The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward. 

The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward. 

This chapter we will be acknowledging and bringing awareness to the historical discrimination that has barred education and research access to those in the Psychological field due to color, gender and other racial biases. Only by understanding this prejudice and racial discrimination can we discover the root causes of inequity and recognize those in the field that had a direct and positive contribution to the development of the field of Psychology.

Thought paper on those who became Psychologists and contributed to the development of the field but are not commonly known or given the recognition due to minority status.

By the end of the course, it is anticipated that you will learn how:1. To identify the basic parts and functions of the neuron and lobes of the brain.2. To identify different parenting styles and their effect on human development and3. To identify major psychological disorders, key symptoms, and the main strategies used for treatment.Upon satisfactory completion of the course, students will be able to:1. discuss the development of psychology as a science.2. identify the major biologic response systems of the human body and discuss their influence on behavior.3. discuss the difference between sensation and perception, giving one illustration of each.4. define consciousness and describe how sleep, psychoactive substances and other stimuli affectconsciousness.5. identify and describe the major theories of human development and discuss how growth and development affect behavior.6. discuss the processes by which humans learn and store skills and information.7. discuss major theories of personality, their assumptions and implications.8. outline the nature, causes, and treatments of abnormal behavior.9. discuss the ways in which the social milieu affects human behavior.10. identify major theories of emotion and motivation.

By the end of the course, it is anticipated that you will learn how:1. To identify the basic parts and functions of the neuron and lobes of the brain.2. To identify different parenting styles and their effect on human development and3. To identify major psychological disorders, key symptoms, and the main strategies used for treatment.Upon satisfactory completion of the course, students will be able to:1. discuss the development of psychology as a science.2. identify the major biologic response systems of the human body and discuss their influence on behavior.3. discuss the difference between sensation and perception, giving one illustration of each.4. define consciousness and describe how sleep, psychoactive substances and other stimuli affectconsciousness.5. identify and describe the major theories of human development and discuss how growth and development affect behavior.6. discuss the processes by which humans learn and store skills and information.7. discuss major theories of personality, their assumptions and implications.8. outline the nature, causes, and treatments of abnormal behavior.9. discuss the ways in which the social milieu affects human behavior.10. identify major theories of emotion and motivation.