Tools and Resources

This book describes current educational theory and research and offers models of teaching and learning that go beyond the typical lecture-laboratory format. Topics include: student motivation, active learning, use of technology in teaching, and teaching diverse students.

This webpage includes suggestions that will help faculty to create a safe classroom environments in which all students, regardless of identity, will feel welcomed. The page includes suggestions for how to create inclusive classrooms from diverse classrooms.

This webpage includes a list of resources to help faculty work with diverse student populations. It provides resources that are specific for various minority groups, such as women or students of color. The resources are related to diversity and inclusion.

ELLs and multilingual students are a very diverse group of learners and might be international students or recent immigrants who are new to the US higher education context, or they may be Generation 1.5 students who might demonstrate very high levels of speaking and listening abilities and deep cultural knowledge. This resource offers recommendations and suggestions for teaching ELL and multilingual students at Penn State.