Teaching and Learning for Social Impact Main Menu Introduction Introduction to the Teaching Schema Why: Teach for Social Impact How: Course Design for Social Impact What: Topics to Teach for Social Impact About this Publication Washington University in St. Louis

How to Use This Teaching Schema?

37690 Why: Teach for Social Impact
We have chosen to create a Teaching Schema rather than a Teaching Guide. Guide implies that you will read something from beginning to end. Our Schema is less linear and more flexible. Think of it more like a "Choose Your Own Adventure" tool rather than a traditional book or article. A schema is "a plan or an outline that is also a diagram." This teaching schema will provide a structure and process for (re)designing your course to have greater social impact.

We understand that a lot is being asked of you as you transition your courses to be online, hybrid, or hyflex. We do not want this to be one more thing that you have to do on top of all of that. We want to save you time by providing you with the models, methods, and tools that will allow you to most easily transition your course while also ensuring that your course contributes to positive social change. We have designed this schema so that you can decide how much time or energy you want to invest.

Schema Outline

This Schema is organized around three questions: Why, How, and What. While we don't expect you to read the whole schema beginning to end, we do encourage you to start with the Why, move to How, and finish with What. We think this order will ultimately save you time.

Why: this section will provide opportunities for you to reflect on why your course matters. It will serve as your compass, giving you direction on your course design journey. It is hard to get where you are going if you don't know what direction you are headed.

How: This section will introduce you to some methods and practices of teaching that are particularly well suited to teaching for equity and social impact, before leading you through some concrete course design processes. This section will also include manageable strategies for designing your course to be adapted, as needed, to remote, hybrid, and hyflex teaching modalities

What: As there are many ways that you can go about teaching for greater social impact, the last section of the guide will provide possible pathways, including the maps and tools to get you were you are going. Included in this section you will find information about including the following topics in your courses:Each of these pathways includes

Let’s work together

Would you like to work through this process with others? Would you like to have a group of people to work with during the semester as your course unfolds? Reach out! As a complement to the guide, we are happy to facilitate small groups and learning communities with whom you can imagine, learn, and problem solve.

Cassie Power: cpower@wustl.edu
Amanda Albert: amandabalbert@wustl.edu
Denise Leonard: dleonard23@wustl.edu

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