UWO Core Values

Having core values, UWO worked to ensure that they are reflected in practice and in the relationships between members of the school community. Core values act as tree roots for the university, helping them build a positive learning community. These values builds the foundation of the university. Throughout my 4 years at UWO, I have at least participated or experienced each of these values, specifically Diversity and Inclusivity. Diversity and Inclusivity: Many of education courses touch on the diversity of students today and how we should include everyone in our classroom. To be specific, my special education course focused a lot of including students who with a disability. In this course, diversity of opinions were always encouraged especially on how we can differentiate our lessons to meet the needs of all our students. For one of our class assignment, we had to create our own lesson plan for 6th graders. In addition, one of the requirement was including how we would differentiate our lesson plan to meet the needs of students with disabilities. This assignment helped prepared us for work in a global society. No matter what profession you enter, whether it's Nursing, Engineer, Education, etc., you will find yourself working with employers, employees, coworkers, clients, etc., from diverse
Many of the courses that I took at least had one day where were participated in group discussions. A great example of this is in my Children's Literature course. In this course, we did a lot of group discussions. However, everyday, we were with different people. This way we not only hear different people's opinion on things, but you get to interact with different people each time. By doing so, we are interacting with people from a variety of groups. It helps prepare you for the outside world in which you will associate and develop relationships by expanding your social circle