Lesson Repository - Center for Teaching and Learning

Faculty typically fall into four categories when it comes to integrating the tenets of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and critical literacy scaffolds into their instruction: 1) I don’t think the work has a place in my discipline; 2) I am nervous how my students will respond; 3) I want to integrate DEIB and critical literacy into my teaching, but I have no idea how; or 4) I do this work already and would love to further hone my professional development in this area.

I think we can all agree that critical literacy skills are imperative for self-empowerment and a healthy democracy for all. When facilitating students’ learning in acquiring those skills and to think deeply about how DEIB fits within their academic, professional, personal, and civic lives, we are working toward equity for all of our students, as well as contributing to a well-informed society. By reflecting on our curricula and pedagogy and by exploring how to integrate the tenets of DEIB, we can also play an imperative role in transforming the culture at NMU. As educators, we have the capacity to interrupt the status quo of inequity through our work, as reflected in the lessons below.