Inclusive Teaching – a route towards connected and innovative learning experience. Daniela de Silva, Disability Learning Support, Libraries and Curriculum Support

Hockings (2010) states that inclusive teaching engages students in learning that is meaningful, relevant and accessible to all, embracing a view of the individual and of individual difference as a source of diversity that can enrich the lives and the learning of others. Having a wider range of views and experiences in the classroom leads to a more critical understanding of a subject. As teachers, it challenges us to rethink what and how we teach and to widen the materials we include on any given subject.

Story-telling for social justice: Action research with the Alevi community and its impact on critical pedagogic practices. Celia Jenkins, SSH; Umit Cetin, SSH.

We have worked with the London Alevi community, a relatively invisible migrant community in London to address the negative identity of Alevi youth.  Coming from Turkey, it is assumed that Alevis are Muslim and thus they felt marginalised at school. In telling their stories, they proposed Alevism be taught in RE lessons and we collaborated with them and schools to achieve this (Jenkins and Cetin, 2017).  We explore story-telling as a potential model for innovative teaching for social inclusion, (Bell, 2010).

How to Book: Please request a space on this workshop by emailing staffdevelopment@westminster.ac.uk.