Teaching Diversity to Peers PEERs seminar Week 3

Week 3 Outline Stereotypes Expert Jigsaw Small Group Model Convene in Assigned Small Groups

Week 3 Reading Assignment Advocacy Against the Stereotype: Lessons from Cognitive Psychology. Gary Blasi. 49 UCLA Law Review (2002) – Read pages 1241 – 1266 Race Still Matters. Michelle Asha Cooper and David A Longanecker. Inside Higher Education. September 3, /03/cooper

Last Week’s Minute Papers Some offered definitions of stereotypes Some listed examples of stereotypes Stereotypes are: – Preconceived notions about groups of people – Over-simplified; generalized; blanket classifications – Unjust – Abuse – Both positive and negative

Themes from Reading Responses Themes from what was surprising or unexpected – The effects of priming and the variety and volume of experiments done – The racial disparities of campus life experiences – How deeply imbedded stereotypes can be Themes from what you think others should know – all people have subconscious prejudices that affect the way they behave, although most people do not want to believe this about themselves – Often do not realize how our judgment is affected subconsciously – Race still matters, particularly in higher education – Stereotype activation effected in variety of ways: mood, emotions, cognitive dissonance, cognitive activity level, self- affirmation

Discussion Questions (from you and from us) Is it really possible to ever get rid of all stereotypes? What are practical ways that people can become aware of their prejudices and thereby avoid subconsciously acting upon them? How might what we learned in these article affect engineering?

Key Messages Human behavior often guided by stereotypes – Often unaware these stereotypes are held Automatic Unconscious or Pre-conscious level Affects everyone Different people benefit from and are hurt by stereotypes

Expert Jigsaw Model for Small Group Work Home GroupsExpert Groups LEARN TEACH

Expert Jigsaw Model Each person will have a home group Home groups will send representatives to expert groups Each expert groups will read a set of articles and become the experts on that topic The next class, convene in home groups and teach your home group about what you learned in the expert groups

Expert Group Work (1 class period) Read same set of articles Submit assignments related to readings via Catalyst Discuss responses to questions in Catalyst (20 minutes) Discuss what about your topic would be most useful to share with other engineers Determine what from your topic you will present to your home group. Will have 5-7 min to present your topic Goal for teaching home group: Your home group members understand the topic well enough that they could teach others about that topic Follow discussion ground rules min.

Home Group Work (1 class period) Each topic will be explored for 15 minutes 1.Topic expert will take 5-7 minutes to teach the rest of her/his home group about the topic minutes of Q&A and discussion with the topic expert Non-experts’ job: ask questions of your expert so you can understand the topic well enough to be able to teach the topic to someone else The person who presents a topic to the home group (i.e. the topic expert) CANNOT present that topic in the final group presentation Follow discussion ground rules 1 3 2

Group Assignments Pre-assigned Groups Determine who will be group’s representative to each topic: – Implicit bias – Stereotype threat – Privilege Complete sign-up sheet indicating your topic

Group Assignments Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DGroup E JulieCarolineAmittaiBrianAhlmahz PeixianAndrewYi FanAbdulkadirChris JoshuaLeslieChelseaAnnieMarisa Determine who will be group’s representative to each topic: Implicit bias Stereotype threat Privilege Complete sign-up sheet indicating your topic

Minute Paper Implicit Bias – What do you think the term 'implicit bias' means? – How do you think it affects people? Stereotype Threat – How do you think awareness of stereotypes about one's group might affect one's thinking and performance? Privilege – What is privilege? – What are some examples of privilege or lack of privilege in your life?

Assignments for Week 4 Expert Topic Readings Complete Expert Jigsaw Catalyst WebQ survey