Building Inclusive Classroom Community

Are you looking for ways to establish an inclusive learning environment in your classroom where students feel their perspectives and experiences are valued and respected? Is your pedagogy constructivist? Are you searching for the right game/activity/energy booster to help create an inclusive classroom? This page contains resources for activities that facilitate students engaging with the class and course content in creative ways.

• Community Building Activities List from OneHe
• Building Inclusive Classrooms from the Cornell Center Center for Teaching Innovation—well-researched digests of many of the core elements of building inclusive classrooms
• Inclusive Teaching Strategies from the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington
• Group Learning from the Center for Innovation in Teaching at Learning at Illinois University
• Group Work: Using Cooperative Learning Groups Effectively from the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University

See Also: First Day of Class and Ice Breakers

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