Subject: need teaching diversity advice From: Traci Giuliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:15:04 -0500 X-Message-Number: 10
I need some help (soon, unfortunately) as I'm leading a discussion on diversity for first year students tomorrow; by the way my first class went today, I'm fairly confident that many of these students (most of whom are from the South) have never considered these issues in the slightest. Yikes! Any advice for leading a meaningful discussion on this topic for this kind of population?
Thanks!
If it was a late afternoon or evening class I'd be willing to give you a hand (I live in Round Rock), Traci, but with such short notice let me suggest a short excercise I frequently use. Ask you student s to take out a sheet of paper and write down the name of 5 prominent men (living or dead)--prominent menaing known to at least 10,000 people they themselves have not met. then ask them to write donw the names of 5 prominent women. Next proceed to ask them to wirte down the names of 5 prominent African Americans or dark skinned people of African descent (no, they cannot use a name they have already written down). Continue one category at a time with:
Hispanic or Latin America
Asian American or or Asian descent
Native American or American Indian
Jewish or Hebrew
Moslem or Muslim
Self identified bi or homosexual (I make them state when the person self identified)
People with a disability.
Then I ask for examples. We discuss some of the issues tha arose.
Which categories was it difficult to come up with 5 names?
What categories of occupations came up most frequently (e.g. pro athletes, actors , singers vs. writers, political leaders, business people)?
Did you realize that so-and-so was ... (e.g Michael and Kirk Douglas or Winnona Ryder as Jewish; tom Cruise with a learning disabiltiy)?
Who fits into which categories (is Ray Charles thought of as one with a disabilty, African descent, or simply a man).
Some students criticize because I never asked then to name a prominent "White" person or person of European decent. I point out that yet there was no lack of them represented in the listings. We also discuss that.
Have fun.
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Herb Coleman Instructional Technology Manager Adjunct Psychology Professor ACC/AFT Local 6249 Austin Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-223-3076 ************************* * Hope is on the way!!! * * Nov. 2, 2004 * *************************
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