Reflective Personal Development Paper (25 Points)<\/p>\n
5-to-6-page paper [double-space, APA style]<\/p>\n
Due Date: March 2 <\/p>\n
Students will write a narrative essay about your own life, describing the experiences that have shaped your views of race, culture, and issues of diversity and how your life experiences, perceptions, education, and family background have led to your current ideas about teaching and learning diverse student populations.<\/p>\n
By researching and studying your own family background, it is possible to gain an appreciation about ways in which we share many similarities and differences. As a brief, introductory section of this assignment, try to gather as much information as you can about your family background including religious affiliation, ethnicity, culture, language(s), country of origin, education\/occupation and any other information you think is of interest and value. Then, reflect on your own experiences in terms of your cultural reference, your family background, your interactions with others unlike yourself, and other factors determined by your own circumstances and your upbringing. Include SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF EVENTS AND SITUATIONS that you feel shaped your views on these issues. Be sure to situate your examples in the context of assumptions about schooling and education.<\/p>\n
Project Objective<\/p>\n
1. To provide you with an opportunity to explore who you are as it relates to your potential as a future educator (or other professional) in America\u2019s increasingly diverse and heterogeneous classrooms (and other spaces). <\/p>\n
2. To critically explore and actively engage your self-identity, cultural assumptions, and life experiences that shaped your cultural premises. <\/p>\n
3. To help you learn, understand and use the major concepts, theories, and research related to the nature and structure of culture to construct learning environments that support culturally and linguistically diverse students\u2019 development and content area achievement.<\/p>\n
Write a five-to-six-page paper [double-space, APA style] capturing your recollections and emphasizing your experiences with cultural diversity as a student in elementary, secondary, and higher education. <\/p>\n
Some suggested questions you may want to ask yourself:<\/p>\n
What messages did I receive growing up about what it meant to be a member of my racial\/ ethnic group, religious, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, etc.? How has these, or later life situations that challenged it, informed the way you interact with students or colleagues or parents, either in or out of your group? <\/p>\n
Have you been encouraged (or forced) to think about issues like racism, sexism, heterosexism\/homophobia, or classism? If so, how did those experiences shape your teaching and\/or learning? If not, how has the lack of consideration of those issues informed your teaching and\/or learning? <\/p>\n
What are some of your life experiences, or dimensions of your identity, that give you a unique insight into multicultural issues?<\/p>\n
What are some of the areas or \u2013isms with which you still struggle?<\/p>\n
What are some of your stereotypes or prejudices? How might you confront them?<\/p>\n
Try to think deeply about parts of your identity that put you in a privileged group (whiteness for race, maleness for gender, heterosexuality for sexual orientation, upper middle class for socioeconomic status, etc.) and the inequities around those areas. Challenge yourself. Use this as an opportunity to practice and model self-critique.<\/p>\n
Suggested Format <\/p>\n
Family History Family Background <\/p>\n
Life Experience <\/p>\n
\u2022 Cultural Experiences <\/p>\n
Childhood <\/p>\n
Adolescence <\/p>\n
College and beyond <\/p>\n
Adulthood Impact on Teaching <\/p>\n
\u2022 Personal Impact<\/p>\n
Professional Impact\/ Educational Strategies <\/p>\n
How are you planning to apply this knowledge at PK-12 schools? Final Thoughts<\/p>\n
\u2022 What have you learned for this experience\/assignment? <\/p>\n
Has your awareness changed? <\/p>\n
What is your current thinking on the issues of culture, diversity, multiculturalism? <\/p>\n
What will you take with you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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