This video is taken from the February 26, 2024 Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones on Accomodation Requests and Faculty Readiness. Here is a summary of what Kari shared with us.
The transcript you provided is from a presentation given by Gustafson from the Faculty of Applied Community Studies, specifically focusing on disability and community studies. Here’s a summary:
- Kari discusses the social and medical models of disability, explaining that the former locates disability within societal barriers rather than the individual’s body or mind.
- She talks about the concept of disability justice, an intersectional movement that goes beyond removing barriers and advocates for collective action. This movement is led by those most impacted by the system, including people of colour, trans people, and sexual minorities.
- She highlights the ten principles of disability justice from Sins Invalid, an artist disability activist group, and discusses their relevance in a learning context.
- She also covers Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which advocates for multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression in learning.
- Gustafson shares some practical strategies for inclusive teaching, such as allowing multiple formats of submission, breaking big assignments into smaller parts, providing choices for projects, and being flexible with due dates.
- The talk ends with a discussion on grading and feedback, emphasizing skill mastery or demonstration over written work or memorization.
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