Section I: Principles

This section lays out some of the defining principles of pedagogy that inform this handbook and the TLC’s teaching philosophies. Each of the chapters in this section offers a brief introduction to a method, as well as several practical suggestions for the classroom that are explored in more detail in Section II: Practices and Section III: Ideas. The chapters in this section center around the core principle of including all students in the work we do as educators. Chapter 1, Socially Conscious Pedagogy, explores ways to make our classrooms transformative spaces of resistance to systemic injustices. Chapter 2, Accessibility, discusses issues of access across a wide range of students’ learning needs. Chapter 3, Writing Across the Curriculum, focuses on the transformative power of writing in learning regardless of discipline. And Chapter 4, Open Pedagogy and Educational Resources, suggests ways to use digital technologies to improve access for students to course content.