Discussion Tools Practices: Intercultural
These practices focus on creating and supporting student connection to content and peers as well as encouraging students to be their authentic selves during class discussions
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Use multiple and diverse examples and comparisons to help students identigy different connections
Stereotype replacement – Actively replace stereotypical responses for non-stereotypical ones. This helps to recognize personal stereotyping and recognizing how our responses reflect that.
Counter-stereotypic imaging - Involves imagining in detail when counter-stereotypes can be used. This strategy makes positive examples salient and acesible when challenging a stereotype's validity
Perspective Taking - Encourage students to take the perspectivein the first person of a member of a stereotyped group
Invite students to share cultural experiences with other faculty and peers – This can help to increase participation, but also can create a richer learning experience because of sharing different perspectives
Do not judge responses to questions or discussion points – If judgement naturally arises in you, check this bias, and reflect on why this may have happened