Closing the Gap

Abstract

This article reports on a yearlong case study on the impact of a faculty development program designed to improve learning opportunities for Latina women by encouraging the use of culturally responsive pedagogy. Although the study concluded before changes in faculty practice could be documented, it did find evidence of changes in faculty attitudes toward the pedagogy. It also suggests the importance of ongoing and embedded faculty development to achieve important meaningful changes in practice.

Este artículo reporta un estudio longitudinal de un año sobre el impacto de un programa de desarrollo para profesores que fue diseñado para mejorar oportunidades de aprendizaje para mujeres latinas a través de apoyar el uso de pedagogía cultural receptiva. Mientras que el estudio concluyó antes de que se documentaran cambios en la práctica de las profesoras, sí se encontró evidencia de cambios en las actitudes de las profesoras hacia la pedagogía. Además esto sugiere la importancia de proporcionar desarrollo congruente a las profesoras para alcanzar cambios importantes y significativos en la práctica.

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faculty Latina culturally responsive pedagogy case study

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