The Role of Empathy in Equity-focused Engineering Classroom
Session Format: Remote synchronous (Zoom)
Intended Audience: Admin/Staff, UG Instructional Assistants, Postdocs, Graduate Students, Faculty
Facilitator(s): Linjue Wang
Session Abstract: Engineering education research shows that empathy is crucial to building positive faculty/GSI-student relationships both inside the classroom and beyond. Participants will learn about empathy as a vehicle to promote equity-focused teaching in engineering. They will engage in faculty/GSI role-playing scenarios, self-reflection, and discussions that will include concrete examples of how an instructor can approach students with empathy in an equity-centered classroom.
GTC eligible? Yes - B2-DEI