EDU 316

AGENDA

• Aluminum foil challenge
• Babies
• How to engage in this course
• Syllabus Q&A
• Where I'm From
• Implicit bias

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Socialization

Deficit-based

Strengths-based

BIGGEST CHALLENGE:

PRINCIPLES FOR ENGAGEMENT

• You don't know what you don't know
• Opinions are not the same as informed knowledge
• Let go of anecdotes and look at social patterns
• Notice your reactions
• Recognize your own positionality

This content may challenge the way you see the world.

Let it.

You may end up believing just what you believe today.

Be open to the possibility that you won't.

THERE ARE THINGS TO KNOW

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

• Read carefully and completely
• Does "I disagree" mean "I don't understand"?
• Examine your opinions - what does the evidence support?
• "Bad" feelings indicate growth
• Grades reflect understanding and evidence, not perspective

"Thinking critically involves more than just acquiring new information in order to determine which facts are true and which false. It also involves determining the social, historical, and political meaning given to those facts" (p. 2)

Where I'm From

Implicit Bias

• https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
• Take two tests (race - Black/White IAT and one other)
• Print off your results pages
• Bring to class next week

Some concepts adapted from

Sensoy, O., & DiAngelo, R. (2012). Is everyone really equal? An introduction to key concepts in social justice education. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.