Promoting inclusion and justice in university teaching: why transformative-emancipatory activities matter

Abstract

This collaborative book contributes to current debates about transforming academia into a more holistic, inclusive, equitable, and just system (Claeys-Kulik et al. 2019; Strange and Cox 2016). The authors do so by introducing a distinct method of integrating transformative pedagogy principles into university-level instruction through meticulously crafted activities. What is unique about this book is that the authors make an explicit effort to bring teaching activities rooted in the constructivist and critical traditions of transformative pedagogy into the university settings. In this respect, the book fills important gaps in the field of higher education and transformative pedagogy by developing and sharing a toolkit composed of 14 innovative activities tailored to post-secondary students, with explicit references to their “transformative-emancipatory” elements.