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Course Transformation

The process of actually transforming a coure involves changing the content and paying attention to how the course is being taught. The resources included here address these and related concerns in a helpful way.

• Creating Inclusive College Classrooms
  Written by Shari Saunders and Diana Kardia from the University of Michigan, this article provides an in-depth discussion of the course content and instructional methods that need to exist for a class to be inclusive classrooms.
  
  
• Approaching Diversity through Learning Communities
  This resource by Emily Decker Lardner, Co-Director of the Washington Center for Improving Undergraduate Education, (Occasional Paper, Winter 2003, Number 2) provides a conceptual overview, examples from other institutions, and planning materials.  (Downloads as a .doc file)
  
  
• Center for Curricular Transformation
  This resource, from the University of Washington, offers a range of materials that are helpful in course transformation. Of particular interest is the following:
  • Guidelines for Course Transformation
    Concise handout that provides a valuable framework from which you can begin the process of course transformation. (Downloads as a PDF file)
    
    
• Writing for Change: Raising Awareness of Difference, Power and Discrimination
  Janet Lockhart, M.A.I.S. & Susan M. Shaw, Ph.D for the OSU Difference, Power, and Discrimination Project have provided this resource describes writing assignments that can be used ranging from 5-10 minute activities to some that are go into much more depth.
  
  
• Effective Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Across Disciplines
  In-depth discussion of the process of curricular transformation by Christine Clark from the University of Maryland.  (Multicultural Perspectives, July 1, 2002 v4 i3 p37(10)--accessible through “FindText” at UO Libraries.)
  
  
• Morey, A., & Kitano, M. K.  (1997).  Multicultural course transformation in higher education: A broader truth.  Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
  THE book on course transformation.

 

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