PSI 1
Examine the assumptions you currently have and have made previously about your students – This is a mental check-in for yourself that can provide reflection on your own implicit bias. Actively commit oneself to the process of self-actualization to increase awareness of your own worldview.
Semester Timing: Pre-Semester Aspire Alliance Category: Identity
Difficulty Level: Easy Class Modality: In-person, Online synchronous, Online asynchronous
Resources
Below are resources the research team have gathered to help you implement this strategy in your classroom.
Harvard Project Implicit - (link)
A public education project about bias. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report. The IAT may be especially interesting if it shows that you have an implicit attitude that you did not know about by measuring the strength of associations between concepts (e.g., black people, gay people) and evaluations (e.g., good, bad) or stereotypes (e.g., athletic, clumsy).
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Inclusive Teaching, Doing One’s Own Personal Work on Privilege and Oppression (link)
A resource guide from the University of Michigan intended for instructors who are preparing to implement meaningful inclusivity practices in their classrooms. It is intended as a starting place for instructors to think through their own relationship to, and experience of, privilege and oppression as a crucial part of the foundational work of inclusive pedagogy. This guide offers reflective questions for instructors to explore and provides suggestions for appropriate ways and forums to work through the personal challenge of anti-oppressive work.
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Advancing Inclusion and Anti-Racism in the College Classroom (link)
A self-assessment tool from UC Berkeley that aims to support instructors in developing anti-racist approaches to course design and teaching practices in the undergraduate and graduate setting. It offers an accessible and user-friendly entry-point for instructors interested in considering how their instructional choices impact student outcomes. The tool provides instructors a range of ideas and options to help them through a process of modifying their courses.The tool is designed to facilitate progressive refinement toward anti-racist teaching over time. A section focusing on implicit bias is on Page 16 of the document.
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Northwestern Principles of Inclusive Teaching (link)
A teaching resource organized around eight principles of inclusive learning and teaching that includes theoretical framing, descriptions of impacts on learning, broad instructional strategies, and examples. The resource also provides additional readings in a comprehensive bibliography at the end. See pages 8, 15, and 16 for specific guidance on implicit bias.