INFUSING CARE AND GENDER EQUITY INTO LANGUAGE TEACHING
This session will explore the Equity/Care matrix and its gender implications for language teaching. We will discuss the praxis of Intentionally Equitable Hospitality and how it can be applied to enhance gender equity in the language classroom. Finally, we will consider ways to enhance students’ criticality such as Women’s Ways of Knowing. Come ready to share from your own experience with other participants.
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JANUARY 26 12 – 1:30 PM (Register: bit.ly/3GQI8SA)
Maha Bali is Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She is co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org and co-facilitator of Equity Unbound (an equity-focused, open, connected intercultural learning curriculum). She writes and speaks frequently about social justice, critical pedagogy, and open and online education.
Website: https://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/mahabali
Readings for this talk:
- Bali, M., & Zamora, M. (2022). The Equity-Care Matrix: Theory and Practice. Italian Journal of Educational Technology (special issue, invited).
- Bali, M., & Zamora, M. (2022). Intentionally Equitable Hospitality as Critical Instructional Design. In J. Quinn, M Burtis, & S. Jhangiani (eds). Designing for Care. Hybrid Pedagogy publishing.
- Gachago, D., Bali, M., & Pallitt, N. (2022). Compassionate learning design as a critical approach to instructional design. In J. Quinn, M Burtis, & S. Jhangiani (eds). Critical Instructional Design. Hybrid Pedagogy publishing.
- Bali, M., Caines, A., Hogue, R. J., DeWaard, H. J., & Friedrich, C. (2019). Intentionally Equitable Hospitality in Hybrid Video Dialogue: The Context of Virtually Connecting. eLearning Mag (special issue).