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Call for nominations: Diversity-sensitive teaching award 2021
As in previous years, TU Dresden will once again award the Best Practice Award for diversity-sensitive teaching, starting on the German Diversity Day on May 18. The teaching award has been designed to honor lecturers and teaching concepts that address diversity, or one or several aspects of diversity (e.g. gender, inclusion, origin, family responsibilities, etc.) in line with TU Dresden’s Diversity Strategy 2030. In doing so, the courses and lecturers help to raise awareness among students to diversity in everyday university (and societal) life. At the same time, the teaching award is intended to effectively expose the high relevance of diversity-sensitive aspects as part of excellent teaching for all students.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the substantial switch to online teaching, best practice examples for diversity sensitivity in online teaching are much sought after.
A total of up to 10,000 EUR in prize money is available, funded by the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments.
Allocation criteria:
We are looking for best practice examples from the current and the last semester that meet several of the following criteria:
- Diversity-sensitive, appreciative and transparent communication: By using a language that takes into account the diversity of TUD's members and by avoiding stereotypical terms, the diversity of students is dealt with sensitively. In addition, the communication during the course creates transparency regarding the expectation for students in terms of graded academic work.
- Diversity-sensitive interaction: The lecturer purposely counteracts stereotyping and discrimination expressed intentionally or unintentionally. All students are equally encouraged to participate. The lecturer is open to individual problems.
- Use of diverse (online) teaching methods: The lecturer uses target group specific and/or diverse teaching methods in their course. The lecturer records their own course and uploads it to the TUD website, enabling e.g. students with family responsibilities to engage with the course content asynchronously. This encourages participation from all students and allows everyone to benefit from the course.
- Accessible teaching: Teaching addresses the needs of students with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses and takes them into account in the planning, design, organization and delivery of courses.
- Content design: The courses discuss the topic of diversity or one or more dimensions of diversity or include them at suitable points in the content (e.g. explicit inclusion of the research results of women, ...). Doing so guides students in acquiring diversity competencies.
Who can submit nominations?
Nominations can be made by all students, members of staff, university initiatives and groups of TU Dresden. Students are particularly encouraged to participate by submitting nominations. There must be a cost center at TUD for accounting purposes. Self-proposals are possible as well.
Application documents
Please submit your proposals providing the following documents:
- Attached application form
- Attached declaration of consent
- Optionally: Additional material on teaching concepts (scripts, presentations, etc.)
Time schedule
Please submit your proposals using the attached form and attachments in electronic form by email to diversity.management@tu-dresden.de by July 09th , 2021 extended.
A committee will then review and evaluate the applications. The assessment will include the fulfillment of the above criteria and requirements.
Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications that are incomplete or not received by the deadline. Please note that there is no entitlement to funding.
Use of the prize money
The prize money is to be used for further supporting measures in the award winners' areas of activity or for central activities at TU Dresden in diversity-sensitive teaching for personnel and material expenses until the end of 2021. Refinancing retroactively (until January 1, 2021) is also permitted.
Do not hesitate to contact:
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