FORRT Neurodiversity and Open Scholarship Lesson Bank

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This lesson bank has been developed by FORRT (Framework for Open and Reproducible Research) in order to promote Open Scholarship and Neurodiversity in academia. The materials raise awareness of some of the most recent debates relating to science and invite students engage in epistemological discussions and to reflect on the core values of Open Science.

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Resources presented at a workshop titled “Neurodiversify your curriculum delivered by Lorna Hamilton, Magdalena Grose-Hodge, Mahmoud Elsherif & the FORRT group at the Unconference 2023: Open Scholarship Practices in Education Research. If you would like to provide feedback, please contact Magdalena Grose-Hodge ( m.s.grose-hodge@bham.ac.uk)

Resources:

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Lesson 1&2: Implicit bias

Implicit bias - Lesson Plan part 1

Implicit bias - Lesson Plan part 2

Lesson 3: Diversity as one of the core values of Open Science

Diversity as one of the core values of Open Science - Lesson Plan

Lesson 4: Diversity and research

Diversity and research - Lesson Plan

Lesson 5: Oppression and Power

Oppression and Power - Lesson Plan

Lesson 6: Generalizability Crisis

Generalizability Crisis - Lesson Plan

Lesson 7: The myth of the normality How neurodiversity dismantles the generalisability crisis Text 1 Text 2

The myth of the normality How neurodiversity dismantles the generalisability crisis - Lesson Plan

Lesson 8: Neurodiversity Culture and Teaching - text

Neurodiversity Culture and Teaching - Lesson Plan

Lesson 9: Avoiding ableist language to diversify OS - text

Avoiding ableist language to diversify OS - Lesson Plan

Lesson 10: How can Open Scholarship address structural ableism and racism? Text 1 Text 2

How can Open Scholarship address structural ableism and racism? - Lesson Plan

COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY

LEAVE FEEDBACK AND LOOK AT THE LESSON PLAN HERE COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY: RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY Diversity as one of the core values of Open Science Objectives: understand cultural humility as an approach to diversity define and discuss dimensions of diversity understand privilege and intersectionality and reflect on own privilege using the wheel of privilege Click to see reading list and licenses

DIVERSITY IN RESEARCH AND OPEN SCIENCE

DIVERSITY IN RESEARCH AND OPEN SCIENCE Understand that research needs to acknowledge the implications of power dynamics Reflect on the importance of participatory research and cultural humility in relation to diversity in science Understand how Open Scholarship promotes diversity in research Activity 1 You have discussed diversity in your previous class.

IMPLICIT BIAS AND NORMATIVE SCIENCE

LEAVE FEEDBACK HERE Deficit approaches to left-handedness and neurodivergence in scientific papers Focus on critical reading skills Objectives: · to recognise implicit bias in academic texts · to reflect on normative science and its impact · to discuss how OS values and participatory research could promote discussions on epistemological bias and influence existing narratives.

OPPRESSION AND POWER

OPPRESSION AND POWER Focus on critical reading skills and discussion Objectives: to reflect on critical gender and neurodiversity theories to read academic texts critically and synthesise information to discuss issues related to gender and neuroptype discrimination Introduction and background reading We strongly recommend reading chapter 9 on Oppression from the source below before engaging with this lesson.

The Generalizability Crisis

The Generalizability Crisis Subject: Research Methods Duration: 60 minutes Learning Objectives: Understand the concept of generalizability in research Recognize the factors that contribute to the generalizability crisis Discuss the implications of the generalizability crisis in various fields Introduction What is the generalizability crisis? What factors contribute to it? Activity 1