Month: October 2015

Schools and universities are a melting pot of students of different ages, gender, cultural backgrounds, race, and social status. In a classroom, white, black, Hispanic, middle eastern, Asian, male, female, rich, poor, old, and young students sit togeth…

“Ms. Mac” is how she wanted us to refer to her.  She was one of these energetic people that, now that I think about it, was visibly passionate about teaching.  I had her for our state level “social studies” course in middle school.  I remember two things that she told us. 1) ‘Never fill out […]

As you may already know, I am from Puerto Rico. A territory of the United States since 1898, at that time we were a colony from Spain. Puerto Ricans are a mix of the native indigenous people of Puerto Rico, the Tainos, Africans, and the Spaniards, we are a mix. All my life I have … Continue reading Diversity: My Perspective

I kind of have to admit that discussing inclusive pedagogy, diversity, microaggressions, privilege, power, intersectionality, and the many other terms associated with our society is exhausting to me. I do not mean to say these things are unworthy of our attention, because they are more than worthy, but when you live on planet Earth (and … Continue reading Finding Our Humble Conscience (Not via Fox News)

I approach inclusive pedagogy as a teaching policy that values human beings equally regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, gender, socio-economical status, or political views. I am certain that education, at any level, must be designed to accommodate human diversity in the classroom. This is particularly true at a university, where the community can be highly … Continue reading Inclusive Pedagogy in Conservation Biology: My experience. →

The paper talked about a couple ways to reduce stereotype threat. One of which, Tom Ostrom strategy is able to break the stereotype by demanding more and believing the students are able to meet the demand. It makes people discouraged to take challenge in academia while being worried to be confirmed the limitation associated with … Continue reading How to reduce stereotype threat?

As I was reading the Herring article entitled, “Does Diversity Pay?: Race, Gender, and the Business Case for Diversity”, all I kept thinking was I wonder if one were to repeat this study in an academic setting, would the find similar results? After taking the future professoriate course last semester, it made me realize how […]

I loved the article by Arao and Clemens, Brave v. Safe Space!!! It’s not my job to create a safe space for my students, I’m not a licensed counselor nor can I manage 39 different “safe spaces” all at once. What I can do is offer them a space to be brave in my classroom and […]

Inclusive pedagogy allows instructional strategies to engage students in learning therefore creating an environment conducive to the enrichment of the students education. This can be applied to any course and the beauty about this system is that the student will inevitably have a vested interest in the course material and content. Inclusive learning allows students … Continue reading Including Students →