Culture Questions Syllabus 
Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 18, 2015
Unfortunately, many teachers spend the first day of school reading their syllabus to their students and explaining all of the classroom norms and rules. 10 Questions . While I silently circulate checking their schedules, students answer 10 questions about themselves on the inside of a big index card. So, I didn’t.
Edsurge
JANUARY 9, 2019
Topics of race, nationality, class, gender and sexual orientation were all folded into my syllabus. They had so many questions and stories to share on these topics. When I launched the project in 2016, I was baffled that the culture gaps in our schools weren’t inspiring protests in the streets.
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Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
For decades, researchers have highlighted the importance of comprehending and integrating diverse cultural elements to enhance teaching and learning practices. When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture.
Edsurge
MARCH 4, 2021
That was the question posed to professors who gathered virtually on a recent Tuesday afternoon for a theatrical lesson in bystander intervention. That’s the creative solution more colleges are turning to as they try to make their cultures more inclusive for people who find themselves marginalized within academia. We’re actors.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
For decades, researchers have highlighted the importance of comprehending and integrating diverse cultural elements to enhance teaching and learning practices. When people hear the term “culture,” it is often associated solely with ethnic culture.
Edsurge
JULY 31, 2024
Then, I ask students the following questions: Who writes the stories? We then use these responses to solidify the course syllabus as a living document that prioritizes the voices and narratives absent from their previous experiences in the English department. Who is missing from the stories? Who benefits from the stories?
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
You can pose a question for a future column here. Reader Question: Dear Bonni, I know it is important to be able to address the needs of diverse learners. Braithwaite stresses that, “We need awareness of our situatedness—in time, space, in culture and in how we experience the flow of history through us.
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