USING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AS A FRAMEWORK FOR COURSE DESIGN. Dyjur, P., Lindstrom, G., Arguera, N., & Bair, H. Retrieved from Įnsuring the creation of a course that has a manageable scope of learning and a number of course outcomes can help to avoid unnecessary burdens on both faculty and students. Intersectional approaches to vulnerability reduction and resilience-building (Rep. Retrieved from Chaplin, D., Twigg, J., & Lovell, E. An introduction to the intersectional approach. Retrieved from An intersectional approach is that takes into account the context of people’s lives with regards to their identities and shapes programs based on their needs, capacities and experiences. Kimberlé Crenshaw on What Intersectionality Means Today. INTERSECTIONALITY: Intersectionality a means of assessing how different forms of inequality operate together and exacerbate each other. doi:10.5539/hes.v6n3p90 One way to be flexible is to provide a date range within which an assignment can be due, as opposed to a specific day. Understanding Students’ Experiences of Well-Being in Learning Environments. Stanton, A., Zandvliet, D., Dhaliwal, R., & Black, T. In particular, students note that faculty members’ willingness to adapt and be flexible when students are facing challenges helped to minimize their stress and allowed them to refocus on learning the course material. doi:10.5539/hes.v6n3p90 Flexibility within the curriculum is something that students have highlighted as being valuable. doi:10.1080/13603116.2018.1503347 This sense of flexibility can be created through how courses are structured and delivered. Disability in higher education – do reasonable adjustments contribute to an inclusive curriculum? International Journal of Inclusive Education, 24(9), 964-979. Designing a flexible curriculum by using universal design eliminates the need for numerous individual student adjustments on an ad hoc basis. Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2, 1-9. It also takes into consideration the policies and values of the school, the particular faculty, and the individual faculty members. When a curriculum is designed inclusively through an intersectional approach, it takes into consideration the mental well-being of the students who are engaging with it as well as their cultural and social backgrounds. One area where faculty can have the most significant impact is in curriculum design, since curriculum design can impact workloads, due dates, stress, anxiety, and wellness of both students’ and faculties.
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