Published In
Journal of Transformative Learning
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2022
Subjects
Diversity in higher education, Transformative learning -- Social aspects, Student-focused teaching, Pedagogy of listening
Abstract
This Teaching Note, co-authored by nine university students and their Peer Mentor and professor, at the end of a year-long course, argues that the growing socio-cultural gap between students and faculty requires pedagogies that foster a sense of student belonging by faculty becoming "more receptive than authoritative." All of these students are from immigrant families, and most felt very anxious upon arriving at Portland State University and feared that they did not belong. Co-creating a space of mutual vulnerability enabled students to feel both cared for and confident.
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Copyright (c) 2022 David Peterson del Mar, Laihha Moss-Novak, Raya Alkharroubi, Arina Borodkina, Kenyn Avila-Samayoa, Daira Maldonado Ortega, Jennifer Marquez Marquez, Estefani Reyes Moreno, Han Tran, Brianna Tuy, Tony Vo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37424
Citation Details
del Mar, P., Moss-Novak, L., Alkharroubi, R., Borodkina, A., Avila-Samayoa, K., Maldonado Ortega, D., Marquez, J., Reyes Moreno, E., Tran, H., Tuy, B. & Vo, T. (2022). “Like a family”: Fostering a sense of belonging in a minority majority university classroom, Journal of Transformative Learning, 9(1), 121–124.