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Embracing Diversity in Learning - A non-negotiable educational Belief

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  Embracing Diversity in Learning My non-negotiable educational belief is “embracing diversity in learning”. After reading the sources cited at the end, I struggled to identify a single principle I was unwilling to waive on. However, after watching the TED Talk by Jan Wilson and reflecting on my own first-hand experience as a mother of a child who struggled to learn how to read, I have seen how children who do not learn in traditional ways are often labeled as “special” or “disabled.” These labels frequently lead to segregation, undervaluation and lowered expectations. International schools are just starting to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices, but I believe they are far away from actively celebrating diversity in learning. As Grimshaw and Sears (2008) explain, international students already suffer from the “experience of loss and grief for lost friends,” which is very real and when adapting to a new environment, they may also experience “cultural disjuncture...
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"Chat GPT is just an automated mansplaining machine: Look, we’ve all met this guy before"

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  This image is a representation of AI as a mansplaining/condescending guy Listen this post by clicking here Introduction In this post, I make areflection on Maggie Harrison Dupré’s article, “ChatGPT Is Just an Automated Mansplaining Machine.” The author criticizes how ChatGPT often provides wrong information in a tone that is, condescending and patronizing just like the stereotypical “mansplainer.” My Previous Perception on ChatGPT Before reading this article and taking the Digital Literacy course at Queen’s University, I was an enthusiastic user, maybe even “fan” of ChatGPT. I relied on it primarily for: ·        Brainstorming lecture materials ·        Improving my writing ·        Answering everyday questions While I had occasionally noticed errors or invented examples, I generally found it to be a trustworthy tool. This article, however, made me reconsider ...
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Social Justice Strategies

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    Image: https://pushingtheedge.org/social-justice-in-education/   Social Justice Strategies   To achieve social justice leadership here are some strategies outlined in the Bettez & Hytten (2011) and Wang (2018) articles could be adapted for a business school: Democratizing participation in decision-making: Ensure there is fair representation in key decision-making processes. While many decision committees may include members from all levels (students, professors, staff), in my experience, these groups are often not diverse and thus not everybody can voice their opinion or have an influence. Recruit and supporting diverse students, professors and staff that fairly represent current Canadian population with the purpose of creating a rich, multi-cultural environment where everybody can flourish. As for students, this also includes providing scholarships to students from marginalized groups. In my experience, business students tend to be very homogeno...
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Practical steps to implement Culturally Responsible Pedagogy and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

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  Image Source: https://learnwithsap.org/resources/planning-and-reflecting-with-culturally-relevant-pedagogy/   Practical steps to implement Culturally Responsible Pedagogy and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy   Place: Business School Purpose: develop a program that facilitates success for all students where each student language and culture shape the curriculum and values of the school. The following steps would allow students to experience culture as a daily experience (Fillerup, 2008) and help them build their own identity and global consciousness. Academic success Continually assess (through surveys, focus groups, in-depth interviews) the perceptions of international and indigenous students related to how the curriculum and assessments adapt to their own learning needs and use those results to modify the curriculum and assessments. Cultural competence: Offer courses taught in non-English language Promote learning of language courses inside and outside ...
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Final Glossary and Reflection

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  Image: https://teach-now.co.uk/the-role-of-creativity-and-innovation-in-teaching   Final Glossary and Reflection   1.       Innovation: Innovation is an intentional process of improving or adding something new to an existing product, process (Badran 2007) model, knowledge or ways of working (Taylor, 2017) to create value in a practical and sustainable way. Innovation takes creative concepts to solutions.  Creativity is a central plan of innovation.   Reflection:   I arrived to my first definition after reflecting on Bradan’s reading, which highlights that an innovator is not a simply dreamer but a person who sees the potential of an idea, promotes it and has profit in mind. Throughout the modules I recognized that innovation is not merely adding something novel, but adding something valuable that makes best use of resources. Especially, after completing the modules, I understood how innovations in education have evol...
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