The Faculty Commons invites you to join one of our book clubs this quarter. Please read the descriptions below and register soon. Four more seats available in each.
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Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education
Tuesdays, October 4- November 1, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Remote
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic and move back to in-person classes, we can better understand ways to center equity and support our students through trauma-informed practices. Join Jackie Schultz (History) and Jessica Wang (Meteorology) for this book discussion to engage with action steps to re-envision teaching and learning through the lens of “respond and prevent.” We will learn how to bring equity to the center of trauma-informed education through proactive implementation of trauma-informed practices as they relate to relationships with students, shifts in policy and leadership, and student activism. This book club is designed for faculty who have not participated in this book club in previous quarters. A follow-up workshop for winter or fall 2022 book club participants is in the development.
Four more seats maximum: Register via Faculty Commons.
Please reach out to Jessica Wang, Science, or Jackie Schultz, Social Science, for questions.
Which Rights Should Be Universal? Human Rights and Objective Goodness
Five Fridays, October 7, 14, 21, 28 and Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., Remote
There is a growing movement to incorporate diverse perspectives into the content of our courses. This is a good thing, overall. But, there are some perspectives which are intolerant and hostile to equity and inclusion; perspectives which should not be given equal footing with others in our classrooms. So, the question becomes “how do we tell which ones are the bad ones?” In this course, we will be answering this question using basic human rights from an outcomes (consequentialist) perspective; i.e., the rights which should be universal are those which promote the well-being of all people. We will be learning about the different models for moral discovery, cultural relativism and cultural imperialism, the development and discovery of human rights, and then how to implement basic human rights into our syllabi and classes.
Four more seats maximum: Register via Faculty Commons for this book discussion.
Please reach out to Davis Smith, da.smith@bellevuecollege.edu, with your questions.
Last Updated September 23, 2022