One concrete set of principles and strategies that can help to center student and instructor wellbeing in the classroom is trauma-informed teaching and learning (TITL).
Janice Carello defines TITL as teaching and learning with attention to “the role that violence and victimization have played in the lives of many individuals” in order to “use that understanding to improve policies and practices in order to accommodate the needs of trauma survivors” (Carello, “About”).
Look over this handout on the principles and practices of TITL. How might we utilize and adapt these recommendations in our own teaching practice to center student and instructor wellbeing? This handout and the principles and strategies on it will inform our conversation and workshopping in the synchronous session.
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