Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education

Jaimie Hoffman, Ed.D., is a Higher Education Leader with expertise and experience in student affairs, technology, and university teaching. She is the Director of Student Affairs at Noodle Partners, and an associate lecturer at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse.Patrick Blessinger, Ed.D., is an adjunct Associate Professor of Education at St. John's University, a Math and Science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and Chief Research Scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the UN). Mandla Makhanya, Ph.D., is the Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of South Africa (UNISA) and President of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association.

In recent years as a result of global changes researchers and educators in higher education are looking for various pedagogic strategies that help them cope with new challenges. The book "Strategies for Fostering Inclusive Classroom in Higher Education" exposes the readers to innovative strategies and practical pedagogy which they can implement during teaching-learning sessions with diverse students. These strategies would help to remove obstacles and enable students express their personal and unique voices while providing equal opportunities for learning and integration: Cultural Sensitivity pedagogy that brings together dominant groups and minorities, Integration and Inclusion pedagogy for students with special needs, socially marginalized students and international students, Pedagogy based on technology, sharing and research.

• Part I: Concepts and PrinciplesIntroduction to Strategies For Fostering Inclusive Classrooms in Higher Education; Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger, Jaimie Hoffman, And Mandla MakhanyaPart II: Global Practices and Challenges Chapter 1. Global Perspectives on Academic Integrity; Constance Bygrave and Özen Aşık Chapter 2. Valuing Knowledge(S) and Cultivating Confidence: Contributions of Student-Faculty Pedagogical Partnerships to Epistemic Justice; Alise De Bie, Elizabeth Marquis, Alison Cook-Sather, and Leslie Patricia Luqueño Chapter 3. Cultural Mediation Pedagogy and Its Ability to Enable Bridge-Building Between Two Coexisting Groups That Do Not Meet; Philippe Gagné and Maria Popica Chapter 4. A Framework for Academic Outreach in Widening Participation in Australia: The Minimal Link of a Thing In Common; Melissa Jane Hardie And Kieryn Mckay Chapter 5. Decolonizing the Classroom in Social Justice Learning: Perspectives on Access and Inclusion For Participants Living With Disabilities; Pamela Johnson, Bridget Houston, and Wendy Kraglund Gauthier Chapter 6. Rethinking the Support Programmes for the Marginalised Students in Higher Education Through the Lens of Social Justice; Shuti Steph Khumalo Chapter 7. Innovating Curriculum: Integrating Global Citizenship & Equity Education For Student Success; Punita Lumb, Yasmin Razack, Shaila Arman, And Tatiana Wugalter Chapter 8. An Equity-Based Model of Teaching and Learning: Bridging the Academic Literacy Skills Divide in the English Classroom in South Africa; Tracey Millin And Mark Millin Chapter 9. Service-Learning as a Methodology to Promote Equity and Inclusion: Best Practice Experience in Ecuador; Nascira Ramia and Karla Díaz Chapter 10. The Role of Educational Technology in Promoting the Inclusion of Rural Clinical Schools For Ophthalmology Teaching Using Virtual Patients; Tony Succar and John Grigg Chapter 11. Toward A Transformative Transition: A Critical Pedagogical Approach to Social-Psychological Interventions in First-Year Seminar; Gina English Tillis  Chapter 12. Considerations For Using Critical Pedagogy as the Vehicle to Promote Social Justice in Higher Education; Steven Tolman Chapter 13. Online: A New 'Geography' Of Learning That Supports Female Access to Higher Education; Dionisia Tzavara and Barbara Wilczek Chapter 14. Adopting The International Standard "Becoming A Human-Centred Organization (Iso 27500)" Supports a Strategic Approach to Internationalization; Helen Vosper Chapter 15. Improving Inclusive Learning Through Technology Mediated Co-Inquiry; Thushari Welikala