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A Path to Cultural Competence: Exploring our Unconscious Biases

A Path to Cultural Competence: Exploring our Unconscious Biases. Jean Moule Oregon State University March 30, 2009. Listen. Clocks. Make “appointments” You exchange sheets with someone else You each write your name down in the SAME time slot

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A Path to Cultural Competence: Exploring our Unconscious Biases

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  1. A Path to Cultural Competence: Exploring our Unconscious Biases Jean Moule Oregon State University March 30, 2009

  2. Listen

  3. Clocks • Make “appointments” • You exchange sheets with someone else • You each write your name down in the SAME time slot • Use your appointments for activities as directed • Use this idea in your school/institution

  4. What is cultural competence? Put most simply, it is the ability to successfully teach students who come from cultures other than your own. It entails mastering complex awarenesses and sensitivities, various bodies of knowledge, and a set of skills that, taken together, underlie effective cross-cultural teaching. Diller & Moule (2005), p. 5

  5. Oregon Demographics

  6. A Crisis in Oregon • % of Students of Color in Oregon ____ • % of Teachers of Color in Oregon ____

  7. Watch the Movie • The Lunch Date

  8. Free write for one minute • Share with your “appointment”

  9. Examples of Unconscious Bias • Blink of an eye • Re-fensing • Test Taking • Jamal and Keisha or John and Emily • Encounters

  10. The IAT(Implicit Association Test) https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ • We make connections more quickly between pairs of ideas that are already related in our minds, as opposed to those that are unfamiliar • Tests for bias in race, weight, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, religion • May indicate "little or no bias" or a bias rated as "slight", "moderate" or "strong"

  11. A Paper IAT executive LISA housework SARAH entrepreneur DEREK silverware MATT cleaning TAMMY career BILL corporation VICKY office STEVE administrator PAUL home AMY employment PEGGY dishwasher MARK babies BOB marriage MIKE professional MARY merchant JEFF garden KEVIN family HOLLY salary SCOTT shopping DIANA business DONNA manager EMILY laundry JOHN promotion KATE commerce JILL kitchen GREG children JASON briefcase JOAN living-room ANN house ADAM

  12. A Paper IAT The words in this list are in four categories: MALE NAMES and FEMALE NAMES are in CAPITAL letters. Home-related and career-related words are in lowercase.

  13. Round One IAT The next list is the same as the last one. This time, go through the list putting a line through only each FEMALE NAME and each home-related word. Again, Do this as fast as you can.

  14. Round Two IAT Go through the list from left to right line by line, putting a line through only each MALE NAME and each home related word. Do this as fast as you can.

  15. Addressing Stereotypical Statements: Four-Step Process • Repeat the statement calmly/objectively • Give your own belief • Say something positive about the person/group • Change the subject

  16. Practice the 4 steps • Share a statement you’ve said/heard • Decide on most awful • Write down statement • Write down 4 steps • Volunteer to share • Remember to say ALL 4 steps w/out a break • Watch body language

  17. Isms are everywhere • Form groups of 4 • Each person tells an “ism” story (1 minute) • Group decides on most compelling story and takes a few minutes to develop skit • Volunteer groups act out skits • Volunteer in group or out “changes history”

  18. Making a Commitment to Making a Difference “Let us begin by creating, and in the process envision a world in which we would like to see our children and grandchilden grow up.” __ Unknown

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