Promoting Inclusion in Interpersonal Interactions
Structure Group Work to Foster Belonging and Engagement
When instructors ask students to create their own small groups, they prompt seemingly casual interactions that can also be loaded with subtle exclusion–especially for nontraditional students and those from underrepresented backgrounds. GSIs can avoid this by placing students into assigned groups. We also recommend taking the steps outlined in this article on small-group work by Berkeley alumnus Dr. Michel Estefan.
Teaching Guide for GSIs
- Pre-Semester Preparation
- Inclusive Teaching
- The Role of GSIs in Fostering Inclusion
- Exclusion at the Classroom Level
- Best Practices for Fostering Inclusion at the Classroom Level
- Exclusion at the Individual (Student) Level
- Best Practices for Fostering Inclusion at the Individual (Student) Level
- Inequality in the Broader Social Context
- Best Practices for Addressing Inequality and Crises in the Broader Social Context
- Invitation to a Community of Practice
- Teaching Discussion Sections
- Facilitating Laboratory Sections
- Teaching Reading and Composition
- Evaluating and Improving Your Teaching
- Working with Student Writing
- Creating Writing Assignments
- Guiding Research Papers in the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Drafts, Edits, Revisions
- Grading Essays
- Working with the Writing of Multilingual (“ESL”) Students: Frequently Asked Questions
- Time Management Suggestions for Grading Student Writing
- Working with Student Writing: Additional Resources
- Teaching Critical Reading
- Grading Student Work
- Academic Misconduct: Cheating, Plagiarism, and Other Forms
- Teaching with Technology
- Learning: Theory and Research
- Overview of Learning Theories
- Behaviorism
- Cognitive Constructivism
- Social Constructivism
- Neuroscience and How Students Learn
- Cognitive Science: Memory and Learning
- Anthropology: Situated Learning in Communities of Practice
- Psychology: Motivation and Learning
- Education: Organizing the Learning Process
- Education: Learning to Think in a Discipline
- Fostering Your Professional Development
- Campus Resources for Teaching and Learning