Teaching Inclusively; Resources for Course, Department & Institutional Change in Higher Education,
Mathew L. Ouellett, Ed., New Forum Press, 2005.
Reviewed by Bill Searle

Nope. This is not another book on multicultural education. It is the single best source of the most ideas. Grab Matt Ouellett's Teaching Inclusively (New Forums Press) now. This book contains practical writing about what works, why it works, and how to work it - yet with a clear theoretical base that helps provide a compass to measure ideas and actions.

With my initials, I have a very sensitive set of detectors for the usual book on higher education. Frankly, most are best used as fire starters. However, Matt is a friend of mine, and someone I admire a great deal. Maybe he could bring things together. I started with the book's section of articles on teaching. Two hours and three pieces of paper later, I had 10 very promising teaching techniques, with the clear promise of more to come. These chapters can infuse your own training, and give you material to share with colleagues.
The chapters on departmental, divisional, and college-wide initiatives speak to another component of our job - promoting change on a wider scale. Got an issue you need to address? Case studies, faculty development initiatives, departmental initiatives, team development activities, college wide projects - all here. Peruse the Table of Contents for a chapter or two to give you some ideas.

That is why you must have this book. We have books that concentrate on teaching. We have books that concentrate on activities for students, or change, or theory, or cases. What I haven't seen is one volume that presents a range. Teaching Inclusively does just that.

You know, I started this review telling you to get the book. That was wrong. You need several copies. I already am tearing out several chapters to give to colleagues. You will also.

Reprinted with the kind permission of the author from the NCSPOD fall newsletter 2006.