Diversity Project
My Personal History Activity
This activity is to help you to understand how your past experiences with a diverse population of individuals (or lack thereof) can influence your teaching practices. Sometimes this influence can occur without you sometimes being aware of it.
Take a few moments to reflect upon your own personal history as it relates to diversity and multicultural education. Critically self-reflection on your experiences and identify biases that you may hold regarding families and children 1) who speak a language other than English, 2) who have a documented disability, 3) who are at risk, 4) who receive gifted education services, and 5) who receive accommodations through a Section 504 plan
Using the chart, you are going to identify your personal beliefs regarding these six groups, and strategies that you plan to use to prevent any biases you may hold from influencing your teaching practices.
Save the “My Personal History Activity” chart, and complete.
Submit your completed chart to the assignment box located with this tab.
| MY beliefs regarding families and children…. | Strategies to prevent any biases | |
| who speak a language other than English, | ||
| who have a documented disability. | ||
| Who are at risk | ||
| Who receive gifted education services | ||
| Who receive accommodations through a Section 504 plan |
| Point Value | Points Earned | |
| Submitted a completed chart that includes: | ||
| a clear and thoughtful response to the “MY beliefs regarding families and children” for all five categories listed | ||
| a clear and thoughtful response to the “Strategies to prevent any biases” for all five categories listed | ||
| TOTAL | 10 | |
| Comments: |
