Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Faculties and Departments

What steps are taken to ensure that strategies for recruiting students aim to appeal to a wide range of individuals and that `non-traditional' students are encouraged to apply?
How accessible to a diverse range of potential students are Web pages and faculty handbooks containing information about degrees and courses?
How might degree structures be modified to allow students more choice through access to a wide range of electives or inter-disciplinary degrees?
Is course content biased in any way towards a particular cultural and/or socio-economic group?
Do staff provide a range of role models, reflecting the diversity in the community and UWA student population?
Does the scheduling of staff office hours prevent some students from getting the assistance they need from teaching staff?
Are attrition rates high for particular groups? Why is this the case?
What does the faculty or department do to encourage and reward teaching and administrative practices that respond to the diversity of the student population?

To what extent do you teach the way you were taught or the way you preferred to learn as a student? How might this affect your students?
What do you know about the backgrounds and interests of your students? What assumptions do you make about students, and how might this affect their learning?
Are any of the examples, case studies, problems, essay topics, etc. you use difficult for some students to relate to or understand?
Do the recommended textbooks exclude certain readers? Do authors on reading lists represent both sexes, different cultural groups and different perspectives?
Do you know if your students have a disability? What has been done or could be done to accommodate their needs?
How do you enable all students have a voice in your classes or the opportunity to clarify what they are learning?
How do you ensure that certain students are not excluded by other students in, for example, group activities or group assignments?
Are there students that you avoid because of your own discomfort with difference?