Building Faculty Efficacy in Teaching: Bringing Equity and Decolonization into Focus

This article shares the results of a research study designed to track faculty efficacy with integrating equity, inclusion and decolonization into their teaching. In response to student priorities, broad national policy priorities, and the lived experiences of researchers, this seven-person multi-department team followed a set of 16 faculty through a set of interventions and gathered a range of data to discern their shifts in awareness, intention and practice. Four major resources were made available to participants (a 4-hour training, an expansive self-assessment, syllabus revisions and development of an action plan). Five data collection activities were implemented (a pre/post efficacy survey, the self-assessment survey results, action plans for immediate and future practices, syllabus revisions, and focus groups). Promising results signal that targeted training, and relevant resources can manifest instructors’ skills and confidence to teach in ways infused with anti-racism, decolonization, cultural responsiveness and transformative learning.