Diversity Using Power Point: Understanding Diversity answer the below questions

How could prejudice affect a person's ability to learn and work?

Prejudice could affect the person's self-esteem and self-confidence. Teachers and peers might treat the student differently than they would without the prejudice, even if the prejudice is "positive," such as prejudice toward Asian students in a math class. Prejudice might impede a person's ability to learn and work, because it impacts the reactions of both teachers and students.

How important is the issue of diversity in your daily life?

Diversity is hugely important in my daily life. I do not like being in homogeneous places, because they are not reflective of the world at large. The world is diverse, filled with people with differing points-of-view and backgrounds. My views and outlooks change when I interact with different people, and I like that diversity makes me think more critically and creatively.

At your school or job, do you think more training should be given on the philosophies behind understanding diversity?

I do believe that more diversity training is necessary. Many people do not realize that they have prejudices, and do not see how their stereotyping is harmful. However, most minorities do understand the importance of diversity training.

Using Power Point: Institutional Racism: answer the below questions

1) How could prejudice affect a student's ability to learn?

Prejudice might affect the way a teacher reacts to a students of a certain race, gender, or ethnicity. There are subtle ways teachers might exhibit preferential treatment toward some students and not others, such as by paying less attention to students that are stigmatized for whatever reason.

2) How important is the issue of race in your daily life?

Race informs the way people react to me, and how I react to other people. Therefore, it is very important in my daily life. I work in a diverse community in which race matters.

Using Power Point: Biculturalism Assimilation- answer the below questions

1) How could prejudice affect a student's ability to learn?

A student who experiences prejudice may develop a conflicted identity or self-image, which will impact their self-efficacy. Their self-efficacy will then inform how far they feel they can achieve, or what they are capable of doing. Assimilation can stifle a student's ability to think critically and creatively, and can also cause the person to deny the importance of their own cultural heritage.

2) How important is the issue of race in your daily life?

Race is important as a matter of shaping individual identity, which can be related to a diverse personal heritage. It is important to consider issues related to bicultural assimilation when thinking about how race matters in one's daily life. Race is a spurious concept, and the whole concept of race is being debunked given that there are aggregate...

Using multicultural education, students become exposed to new ways of thinking about the world. Lessons can be shaped by multicultural education, by allowing concepts to be taught in ways that are not only Euro-centric, and by acknowledging the way Euro-centrism has previously informed education.
2) Why is it important to understand the need in fostering the acceptance of diversity in today's society?

As the Census Data shows, we live in a diverse society, so acceptance is unavoidable. The world is becoming a more closely-knit place due to globalization and information technology. It is no longer possible to live in a homogeneous society. It is important to understand the need in fostering acceptance of diversity because this acceptance promotes peace and harmonious human relationships.

Reflection #1

1. Discuss how teachers may inadvertently commit acts of oppression in their classrooms? How may these acts be avoided?

Teachers are often unaware of the ways they commit acts of oppression in their classroom, and are usually unwilling to admit they might be doing so. The "Blue eyes/Brown Eyes class divided" experiment shows the ways teachers commit acts of oppression. Teachers have been socialized to believe certain things about people who are labeled "Other," and it depends largely on the teacher's own background how the oppression might manifest. Preferential treatment, ignoring some students, denigrating what students say, grading papers more or less harshly, and being more or less willing to report behavioral issues are some of the ways teachers might inadvertently commit acts of oppression in their classrooms. In other situations, the oppression could be embedded right into the lesson itself. Lessons that are Euro-centric or reflective of patriarchy are some of the ways teachers may inadvertently commit acts of oppression in their classrooms.

The acts of oppression can be avoided by training and awareness. Teachers first need to become aware of what they are doing. One way of increasing awareness is to ask teachers to film their own classrooms. After a while, the teacher can review the film with a colleague. A colleague or an administrator who is trained in diversity issues or who is a person from a different cultural background from the teacher's might be able to point out ways the teacher is inadvertently committing acts of oppression in the classroom. Another way to avoid inadvertent acts of oppression is to have teachers continually attend professional development seminars. These seminars could be held in diverse areas, so that teachers have exposure to people with different backgrounds and experiences. The seminars offer sensitivity training in a comprehensive manner.

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