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This study guide is designed to accompany the Introduction to Psychology – Ist Canadian Edition open text by Jennifer Walinga and Charles Stangor (https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8390d51e-0efe-493c-881c-cf86852a612f&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Psychology). For each chapter it summarizes the learning objectives and presents multiple-choice, true-false and fill-in-the-blank tests of the material covered. It provides links to resources to enable students to deepen their understanding of key topics and to explore related issues. Finally, it offers suggestions for hands-on activities relevant to each chapter.

This textbook is adapted from an original work by Wallace: Elementary and Introductory Algebra. It builds upon the literacies covered in fundamental math and elementary algebra.

Interculturalizing the Curriculum is the third in a series of educator development resources on interculturality. Developed for the KPU Intercultural Teaching Program, this short book engages educators in two main strands of interculturalizing the curriculum:

1. Revising curriculum to reflect intercultural learning outcomes, and diverse content from multiple perspectives, and
2. Supporting student interculturality development.

In the first chapters of the book, we explore the process of interculturalization. First, the process is placed within its theoretical context(s) with an exploration of the streams of thought that contribute to understandings of how education can support equity and social justice. From there, Leask’s (2013, 2015) model of curriculum internationalization informs the process of considering how our curriculum currently reflects diverse knowledge sources and ways of knowing, and envisioning what changes might be desired.

The second part of this resource focuses on student interculturality development. One of the overarching goals of interculturalizing the curriculum is providing a means by which our students understand their identities, learn to engage with multiple perspectives, relate effectively with classmates, and prepare to advocate for social change.  These chapters discuss how student interculturality development can be integrated into the curriculum and assessed, as well as how educators can support the complex and challenging classroom conversations that arise from an interculturalized curriculum.

Welcome to the journey of exploring what might be possible in our curriculum and classrooms.

A compilation of resources to support Indigenous education initiatives. Includes picture book and chapter book use for K - 12 classrooms. Activities to support mathematics and science-based learning. A portion of resources is also dedicated to intergenerational learning.

Building on the principles explored in Foundations of Intercultural Teaching, this resource introduces educators to educational strategies that can foster more inclusive, equitable, and just classroom environments.  Practices focus on creating classroom environments that support the needs of diverse learners, while at the same time creating an enhanced learning environment for all.  Topics include:

• Defining inclusive teaching practices.
• Applying a systematic approach to making implicit cultural and disciplinary knowledge explicit.
• Using the academic literacies model to support student development in reading, writing, and digital literacies.
• Supporting multilingual student writing.
• Facilitating diverse student teams.
• Creating inclusive online learning environments.

Instructors and international students often face misunderstandings caused by different implicit expectations about education and learning. These implicit expectations are shaped by past educational experiences in varied cultural contexts.  This multimedia resource introduces you to the lived experiences of five international students at KPU.  In a series of videos, students share about the following topics:

• Expectations about assignments
• Classroom experiences in their home countries
• Understandings about plagiarism
• Surprises in the transition to the Canadian education system
• Forming relationships with instructors, and
• Using English in the classroom

By listening to these students’ experiences, you will come to better understand the challenges experienced by students transitioning to Canada. This will equip you to make the implicit expectations of the Canadian post-secondary system explicit to your students, enabling more successful learning for all.

Improve your writing by developing strong editing skills. In this interactive online workshop, you will learn a systematic process for editing your writing. You will also learn some effective tips for proofreading grammar, spelling, and mechanics.