A HUGE thank you to all of those who joined us for our second webinar in a series of SIX about culturally responsive comprehensible input.
If you paid for the webinar, a link with the video will be mailed to you directly, we ask as a professional courtesy that you do not share that video with others. However, if you have colleagues who are interested in what we learned today, they will be able to buy access to the recording as well as all the materials at a reduced price!
Below you will find wonderful resources that were shared with us from Elevate. Education. Consulting. as well as our wonderful participants.
Rewriting the Story: Upending Bias Through Understanding
Students deserve to see positive representations of themselves and those they love both as they are now and who they may be in the future.
Important Definitions
Diversity – The wide range of national, ethnic, racial, and other
backgrounds of U.S. citizens and immigrants as social
groupings, co-existing in American culture. This term incorporates aspects of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, and much more. Can be counted.
Multiculturalism – When “multiculturalism” occurs – A community recognizes differences and similarities that exist in various cultures and supports equity and social justice for all members. Is lived and felt.
Equality – The quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status. Requires that everyone receive the same thing.
Equity – The state, quality, or ideal of being just, impartial, and fair. Requires that everyone receive the individual tools they need to be successful
Stereotype – A preconceived generalization about an entire group of
people without considering people’s individual differences.
Prejudice – The pre-judgment that exists in one’s mind without knowing or with little experience of the person or situation being
judged.
Discrimination – The power to deny opportunities, resources, or access to people because of their group membership.
Oppression – A phenomenon where the dominant group (oppressor)
maintains authority over (not power with, but power over) a sub-dominant group.
Identifying Potential Pitfalls: The Big 8 and Little 4 Social Identifiers
Ability– The physical or mental capacity to do something or perform successfully
Age – How old (or young) someone is
Ethnicity – Relating to a person or to a large group of people who share a national, cultural, and/or linguistic heritage, whether or not they reside in their country of origin
Gender – An individual’s innermost concept of self as male, female, or non-gender-conforming, i.e. transgender
Race – A group that is socially defined, but on the basis of physical criteria including skin color and other features
Religion/Spirituality – An institutionalized or personal system of beliefs and practices relating to the divine/spirit
Sexual Orientation – Who an individual is sexually attracted to – people of the same sex, people of the opposite sex, or both
Socio – Economic Status – Social standing based on income and/ or one’s position in society (poor, working class, middle class, rich, etc…)
The “LITTLE” Four
- Appearance / Body Image
- Family Structure
- Geographic Region
- Military Status
Create a more life-affirming story
Bring the Unconscious to the Conscious
Language is not limited – our thinking is
Upend biases in our stories
If you want to know more…
You may purchase the video of the full webinar on Providing Culturally Responsive CI: (Re)Writing the Story
Sign up for the next webinar! Travel with us as we navigate culturally responsive comprehensible input with the founder and co-directors of Elevate. Education. Consulting: Rachelle Adams and Anna Gilcher.
THANK YOU AGAIN for joining us for such an important training!
