Philosophies, strategies, and technologies involved in teaching and learning evolve over time, and while the Center for Transformative Teaching shares well-established teaching practices through workshops, sometimes a different kind of space is needed — a space where ideas can be discussed and interrogated to provide fresh perspectives on teaching challenges. Starting in spring 2022, the CTT will host two new learning communities aiming to provide this type of space.
Anti-Racist Education will start by discussing the book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Facilitator Amy Ort says, “Most folks on college campuses agree that it is important for instructors to become more comfortable talking about issues of race and social justice in the classroom, but there is a challenge in figuring out what it means in practice to be an anti-racist educator.”
How to Employ Radical Hope takes on the fraught landscape of higher education. Eric French will facilitate this learning community starting with a discussion on Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto. French says of this book, “It was a critical, insightful, and practical look at higher education and our teaching and learning practices before the coronavirus pandemic, and it has even more to offer us today.”
The learning communities are open to everyone teaching at UNL, and the books being discussed will be provided by the CTT for those interested. Visit the Learning Communities webpage to learn more and register.
Faculty are encouraged to propose topics and artifacts to further these discussions. Those interested in proposing a topic for a future learning community should contact Steven Cain, senior instructional designer for the CTT, at scain@unl.edu.
More details at: https://teaching.unl.edu/rpp/learning-communities/