Portfolio Activity 5: Getting to Know You
Purpose: to provide you with an opportunity to go beyond the relatively homogeneous environment that may be the norm for most students.
Partner with a classmate, colleague, friend, neighbor who comes from a different background than you. Use the issues mentioned in the chapter to conduct an interview that will uncover info, stories, feelings.
Turn to p.90 in your text and look at activity 1:1.
I attached activity 1.1 for you and the form for you to answer. If you can, please use the words in the textbook. Also, please use SIMPLE WORDS.
When concluding the activity, don't forget to respond to the reflection questions (artifact, reflection).
1. How do you identify your race or ethnicity?
2. How would you describe your family heritage?
3. How would you describe your family structure and patterns of daily life?
4. Do you have memories of bias and discrimination?
5. What are your recollections of your educational experience?
6. What are some things you wished your teachers knew about you that perhaps they didn't?
7. What are some things teachers could do to help all groups get along better?
8. What other concerns have you experienced or witnessed that denied or impeded educational opportunity?
9. How has diversity influenced your own education or your commitment to teach?
Artifact: (see p. 90) : How can you apply what you learned to your teaching?
Reflection: (see p. 90)-
How are you and your interviewee different? Similar? and the rest of the questions in the Reflection section.
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