Navigating the Friction of Content Coverage and Inclusive Excellence in Introductory STEM Courses

This community of practice will tackle the challenging issue of creating time in our introductory courses for the activities that increase success and retention of learners from historically marginalized groups. Finding time means evaluating what our learning objectives are and why those objectives are important for our students. In the fall semester, we will identify and hone the learning objectives for our courses and examine the content and skills we are teaching, evaluating each for whether or not they are aligned with the overarching objectives and needs of the students.

In the spring semester, we will explore classroom and curriculum design strategies known to increase inclusive equity, resources available to faculty for building their capacity to use these strategies, and consider creating a proposal for summer work in course design to be supported by the HHMI grant.

This community is facilitated by
Linden Higgins, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology.
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, Zoology
M.Ed. University of Vermont, Educational Leadership
Read more about Linden Higgins on her UVM biography page.
Questions? Linden.Higgins@uvm.edu

HHMI Communities of Practice website