Education provides opportunities that extend beyond content mastery. It is the space within students cultivate power and agency to civically engage democratic society. In this talk, we will discuss equity pedagogies that extend beyond 'teaching content' to fully realize the possible outcomes from inclusive environments.
Bryan Dewsbury, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Rhode Island. He is the Principal Investigator of the Science Education And Society (SEAS) research program where as a team they blend research on the social context of teaching and learning, faculty development of inclusive practices and programming in the cultivation of equity in education. He is also a Fellow with the John N. Gardner Institute where he assists institutions of higher education cultivate best practices in inclusive education.
Dr. Dewsbury was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. He immigrated in 1999 and attended Morehouse College for his Bachelor's of Science in Biology after which he attended Florida International University for a Master's and Ph.D., also in Biology. From there he transitioned to URI where his research focuses on inclusion and equity.
Among his many publications is his 2019 piece “Deep Teaching in the STEM Classroom” (CSSE) that recentralizes dialogue as the basis for good teaching. He has conducted faculty development and given plenary addresses on this topic to more than 50 institutions of higher education, corporations and K-12 institutions across North America.
2018 The University of Rhode Island/Nora Lewis