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Social work assistant professor of instruction shares research at USF Celebration of Teaching

Kerry Littlewood and poster

Littlewood shares her research in the Marshall Student Center.

Kerry Littlewood, PhD, an assistant professor of instruction in the School of Social Work, was selected to present at the USF Celebration of Teaching hosted by the USF Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning.

Littlewood's poster, "Liberating Structures to Promote Equity in the Classroom," spurred conversations from attendees who were eager to hear about innovations being implemented in the School of Social Work classrooms to structurally improve the way it distributes power and encourages engagement using equitable approaches. 

"Attendees seem to really like how pragmatic the approach is and that the liberating structures resource is implemented in a lot of different sectors, from education, to business, to health,” said Littlewood.

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