The Centre for Teaching Innovation at the University of Westminster is delighted to host a workshop on Fat Pedagogies in Practice, led by Dr Cat Pausé (Senior Lecturer, Massey University, New Zealand), on Monday December 4^th, 3-5pm in room 401, 309 Regent Street, London.

Workshop description:

In every classroom, norms and attitudes about bodies are (re)produced through both classroom dynamics (educator-student, student-student, student-educator) and the treatment of bodies within the subject material. Our bodies, and our students’ bodies play important roles in teaching and learning. Educators interested in issues of social justice must allow body size to have a place beside the commitment to issues of gender, race, ability, sexual orientation etc. In this seminar Dr  Pausé explores ways that educators may include consideration of fat politics into the classroom. She presents strategies for incorporating critical pedagogies of the body into tertiary teaching with a focus on using social media as a social justice tool.