What Is Inclusive Teaching?
Inclusive teaching is the essential foundation of all aspects of the learning experience. Student populations are becoming more diverse and bring experiences to the classroom that benefit all learners. Educators seeking to create inclusive learning environments will find resources through the Center for Physiology Education that promote inclusive teaching and content delivery strategies, and advance student skill development.
Resources to Explore
Create an Inclusive Classroom
Explore and incorporate classroom strategies and approaches that are equitable and inclusive.
Achieving STEM Diversity: Fix the Classrooms
Handelsman J., et al., Science, 2022
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Can Make Scientific Research More Inclusive
Bangera G., Brownell S.E., CBE-Life Sciences Education,
2017
Coming out in STEM: Factors Affecting Retention of Sexual Minority STEM Students
Hughes B.E., Science Advances, 2018
Evidence-based Teaching Guides: Inclusive Teaching
Dewsbury B., Brame C., CBE-Life Sciences Education, 2019
Race Matters
Asai D., Cell, 2020
Striving Towards Inclusion in Academic Biology
SABER Recorded Webinar Series, 2021-2022
Disability and Invisibility in STEM Education
Schneiderwind J., Johnson J., Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice,
2020
Learners With Disabilities: An Important Component of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Medical Education
Golden R., Petty E., Academic Medicine, 2022
Inclusive Practices for Diverse Student Populations
Johnson K., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2019
Key Equity Terms and Concepts: A Glossary for Shared Understanding
Center for the Study of Social Policy, September
2019
(En)gauging Self: Toward a Practical Framework for Race Talk
Murray-Johnson K., Adult Learning, 2018
The Universal Design for Learning Framework
CAST, 2018
A Tool to Advance Inclusive Teaching Efforts: The “Who’s in Class?” Form
Addy T.M., et al., JMBE,
2021
Advancing Equity in STEM: The Impact Assessment Design Has on Who Succeeds in Undergraduate Introductory Chemistry
Ralph V.R.,
et al., JACS Au, 2022
How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
Sathy V., Hogan K., The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2021
Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity
Tanner K., CBE-Life Sciences Education,
2013
Getting Under the Hood: How and for Whom Does Increasing Course Structure Work?
Eddy S., Hogan K., CBE-Life Sciences Education,
2014
Inclusive Pedagogy Toolkit
CNDLS, Georgetown University, 2022
Fourteen Recommendations to Create a More Inclusive Environment for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Academic Biology
Cooper, et al., CBE-Life Sciences Education,
2020
It’s in the Syllabus … or Is It? How Biology Syllabi Can Serve as Communication Tools for Creating Inclusive Classrooms at a Large-Enrollment Research Institution
Gin L., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
First-Day Info Sheets: A Tool to Prompt Semester-Long Inclusive Teaching
Killpack T., Melón L., JMBE, 2020
PULSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Rubric
Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) Rubric Collection, 2022
Implementing Inclusive Practices in an Active Learning STEM Classroom
Johnson K., Advances in Physiology Education,
2019
Structuring Courses for Equity
Hocker A., Vandergrift E., CourseSource, 2019
“It’s Completely Erasure”: A Qualitative Exploration of Experiences of Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender Nonconforming, and Questioning Students in Biology Courses
Casper A.M.A., et al., CBE-Life Sciences Education, 2022
Hidden Curriculum Podcast
S.E.A.S. Program at URI, 2019
Cultural Competence
Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast Collection, 2022
LGBT+ Faculty and Students in STEM: Heteronormativity, Exclusion, and Isolation
Barthelemy
R., ARC Network Report, 2022
The Disruptor
AAAS-IUES Blog, 2022
Do I Belong Here?
Montague C., The Physiologist Magazine, 2021
Incorporate Diverse Perspectives
Elevate and amplify diverse perspectives to enhance students’ sense of belonging and promote varied experiences that inform innovation.
Revealing the Queer-spectrum in STEM Through Robust Demographic Data Collection in Undergraduate Engineering and Computer Science Courses at Four Institutions
Casper A.M.A., et al., PLOS ONE, 2022
Striving Towards Inclusion in Academic Biology
SABER Recorded Webinar Series, 2021-2022
Learners With Disabilities: An Important Component of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Medical Education
Golden R., Petty E., Academic Medicine, 2022
Supporting Equity and Inclusion of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals in Professional Organizations
Huyck J., et al.,
Frontiers in Education, 2021
Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
National Academies, 2022
Who Perceives They Are Smarter? Exploring the Influence of Student Characteristics on Student Academic Self-concept in Physiology
Cooper, et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2018
Scientist Spotlights Initiative
NIH-funded Scientist Profile Collection, 2022
In a “Scientist Spotlight” Intervention, Diverse Student Identities Matter
Yonas A., et al., JMBE, 2013
A Student-Led Hearing on the Use of HeLa Cells in Research
Stearns J., et al., CourseSource, 2021
Challenges facing LGBTQ+ Early-career Scientists and How to Engage in Changing the Status Quo
Field S., Rajewski A., The Plant Cell,
2021
Unveiling Concealable Stigmatized Identities in Class: The Impact of an Instructor Revealing Her LGBTQ+ Identity to Students in a Large-Enrollment Biology Course
Busch C.A., et al., CBE-Life Sciences Education, 2022
Cultural Competence
Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast Collection, 2022
Coming Out to the Class: Identifying Factors that Influence College Biology Instructor Decisions about Revealing their LGBQ Identities in Class
Cooper K., et al., Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 2019
Normalizing Disability Begins in School
Watson M., TEDx Talk, 2021
SACNAS Biography Project
Scientist Profile Collection, 2022
#UniqueScientists
Scientist Profile Collection, 2022
The Story Collider: True, Personal Stories about Science
Podcast Collection, 2022
Being Black in Science
The Physiologist Magazine, 2021
Human Cells, Not Prison Cells
Boerner H., The Physiologist Magazine, 2020
Recognize Physiological Variations and Address Health Disparities
Use the classroom as a forum to investigate and interrogate varied health outcomes among different patient populations.
AAMC Anti-racism Education Collection
MedEdPORTAL Collection, 2023
NCHHSTP Social Determinants of Health
CDC/NCHHSTP, 2023
Differences in Ideal Cardiovascular Health Between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adults
Caceres B.A.,
et al., JAMA Cardiology, 2023
A Biopsychosocial Framework for Understanding Sexual and Gender Minority Health: A Call for Action
Christian
L.M., et al., Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021
Misrepresenting Race—The Role of Medical Schools in Propagating Physician Bias
Amutah C., et al., The New England Journal of Medicine,2021
AAMC Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Collection
MedEdPORTAL Collection, 2022
Leveraging Undergraduate Research to Identify Culturally Relevant Examples in the Anatomy and Physiology Curriculum
Favero
T.G., Van Hoomissen J.D., Advances in Physiology Education, 2019
Introduction to Sex and Gender: Core Concepts for Health-Related Research
NIH,
2022
Teaching Cancer Biology Through a Lens of Social Justice
Mera Y., Wiggins B., CourseSource, 2021
Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the U.S. EPA AirData Website for Student-led Evaluation of Air Quality Issues
Williams
A., et al., CourseSource, 2015
Resources for Health Care Providers
UCSF School of Medicine, 2021
Uncared For
Pak S., Commonwealth Fund, 2023
Changing How Race Is Portrayed in Medical Education: Recommendations From Medical Students
Nieblas-Bedolla E., et al., Academic Medicine,
2020
The Gender Gap
Yu C., The Physiologist Magazine,
2021
Implement Curricular Changes to Enhance Inclusive Teaching Practices
Consider and learn about approaches to curriculum-wide inclusive practices.
AAMC Anti-racism Education Collection
MedEdPORTAL Collection, 2023
Do Introductory Courses Disproportionately Drive Minoritized Students Out of STEM Pathways?
Hatfield
N., et al., PNAS Nexus, 2022
Challenges and Inclusive Practices for LGBTQIA2S+ Scientists in the American Physiological Society
Moreira
J.D., et al., AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2022
Race Matters
Asai D., Cell, 2020
Misrepresenting Race—The Role of Medical Schools in Propagating Physician Bias
Amutah C., et al., The New England Journal of Medicine,2021
Key Equity Terms and Concepts: A Glossary for Shared Understanding
Center for the Study of Social Policy, September
2019
An Undergraduate Elective Course That Introduces Topics of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Discussions of Science
Reese
A.J., JMBE, 2020
PULSE Rubrics
Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) Rubric Collection, 2022
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: A Model to Guide Cultural Transformation in STEM Departments
Johnson A., Elliott S., JMBE, 2020
The Excellence Experiment
AAC&U, 2023
Perspectives Against Racism: Educational and Socialization Efforts at the Departmental Level
Souza-Smith F., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Learn More About the Center
Inclusive Teaching Working Group
Marisol Lopez, PhD
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Alexander Eden
Florida International University, PhD Student
Rachael Hannah, PhD
University of Alaska Anchorage
Michael Winegar, PhD
Florida International University
Jesse Moreira, PhD
Boston University
Alice Villalobos, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Odessa
Adrienne King, PhD
Georgia State University, Atlanta
Josef Brandauer, PhD
Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania
Lourdes Fortepiani, MD, PhD
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio
