Faculty Learning Communities

Working Towards a More Equitable, Just, and Antiracist Future in Higher Education

Kristin N. Rainville, Cynthia G. Desrochers, David G. Title, Kristin N. Rainville, Cynthia G. Desrochers, David G. Title

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9798887304472
  9798887304489
• eBook ISBN:
  9798887304496
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

This edited book on Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) provides and explores powerful examples of FLCs as a impactful form of professional learning for faculty in higher education. The chapters describe faculty learning community initiatives focused on diversity, equity, and belonging in higher education. Contributing authors provide a framework for faculty learning communities and how these communities can offer faculty a place and space to explore antiracist and social justice-oriented teaching. show the impact of faculty learning communities on teaching practices or student learning, and describe how these communities of practice can lead to institutional change. The book's foreword, by Milton D. Cox, investigates the past and future of faculty learning communities focused on diversity and equity.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Full Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• 1: Cultural Communities of Practice
• 2: A Plea for Connection
• 3: Practicing Togetherness as Communities Embodying Social Justice
• 4: Rippling Out
• 5: Uncovering the Inequality of Equity
• 6: Building Faculty Capacity for Anti-oppressive Teaching
• 7: Exploring Language and Advocating for Linguistic Justice
• 8: Grassroots Anti-Racism Faculty Learning Community
• 9: Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy
• 10: Building Capacity to Foster Racial Equity
• 11: The Experiences of Black Men in a Faculty Learning Community
• 12: Equity, Social Justice, and Anti-Racism
• 13: Preparing Critically Conscious Teachers for the 21st Century Classroom
• 14: Splash, Wade, Swim, Dive
• 15: “You Can’t Engage in Decolonizing Work Alone”
• 16: The Development of a Faculty Learning Community on Inclusive Mentoring
• 17: Cultivating Being and Practice
• 18: Liberating Faculty Learning Community Spaces
• 19: Cross-Institutional FLCs That Support Equity-Based Pedagogy
• 20: Building Relationships and Connecting Inclusive Pedagogy
• 21: Calling for Collaborative Faculty Learning Community Initiatives
• 22: A Social Work Department’s Efforts to Confront Racism
• 23: Building Capacity for Student Engagement
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors