In this course we will investigate norms and biases that can circulate in an academic learning environment. Such norms might be involving gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, class. We will address how these social categories might affect educational practices between the teacher and students as well as among the students themselves. The course focusses on practical methods and tools that will help you as teachers to learn a self-reflexive and confident practice with the aim to create inclusive classrooms.

The course consists of three components:

1. Input and reflection: thematic interactive lectures on theoretical starting points from critical pedagogies, practical implications for teaching and examples of good practice and common pitfalls.
2. Practice: developing and applying a norm-critical approach/tool in teaching (personally or analyzing practices/experiences of other teachers)
3. Follow up and evaluation: reflection seminars assessing the implementation of skills and re-evaluating teaching practice in light of the course experiences.