Full Description
This open access book offers pioneering insights and practical methods for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education classrooms and curricula. It highlights the growing importance of international education programs in Asia and the value of understanding student diversity in a changing, evermore interconnected world. The book explores diversity across physical, psychological and cogitative traits, socio-economic backgrounds, value systems, traditions and emerging identities, as well as diverse expectations around teaching, grading, and assessment. Chapters detail significant trends in active learning pedagogy, writing programs, language acquisition, and implications for teaching in the liberal arts, adult learners, girls and women, and Confucian heritage communities. A quality, relevant, 21st Century education should address multifaceted and intersecting forms of diversity to equip students for deep life-long learning inside and outside the classroom. This timely volumeprovides a unique toolkit for educators, policy-makers, and professional development experts.
Contents
Diversity, Inclusion, and context in Asian Higher Education.- Part I: Pedagogy for Inclusion.- Inclusive Pedagogy and Universal Design Approaches for Diverse Learning Environments.- Beyond Fairness and Consistency in Grading: The Role of Rubrics in Higher Education.- Educating Adult Learners: Bridging Learners' Characteristics and the Learning Sciences.- Culture and Learning: Confucian Heritage Learners, Social-Oriented Achievement, and Innovative Pedagogies.- PART II: LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULA IN ASIA THROUGH THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION LENS.- Diversifying the Liberal Arts Curriculum in an Asian Context.- Service Learning as a Means to Understand Socio-Economic Privilege, Inequality, and Social Mobility.- Building a Centre for Writing and Communication: Multilingual Writing Across the Curriculum in India.- PART III: SUPPORTING HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.- Gender & Sexual Diversity in Asian Universities.- Higher Education for Women in Asia.- PART IV: LEADERSHIP FOR INCLUSION.- Conclusion: Strategic Leadership for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education.
