Vision 2020, the University’s new strategic plan, includes a focus on globalization and diversity, with an emphasis on “infusing our entire community with a sense of multi-cultural opportunities and instruction.” To help professors from any discipline hone their culturally responsive teaching skills, a team of faculty representing the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences are hosting a reading group to probe practices and strategies, using books purchased with a state grant.
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, by Claude Steel, launches the reading group, and the first ten people to respond to this invitation will receive a free copy. Participants will read the first chapter and meet in the Bauccio Commons Teske dining room on Tuesday, February 16, between 12:15 and 1 p.m., for a brown bag lunch and discussion. Group members will choose the follow-up meeting date and time. Seats are quite limited; please RSVP to Sally Hood (hood@up.edu) and with any further questions no later than February 2.
The book group is endorsed by the School of Education, Shiley School of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, CISGO, and the Teaching & Learning Collaborative.