Strategies

Through multiple means of engagement, representation, action and expression, we can overcome barriers to peer acceptance of diverse students in inclusive learning communities.


Engagement Strategies

Representation Strategies

Action and Expression Strategies

Access

  • Pairing students of different abilities and cultures to work together (Tonnsen & Hahn, 2016)

  • Proactive planning and accessible task design (Graham et al., 2018)

  • Point-of-view video modeling (Lee, 2015)

  • Presenting instructional material in multiple languages (Wood et al., 2018)

  • Cooperative learning opportunities that promote positive learner reliance on one another and equalize academic achievement differences (Capodieci, 2019)

  • Peer-mediated differentiated instruction (Smale et al., 2019)

Build

  • Service learning to promote sense of critical consciousness (Kuh, 2008; DeCuir-Gunby et al., 2010)

  • Teacher conversations and learning opportunities about diversity to help them become more aware of their own social identities and associated privileges, and also acknowledge and confront their own implicit biases (O’Leary, 2020)

  • Assistive communication technologies (Dada et al., 2016).

  • Using the language and metaphors of those with whom we communicate (Marbley et al., 2008)

  • Social Scenarios (Tonnsen & Hahn, 2016)

  • Participation in community organizations (Ribera et al., 2017)

Internalize

  • Listening, asking questions, and sharing experiences as culturally different people (Marbley et al., 2008)

  • Study abroad opportunities (Kuh, 2008)

  • Provide students with choices to demonstrate knowledge (Brennan et al., 2019)

  • Setting high expectations for all learners (Cole, 2008)

  • "Dialogue and opportunities for collaboration between learners, visual representations, and inquiry-based learning" afforded by culturally responsive pedagogy (Piazza et al., 2015).

  • Mindfulness based strategies and universal social-emotional learning programs (Cheang et al., 2019)