal 2010 PDW (August 7)

    Posted 07-22-2010 08:46
    ** apologies for the cross-posting **

    Are you interested in improving the way you include LGBTQ content in your teaching?  If you have experience in making your class LGBTQ-inclusive or actively exploring ways to do so – this session is for you.  

    To sign up for this session use the following information:
    URL: https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg
    Approval Code: 1O7D6G01  (no spaces, case-sensitive)

    We ask that participants provide brief summaries of relevant teaching materials (cases, activities, exercises) for sharing with others, so that we can have concrete and practical discussions.  However, if you do not have such materials to share – you are still more than welcome to attend, participate and contribute to the discussion  

    Questions?  Please contact Robyn Berkeley (rberkle@siue.edu) and Ron Ophir (ophir@yorku.ca).  

    Looking forward to seeing you at the session,
    Robyn and Ron


    EXTENDED SESSION DESCRIPTION


    LGBTQ Teaching Incubator: Care, Dare, Share
    A Montréal 2010 PDW

    Saturday, August 7, 2010
    4:15PM - 6:15PM
    Le Centre Sheraton (Salon 7)

    As diversity scholars and educators we CARE about making our classroom accessible and inclusive to all.  Have you DARED to include teaching materials that are inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer-identified (LGBTQ) employees?  Now it is time to SHARE your experiences.

    You are invited to join us to discuss concrete ideas or cases/exercises that you have used or would like to develop or adapt, and be part of an effort to build a repository of materials that can be used in the classroom that would challenge the heteronormative classroom discourse and make for a more LGBTQ-inclusive learning environment.  Participants are asked to submit brief summaries of teaching materials (cases, activities, exercises) for sharing with others:
    ·        materials that they have used or developed that are already LGBTQ-inclusive, including notes on why the think they represent a good example for LGBTQ-inclusiveness, how they would recommend using the materials, and any concerns about using the materials that they would like to discuss and address in the small groups.  Such materials may explicitly deal with LGBTQ issues or at a minimum not be based on heteronormative assumptions;
    ·        and/or materials that they would like to adopt and make more LGBTQ-friendly and inclusive (or ideas they would like to develop further), in which case they would outline their challenges with adapting the materials.

    Submitted materials will be distributed to registered participants in advance of the meeting, so that everyone can prepare the shared materials for discussion.  

    Session information:
    http://program.aomonline.org/2010/Session_Details.asp?print=true&SubmissionID=10671

    Registration system:
    https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg
    Approval Code: 1O7D6G01  (no spaces, case-sensitive)