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Empathy; Active Listening; Belief in Student Capabilities; Avoiding Labeling Students; Counseling Skills; Equity; Equitable Teaching; Non Traditional Students; Diverse Campus; Diversity
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Counseling Skills For Educators, Craig Hall
Counseling Skills For Educators, Craig Hall
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is touted as a diverse campus. Indeed, students represent a wide range of demographics concerning race, gender, identity, socioeconomics, physical and mental ability issues, as well as non traditional students and those the intersectional representation of multiple demographic groups. It is incumbent upon educators to provide safe spaces for all students. This is an equitable practice. How can educators be more equitable? By using counseling skills in their education such as: empathy, active listening, belief in the capabilities of students, and avoiding labeling students. It must be noted that the use of counseling skills …