Title: Diversity in the Classroom | Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
Headings: Diversity in the Classroom
Diversity in the Classroom
How Diversity Aﬀects the Classroom
Practical Tips for Promoting an Inclusive Classroom

Content: Teachers may make flawed assumptions of students’ capabilities or assume a uniform standard of student performance. Teachers may themselves feel out of place based on their own ascriptive traits (i.e. differences based on class, privilege, etc.). Identifying and thinking through notions of difference and how they affect the classroom allow both students and teachers to see the classroom as an inclusive place. Practical Tips for Promoting an Inclusive Classroom
While many discussions concerning diversity focus on talking about the importance of diversity and recognizing difference, it is equally important to move to the next step: incorporating specific tips for addressing differences and how they play out. One way to form strategies for promoting an inclusive classroom is to use self-reflection and think of potential classroom scenarios and how one might address them. The solutions to such scenarios are ones that each teacher should consider for him- or herself, since there are no immediate right or wrong answers. Top